831m smartphone users – or 39.4 per cent of all users – around the world will use their mobile phone to pay for something at a physical point of sale (POS) at least once every six months in 2018. According to eMarketer, the number of people using their phones at a physical POS will rise […]
Snapchat is starting to tell creators how well their stories are doing: Snap Inc. announced the launch of a new analytics feature on February 14, that will tell Snapchatters with sizable audiences how their stories have been performing, as well as who is looking at them. Some of the data shared includes weekly, monthly and year-to-date […]
Singular has created its second annual index of the best return-on-investment (ROI) for mobile ads, and it has a few surprises. Snapchat showed up in a big way on the index, as marketers increased their mobile ad spending on the social network and got solid results. Twitter also showed growth on both iOS and Android among […]
Branch, the mobile linking infrastructure for the world’s leading brands, announced the immediate availability of Universal Ads. With this launch, Branch is also entering into a partnership with Facebook as a Mobile Measurement Partner (MMP). Powered by Branch’s People-based Attribution engine, Universal Ads enables mobile advertisers and marketers to gain a unified view of their […]
Mobile and apps, in particular, are rapidly changing. The way people experience and consume services through their mobile phones has changed. In an era that questions the form of apps up to the point of their very existence, it’s time to look for different ways to connect with your users and monetise your apps. Problems […]
In a UK and ROI first, Domino’s is leveraging Tinder’s new chatbot to help singletons find a date. Enter Dom Juan, the digital love guru. Appearing as a normal profile, this thumb-stopping chatbot is a chat-up line expert who wants you to swipe right. Dom Juan will start to help as soon as you’ve matched […]
Matching in the modern-day is all about choosing a partner (by face) and hoping it ‘clicks’. This Valentine’s Day, among all the roses and right-swipes, Swiggy and their digital partner, Dentsu Webchutney, have come up with a novel approach to finding the perfect match. Ashish Lingamneni, AVP – Marketing, Swiggy said, “Food is one thing […]
Although Snapchat launched its Marketing API in October 2016, the platform only made it available to a handful of technology companies that are part of its Snapchat Partners programme. These companies were able to use the API to develop tools that satisfy the needs of the world’s largest advertisers. From today, the API is open […]
Google is planning to launch an app that will allow users to reply to a message from any app with a single tap from the notifications bar. The app called ‘Reply’ will guess a reply and provide three smart options to respond using a single tap by integrating itself with different messaging apps. A similar […]
BBC Worldwide has teamed up with Google and BAFTA-winning game studio Preloaded to create a virtual reality experience for the audiences of the BBC’s hugely successful national history programmes like Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II. BBC Earth: Life in VR has been created by Preloaded in collaboration with BBC Earth Productions and […]