Bank customers may soon be able to exchange money on social media on Facebook or Twitter. Following a trial in Singapore in 2017, the service would allow people to wire money by selecting their Facebook or Twitter account instead of entering a bank account number and sort code. The service will bring together 20 banks to allow […]
The new account linking feature would allow customers to link, for example, their account with a book retailer to the brand chatbot. The chatbot can then suggest new books based on what the customer has purchased before. The feature is opt-in. Although Facebook doesn’t mention consumers going on to make a purchase, there are retailers already […]
30 year old artist Scarlett Raven unveils her ambitious, groundbreaking visual arts experience, The Danger Tree this summer. Scarlett is the first oil painter to work in the exciting world of augmented reality and reveals the deeply personal process of creating her multi-layered, experiential art. Working exclusively with Blippar, world leaders in the field of augmented […]
A user who searches for the club on Messenger and subscribes to its updates can follow news about transfers, new manager Pep Guardiola and what other social media users are saying. As well as news, the bot will push out photos, behind-the-scenes videos, phone wallpapers and match highlights. Unlike more customer service-oriented bots from retail […]
Apps available on mobile devices are now a normal part of Christian life, the Church of England has said as it plans to extend its’ own range of programmes for tablets and smartphones. The institution reports its’ range of apps, which try to support believers in things like Bible reading and prayer, have received more […]
With great scale comes great responsibility, and Uber certainly has scale. The global ride-hail giant has more than a million active drivers in the world. To Uber that might look like a million dollar signs driving around, but for the cynical, that’s more than one million potential car accidents in more than 350 cities around […]
Kahuna, a top player in cross-channel marketing automation for the mobile era, has just launched what it calls “Experiences,” which executes the personalization and optimization of customer journeys, freeing marketers up to be the creative strategists of campaigns. The product, we’re told, empowers marketers to “chain and orchestrate messaging across multiple channels, and deliver personalized, timely […]
Instagram‘s long-awaited algorithm has finally started rolling out, and food influencers and sites that built their brands on the Facebook-owned app are already feeling the squeeze and moving to Snapchat. Food photography—think pictures of perfectly-styled plates and overhead shots of meals—has long been one of the most popular categories on Instagram. Now that Instagram is […]
Twitter has begun rolling out a way to not only add stickers to your photos, but to also have them be searchable. In the app, choose from a “rotating set of stickers,” then resize and move them around as you see fit on any photo. After they’ve been tweeted, you can search based on the […]
As the battle for drivers continues to heat up, on-demand car services are tacking on more benefits to build up their army. Today, Uber is taking that one step further with the launch of Pandora music on its driver app. Drivers now have an alternative to traditional radio and are able to enjoy personalized music, […]