comScore announced that key campaign delivery metrics for Twitter ads – including demographics, reach, frequency and GRPs – will be available in validated Campaign Essentials (vCE), its flagship campaign measurement offering. Reporting for US campaigns will soon include measurement of Twitter ads that run on mobile devices. Reporting will also be available for Spain, Canada and UK […]
In a world-first, McDonald’s Australia via VML Sydney is launching ‘Snaplications’ – a one-of-a-kind Snapchat Lens that enables Snapchatters to apply for a job ‘in a snap’. From Friday 7th April, Snapchat users will be able to utilise the branded Lens that depicts the Snapchatter in uniform as a McDonald’s crew member and prompts them […]
Tribe, an online marketplace that connects brands with ‘micro-influencers’, is making the first move outside of its native Australia, launching in the UK. Micro-influencers are social media users with 3,000-100,000 followers – not exactly celebrities, but what you might call ‘internet famous’. Tribe’s self-serve platform lets brands or agencies create a campaign brief and open […]
YouTube’s answer to a live TV streaming service is available for download in the US and will start streaming on April 6, 2017. YouTube TV joins other offerings, including DirecTV Now, PlayStation VUE and Sling TV, that provide livestreaming and on-demand TV programs. The service will available in the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco […]
Learning about fuel economy, autonomous technology and engine power just became fun with this nifty experience built inside of Instagram. Ford Brazil has launched a game on its profile (@fordbrasil) titled ‘Ford Finger Drive’. Without using any kind of programming, the game utilises the functions Instagram Stories already have (like tapping the screen to move […]
WhatsApp is reportedly working to launch P2P (person-to-person) payments within its messaging app, starting in India. According to The Ken, Facebook is currently looking for a head of digital transactions with knowledge of India’s biometric ID system Aadhaar, UPI (Unified Payments Interface), and BHIM, a cross-bank payment app launched in the country at the end of last year. […]
Coca-Cola takes everybody by surprise with an innovative twist on social media platform Snapchat. In the course of the launch campaign for the new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Ogilvy & Mather Berlin developed a game utilising the Snapchat Stories feature. “SnapSkate”, a classic Jump’n’Run game, lets teens control pro skater Denny Pham through several levels – […]
Royal Caribbean International, the self-proclaimed world’s most adventurous cruise line, is on the lookout for the “World’s Most Adventurous Squad.” The #AdventureSquad social media contest will challenge explorers and aspiring Instagram stars to act on their wanderlust and prove that their adventurousness is off the charts. In the end, one group of up to four […]
Netflix launched a mobile experience that challenges users to test if they have the power of the “Iron Fist”. Danny Rand, the protagonist of Netflix’s new Marvel series “Iron Fist”, is a martial arts master whose right fist can punch through walls, split sabers and even cause earthquakes. Fans of the series now have the […]
Facebook Messenger has incorporated real-time location sharing within the communication tool for the first time, enabling users to broadcast their whereabouts to a friend in one hour intervals. The added functionality brings Facebook into contention with similar tools offered by Apple’s own iPhone messages app and Google Maps. The functionality was prompted by an observation […]