Virgin Trains have today become the first travel operator in the world to sell tickets through Amazon Alexa, with customers now able to book Advance Single tickets using just their voice. The innovative collaboration will enable rail travellers to sort their tickers with one simple voice-based transaction via an Alexa-enabled Amazon device, including Amazon Echo, […]
RhythmOne, a global advertising technology company, today released its fifth annual Influencer Marketing Benchmarks Report. This industry-leading report provides insights into return on investment (ROI) and best practices based on an in-depth analysis of 74 campaigns that ran and were completed between January and December 2017 as part of RhythmOne’s data-driven Influencer Marketing solution, RhythmInfluence. […]
YOC AG has announced an increase in revenue of 20% to € 14.4M (2016: € 12.0M) for year-end 2017. Furthermore, the group’s gross profit margin was increased to 39% (2016: 37%). The YOC Group was able to maintain a stable fixed costs structure at previous year’s level thanks to its scalable processes. With an increase […]
Verizon’s Oath is teaming up with Samsung to deliver both media and advertising content through Bixby Home on Galaxy S9, S9+, S8, S8+, and Note8 devices. The partnership will enable Samsung customers to keep up-to-date with content from Yahoo Sports, Newsroom, Yahoo Finance, and Go90. Meanwhile, native ads via Yahoo Gemini will be distributed within […]
Overall consumption of media plateaued in the UK, according to eMarketer‘s latest forecast. eMarketer expects UK adults to spend an average of 9 hours, 23 minutes each day watching, streaming, reading and listening to media this year. The most notable aspect of this figure is that it represents the first year of flat growth since […]
Facebook is adding a dating layer to its main mobile app, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s F8 developer conference keynote in San Jose, California. The features are a long time coming for the 14-year-old social network, which has allowed users to broadcast whether they’re single or in a relationship since it first went […]
Tostitos and Sabra, marquee snack brands from PepsiCo, are making it even easier for friends and family to get together this Cinco de Mayo. The brands are teaming up with U.S. rideshare company Lyft, to offer ride credits to help consumers get to and from their Cinco celebrations safely. For a limited time, specially-marked Tostitos bags […]
Instagram is rolling out video chat in addition to a number of other new features. According to the Facebook-owned app, video chat will be available to users in the “coming weeks.” The feature, which will support both one-on-one and group chats, will also give users the option to minimize the video and continue the chat […]
Google has agreed to join forces with Fitbit to work on digital health and wearables with plans to innovate the sector for people around the globe. The partnership will see Fitbit use Google’s recently created Cloud Healthcare API to connect its wearable devices to electronic medical records. Through the combination of Fitbit data and medical […]
NBCUniversal has teamed up with Google to produce virtual reality (VR) content that gives audiences a unique way to experience some of their favorite networks and shows. These VR projects include original content from “Saturday Night Live,” Bravo Media’s “Vanderpump Rules” and SYFY WIRE, with more NBCUniversal networks, channels and shows to follow in […]