Snapchat launches ‘shoppable’ augmented reality feature in Lenses

Snapchat launches ‘shoppable’ augmented reality feature in Lenses

Snapchat is rolling out a new ‘shoppable’ augmented reality (AR) Lens feature for advertisers around the world. Shoppable AR Lenses serve as an extension of sorts to Snapchat’s existing shoppable ads that allow marketers to engage with potential customers natively through Snapchat. Back in 2015, Snap rolled out its machine learning-based Lenses feature that allowed […]

Bekol hacks Israel’s Spotify launch to deliver a message to the country’s young music lovers

Bekol hacks Israel’s Spotify launch to deliver a message to the country’s young music lovers

Spotify has been available abroad for years, but in Israel it just landed in April 2018. As an anticipated launch by Israel’s many youngsters and music lovers, it was a dream opportunity for Bekol, Israel’s Organisation for the Hard of Hearing, to speak directly to youngsters. Why? Because with most youngsters using earphones to listen […]

Amex cashes in on Coachella with shoppable AR feature

Amex cashes in on Coachella with shoppable AR feature

American Express integrated a shoppable augmented reality (AR) feature in the official smartphone app for Coachella, the annual music and arts festival in California. The payment company’s AR experience lets cardholders buy select merchandise using the Coachella app’s AR camera anywhere on the festival grounds. App users can select the on-screen “shop” button and wave […]

Meijer expands ‘Shop & Scan’ mobile checkout app

Meijer expands ‘Shop & Scan’ mobile checkout app

Meijer is expanding a test of its streamlined shopping checkout program that provides customers yet another way to shop its stores and save time. The program, called “Shop & Scan” enables users to scan bar codes on items as they shop and bag their groceries while they move through the store, dramatically decreasing checkout time. […]

Domino’s creates 150K hotspots to deliver pizza almost anywhere

Domino’s creates 150K hotspots to deliver pizza almost anywhere

Domino’s Pizza is launching yet another delivery revolution in the USA. Over 150,000 Domino’s Hotspots are now active nationwide so that customers can receive delivery orders at spots that don’t have a traditional address – places like local parks, sports fields and beaches, as well as thousands of other unexpected sites. Local Domino’s stores around […]

MyMeds&Me partners with leading data centre and cloud service provider Proact to enhance data security

MyMeds&Me partners with leading data centre and cloud service provider Proact to enhance data security

MyMeds&Me, a leading Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of adverse event and product quality complaint solutions, has partnered with Proact, a leading European cloud and data centre provider. MyMeds&Me has opted for Proact’s comprehensive SIEM as a Service offering to ensure the security and privacy features of its pharamacovigilance solution Reportum are set to […]

Zayo Group to establish data centre presence in the UK

Zayo Group to establish data centre presence in the UK

 Zayo Group will expand its European data centre presence with a new location in Feltham, UK. The zColo facility, the company’s first data centre in the London metro area, will add 30,000 total square feet and 3.6 megawatts (MW) of critical power. The new data centre is driven by commitment from a major anchor tenant […]

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Launches Mobile Ordering

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Launches Mobile Ordering

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, one of the world’s leading roaster and retailers of specialty coffee and tea, today announced that it has launched mobile ordering within The Coffee Bean Rewards app. The feature is available now at all 191 Southern California and Arizona company-owned locations and will extend to franchise locations and new geographic areas in the coming […]