SpotX and Smartclip merger promises unified ad tech platform

SpotX and Smartclip merger promises unified ad tech platform

Video ad serving platform SpotX has set aside its differences with fellow video advertising platform Smartclip to form a single global company operating under a joint management team. The merger will see creation of an ad tech powerhouse operating under the SpotX brand capable of providing over 1,000 broadcasters and digital publishers with the tools […]

Snapchat’s new live video mode goes for Olympic gold

Snapchat’s new live video mode goes for Olympic gold

Snapchat is planning to show clips of the Winter Olympics to its users thanks to a new tool which allows television networks to send parts of live shows to the app. Snap partnered with NBCUniversal to pipe clips of the latter’s Olympic broadcasts to the app, along with live updates and contextual information. For example, […]

Over a billion smartphones to have facial recognition in 2020, according to Counterpoint

Over a billion smartphones to have facial recognition in 2020, according to Counterpoint

More than 1 billion smartphones will be shipped with facial recognition technology in 2020, after the same figure of smartphones are shipped this year with fingerprint sensors. According to research from Counterpoint, we can expect to see mobile devices to combine biometric sensors for the face, iris, voice, and fingerprints, as opposed to competing with […]

More than three-quarters of digital video viewing is on mobile phones, reports eMarketer

More than three-quarters of digital video viewing is on mobile phones, reports eMarketer

In 2018, 2.38 billion people will watch streaming or downloaded video content via any device, according to eMarketer’s first-ever global digital video forecast report. Since mobile phones are the entry point for internet access in many markets, it is also the primary device for viewing video. eMarketer expects more than three-quarters (78.4%) of digital video […]

Staxter PAYG top-up app now live in the UK

Staxter PAYG top-up app now live in the UK

Staxter, the mobile top-up and airtime credit platform, is now available in the UK. Following a successful launch in Germany last month, it can be found in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store giving users the chance to top up their pay-as-you go (PAYG) mobile credit or send airtime to friends […]

Snap shares soar on first earnings beat with revived user growth

Snap shares soar on first earnings beat with revived user growth

Snapchat parent Snap beat Wall Street expectations for the first time since the company went public almost a year ago, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Snap reported impressive revenue and user growth, and saw its stock price soar more than 20 per cent to finally give investors something to smile about. “We ended 2017 […]

Instagram entices brands with new shopping-enabled ads

Instagram entices brands with new shopping-enabled ads

Instagram has further commercialised its service with the launch of all new shopping-enabled adverts designed to lure more brands into setting up shop on the photo and video-sharing site. The Facebook-owned platform has already begun mashing together videos and product catalogues to enable members to purchase depicted products without the need to leave the Instagram […]

Samsung Malaysia follows the journey of Julian and his magical skates, illustrated on a Galaxy Note8

Samsung Malaysia follows the journey of Julian and his magical skates, illustrated on a Galaxy Note8

 Ensemble Worldwide has created a touching brand film for Samsung as part of Samsung’s ‘Do What You Can’t’ campaign. The short feature entitled “Julian and His Magical Skates” is a special tribute to the rising star Julian Yee – Malaysia’s first national figure skater and first Winter Olympian, in view of his participation in […]