IPG Mediabrands announced that Arun Kumar has been named as the group’s first-ever Chief Data & Marketing Technology Officer. In this role, Kumar will focus on the development, prioritization and management of the group’s data, technology and applications. Kumar will continue to manage the global operations of Cadreon, IPG’s ad tech unit, which will play […]
Following exceptional growth in the German market, M&C Saatchi Mobile are pleased to announce the official opening of a new office in Berlin. Leading digital expert Christian Haase will take the helm in the role of Regional Director, Germany, to provide strategic support to existing clients, as well as expanding the client portfolio. The new […]
Offering its first estimate of the size of the native advertising market, eMarketer said spending on native digital display ads will make up more than half of all digital display ad spending in the US in 2017. The new forecast estimates that US native digital display ad spend will grow 36.2% this year to reach […]
Even though the Galaxy S8 has yet to be officially announced, Samsung has revealed that it will include a new digital assistant that will enable users to control every aspect of their device with just their voice. The new assistant, Bixby, will use a dedicated button on the new smartphone, and according to Samsung, it will enable […]
Mobile insights and audiences company, Apsalar, announced the addition of Lift Analytics and Reporting to their popular Mobile Marketing Cloud suite. These enhancements enable marketing leaders to understand the incremental impact of their audience-driven targeting and marketing efforts on revenue and user engagement. Using Lift Analytics and Reporting, marketers compare the impact of highly-targeted install […]
Mobile advertising company MobiVisits has unveiled an upgraded user interface (UI) for its clients, which now offers native inventory. The new MobiVisits dashboard is designed to be more user-friendly and easier to manage, with an enhanced graphical interface along with other features, including an inventory tool. Clients can now easily access the stats of daily […]
Despite fast-rising digital-marketing budgets, consumer companies continue to lag in the development of essential digital-marketing skills, particularly in high-impact channels and capabilities, such as mobile, video, and testing. In fact, they have shown no overall improvement in the last 18 months, according to a new survey by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which found that […]
Soon-to-be Verizon-owned Yahoo is partnering with mobile geolocation data startup Statiq, which was recently acquired by Telefonica’s Axonix programmatic trading platform. The partnership sees Yahoo ‘refine its ability to offer location-based targeted adverting for brands in the UK’. Yahoo is leveraging Statiq’s location insights to create ‘a unique, accurate and scaled view of consumer behaviour’ […]
On March 21, during the International Day of Forests, Fundación Banco de Bosques together with Wunderman Buenos Aires will be launching ECO ALARM, a free mobile app. ECO ALARM is an alarm clock with which you will be helping endangered native forest without investing a single cent, or leaving your bed. Wunderman created an album […]
Wake up, go to work, come home. Wake up, go to work, come home. It’s an invariable grind that’s almost impossible to see past. The logistics alone of even tiny weekend trips can stop us from starting the process at all, leaving us marinating in unrealized fantasies of escape. But what if getting away for […]