Google has launched a beta feature in Maps that enables users to get walking directions via augmented reality (AR). The ‘Live View’ feature displays arrows and directions in the ‘real world’ through the user’s camera. The search giant has been testing the feature with its Local Guides and the Pixel community over the past few […]
The five most popular free apps that users would be least willing to pay for are Facebook, Messenger, Venmo, Instagram, and Twitter, according to a new report from McGuffin. The creative agency recently conducted the McGuffin Paid Apps Survey, which asked participants if they would continue to use the 16 most widely-used apps if they were no longer […]
Always on trend global fashion destination, ASOS, and leading alternative payments provider, Klarna, take on the US. With the original UK partnership kicking off in 2016, ASOS and Klarna now extend their reach to the US market to offer flexible payment options to savvy shoppers. Global online fashion retailer, ASOS, sells over 850 brands as […]
Pinterest saw its share price soar last night after posting better than expected results in its second quarterly earnings report. Revenues for Q2 2019 were up 62 per cent at $261.2m (£215.3m), while monthly user numbers were up 30 per cent year-on-year, passing the 300m mark. There are currently more than 200bn Pins saved on the […]
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, will launch its successful Look&Book image search app feature across Android devices. The launch follows the app feature release on iOS in October 2018 which has seen over 28,000 photos matched to destinations to date. With so many travellers now getting their travel inspiration from their Instagram feeds, easyJet wanted to make […]
Snapchat’s Instant Create tool, which enables advertisers to create vertical video ads on Snapchat more quickly and easily, is officially live. Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel trailed the tool on last week’s Q2 earnings call when he said: “Just this month, we started testing our new Instant Create onboarding flow, which generates ads for businesses […]
Pond’s has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) chat tool that can match skincare products to customers at a higher consistency match rate compared to dermatologists, it claims. The Skin Advisor Live bot, or ‘SAL’ for short, uses neuro-linguistic technology from Google and BrighTex BioPhotonics’s (BTBP) DeepTag skin diagnosis technology to tell people what the best products are […]
Singtel and AIA have launched the first phase of a major partnership that aims to incentivise healthy behaviours and grow customer loyalty for the two brands. StepUp, in its first phase, is an incentivisation platform for Singtel subscribers that encourages people to walk the 10,000 daily step goal, in order to win points. The points […]
Just months after Google retired its unsuccessful social network, Google +, the company is launching Shoelace, a hyperlocal network for finding activities and friends in the user’s location. Currently, Shoelace is invite-only, and solely available in New York City. In order to activate their account, New Yorkers will need an invite code. Shoelace users are able […]
There’s more to Pinterest than pictures and hashtags. According to the San Francisco tech giant, there’s been a 31% uptick in searches for “inspirational videos” since last year, and the network’s nearly 300 million monthly active users (MAU) are 54% more likely to say videos on Pinterest inspire them compared with content on other media […]