Deezer and Singtel ink deal to provide data-free music streaming in Singapore

Deezer and Singtel ink deal to provide data-free music streaming in Singapore

Music streaming platform Deezer has expanded its service in Singapore through a partnership with Singtel Music, the Singaporean telecom company’s music offering, to provide subscribers with unlimited music without data charges. Singtel post-paid customers will gain data-free access to Deezer’s 53m songs and over 40,000 pieces of audio content, along with its ‘Flow’ feature. “Singtel […]

Businesses that prioritise customer experience significantly outperform competitors, according to Adobe

Businesses that prioritise customer experience significantly outperform competitors, according to Adobe

Businesses that focus on customer experience have the capacity to significantly outpace their competitors, according to Adobe’s Digital Trends 2018 report. The report, published in association with Econsultancy, surveyed 13,000 marketing, creative and technology professionals in the US, APAC and EMEA to look at the most significant trends impacting digital strategies in the short term. […]

Google Pay launches to replace Android Pay and Google Wallet

Google Pay launches to replace Android Pay and Google Wallet

Google recently admitted that Android Pay and Google Wallet probably didn’t need to exist as two different services. After a fictional, Highlander-style battle, it was Google Pay that emerged victorious, taking on a new name to define this united brand. And so, Android Pay now becomes Google Pay. The app still does everything you’d expect […]

Pandora takes aim at Spotify and iHeartRadio with programmatic audio ads

Pandora takes aim at Spotify and iHeartRadio with programmatic audio ads

Pandora said that it will now offer its audio inventory programmatically through popular demand-side platforms such as MediaMath, The Trade Desk and AdsWizz. Pandora is the last of the three major digital music streaming platforms to offer audio ads through automation, but the company says it brings a significantly larger audience to the table. The […]

A quarter of customer service operations will use chatbots by 2020, according to Gartner

A quarter of customer service operations will use chatbots by 2020, according to Gartner

Twenty-five percent of customer service and support operations will integrate virtual customer assistant (VCA) or chatbot technology across engagement channels by 2020, up from less than two percent in 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at the Gartner Customer Experience Summit in Tokyo, Gene Alvarez, managing vice president at Gartner, said more than half of […]

Sony Corp. to launch an AI-based taxi-hailing service in Japan

Sony Corp. to launch an AI-based taxi-hailing service in Japan

Sony Corporation has said that it will build an AI-based ride-hailing system in Japan in partnership with five taxi companies. The service will use artificial intelligence to manage taxi dispatches and forecast demand based on factors like weather, traffic and local events. Sony’s announcement came just before Uber chief executive officer Dara Khosrowshahi, who is currently […]

Oreo Hopes to See ‘Pokemon Go’ Success in its Own Scavenger Hunt AR Game

Oreo Hopes to See ‘Pokemon Go’ Success in its Own Scavenger Hunt AR Game

 More brands are developing their own augmented reality experiences, as the expense and technical ability needed to produce them have decreased and the desire for mobile entertainment has grown. Oreo is the latest, building its own mobile gaming app called “The Great Oreo Cookie Quest,” which engages users with a virtual scavenger hunt. Oreo’s game […]

Vodafone teams with Mango for digital fitting rooms

Vodafone teams with Mango for digital fitting rooms

Vodafone has partnered with Mango, global fashion retailer to bring digital fitting rooms to the high street. The digital fitting room has been designed around a new Internet of Things (IoT) digital mirror designed by Mango, developed by Vodafone in collaboration with Jogotech, which will allow the shopper to scan the clothes tags in the […]