Snapchat Discover gets a reader-friendly makeover, giving users the chance to subscribe to channels

Snapchat Discover gets a reader-friendly makeover, giving users the chance to subscribe to channels

Snapchat has revealed a fresh look for its Discover and Stories section, in a bid to boost its audience and keep publishers using the platform happy. Active media owners on the platform, which include the likes of Daily Mail, Mashable and BuzzFeed, will now see their content distributed in a more magazine-like style, which places […]

Goodyear Tyres leverages virtual reality to inform young people of dangerous driving distractions

Goodyear Tyres leverages virtual reality to inform young people of dangerous driving distractions

Goodyear Tyres UK has embraced virtual reality to inform young people of the dangerous distractions that can arise during driving. Using a 360-degree game app (Driving Academy), Goodyear has partnered with the Driving Instructors Association to highlight the dangers of driver distraction on the back of research claiming 42 per cent of 17 to 25-year-olds have used […]

New Twitter Ad Carousel Format Integrates Public Tweets

New Twitter Ad Carousel Format Integrates Public Tweets

Twitter has unveiled a new carousel-style ad format that enables brands to leverage both their own tweets and those from other users, adding a user-generated content aspect to more traditional paid-for promoted tweets. In order to integrate tweets from other users, marketers will need explicit permission from users, confirming that they are happy for their […]

Facebook forces Android users to download Messenger ap

Facebook forces Android users to download Messenger ap

Facebook has instructed all Android users to download its Messenger app, ending support for the service from directly within the social network’s own website. The move means that any one-to-one conversations will now have to be done via the Messenger App on mobile devices. Users can still send direct messages via the standard Facebook website. […]

Snapchat overtakes Twitter in daily active users

Snapchat overtakes Twitter in daily active users

Messaging app Snapchat has become more popular than Twitter in terms of daily active users, according to a new Bloomberg report. The report claims that 150 million people are now using Snapchat daily. Twitter, meanwhile, has an estimated 140 million daily active users, based on earlier statements. Twitter counts 310 million monthly active users based on its most […]

Instagram Exploring Revenue Sharing for Content Creators

Instagram Exploring Revenue Sharing for Content Creators

Instagram is exploring the possibility of rewarding users who create content on the photo sharing service with a portion of the revenues generated from advertising on the Facebook-owned app. “Content is incredibly important on Facebook and Instagram,” said Carolyn Everson, vice president for global marketing solutions at Facebook. “We want to be a major distribution […]

Uber launches first major campaign as it looks to widen appeal

Uber launches first major campaign as it looks to widen appeal

Car-sharing app Uber is hoping to shake off perceptions of the service as the ‘saviour of a night’ to show how it can be used for commuting, travelling to the airport or heading to the shops with its first big above-the-line campaign. The  company’s ‘Get there with Uber’ campaign, created by BBH, features six different creatives of […]

Canon becomes first brand to use the Guardian’s new digital ad formats

Canon becomes first brand to use the Guardian’s new digital ad formats

Canon has become the first brand to use the Guardian’s new digital ad formats ‘Frame’ and ‘Focus’ in its latest campaign, as the publisher extends its native ad proposition. The new formats, designed and developed in-house, live natively within the Guardian site, and promise high-quality visual impact, high engagement and contextual sensitivity in a full-package […]

Superdrug takes Tweet-Activated Vending Machine on UK Tour

Superdrug takes Tweet-Activated Vending Machine on UK Tour

Superdrug has launched a ‘#TweetforTreats’ campaign, which will see the retailer touring England throughout June with a Twitter-activated smart vending machine. The vending machine is activated by swiping a loyalty card and then tweeting using the ‘#TweetForTreats’ hashtag. In exchange, customers will receive a free product from Superdrug’s own-brand line. The campaign is intended to […]