eBay drops PayPal as its primary payment processor

eBay drops PayPal as its primary payment processor

In a surprise announcement, eBay has revealed that it will be ditching PayPal as its primary payment processor. The company says it will be intermediating payments on the Marketplace platform, a move that will improve the experience for both sellers and buyers. As part of this, eBay has partnered with payment processor Adyen, though the […]

Lightweight YouTube Go app rolls out to 130 countries

Lightweight YouTube Go app rolls out to 130 countries

YouTube Go, an official Android app designed to minimize data usage, is now available in 130 countries. The app launched in India last year, and is designed for people in locations with poor-quality or very expensive mobile data connectivity. Users can either watch a whole video in the app, or download it to their device […]

Deezer launches first ever AR ‘boombox’ advert to engage millennial music audience

Deezer launches first ever AR ‘boombox’ advert to engage millennial music audience

 Deezer, the world’s most diverse, dynamic and personalised music streaming service, has launched its first ever fully immersive augmented reality (AR) music experience, leveraging a new and specially created Snapchat lens. With AR usage expected to increase to 200 million this year, Snapchat influencer platform, Fanbytes, created a bespoke piece of content based on […]

UNICEF and BETC launch an unprecedented fundraising tool using blockchain technology

UNICEF and BETC launch an unprecedented fundraising tool using blockchain technology

 Between the 2nd of February and the 31st of March 2018, UNICEF and advertising agency BETC are reinventing charitable donations with the ‘Game Changers‘ initiative, the first humanitarian fundraising effort using the cryptocurrency Ethereum. UNICEF’s work for children depends on donations and they asked for help to attract a younger generation of donors since […]

Apple sold the most smartphones over the holidays

Apple sold the most smartphones over the holidays

Apple has its nose in front of Samsung once more. Apple’s phone sales fell second to the Korean electronics giant for the first three quarters of 2017, but with the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X going on sale in the fourth quarter, it’s back in front, according to IDC’s quarterly report on smartphone market […]

Coord feeds real-time transportation info into navigation apps

Coord feeds real-time transportation info into navigation apps

Google Maps might plot the fastest route to your destination, but sometimes the service doesn’t seem know about accidents or rerouted public transit. Coord wants to fix that by supplying current navigation information for companies to plug into their other apps and services using an API. That doesn’t just mean traffic data. Ever notice some […]

Snapchat is now selling merchandise in its app

Snapchat is now selling merchandise in its app

Snapchat is selling merch inside a digital store in its app, a new e-commerce play that could hint at more stores to come. The store appeared in the media section of Snapchat known as Discover, and it offers Snapchat-branded merchandise for purchase through the app. The Discover section had been reserved for media companies like […]

Maxis and Ensemble Worldwide Malaysia create an interactive AR lion dance app for Chinese New Year

Maxis and Ensemble Worldwide Malaysia create an interactive AR lion dance app for Chinese New Year

Ensemble Worldwide Malaysia and Maxis have teamed up on yet another ground-breaking campaign, this time, for the Chinese New Year festive season. The ‘HuatAR‘ campaign is a world’s first, devised by the team to bring blessings (‘Huat’ in Hokkien) and make the culturally significant lion dance more accessible to masses through the use of augmented […]

Uber partners with Canon for new campaign in Southeast Asia

Uber partners with Canon for new campaign in Southeast Asia

Uber and Canon have teamed up to launch a new campaign celebrating the hidden gems of some of Southeast Asia’s most populous cities. The #HiddenCities campaign documents the most off-the-grid places in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City. The locations were found from analysing Uber drop-off points in each city and […]

Instagram launches Carousel Ads in Stories

Instagram launches Carousel Ads in Stories

If you don’t like seeing ads in Instagram Stories, you’re not going to like the announcement the Facebook-owned company has made. Instagram has introduced an update to Stories ads which will enable publishers to utilize the Carousel ad format to publish up to three pieces of content in a Stories ad. Instagram previously allowed them […]