YouTube has introduced a new way for its creators to monetise their content with the addition of Super Chat. It’s a highlighted message in the chat stream that sits at the top of the comments section for up to five hours. Anyone watching a live stream can purchase a Super Chat in order to make […]
Snapchat has been steadily introducing ad products during the last couple of years, involving everything from shoppable ads to in-the-feed videos and a full-blown API. The diversification of tools is what many big-budget marketers—who need particular utilities on the mobile platform to do their jobs well—want to see. And such moves should intrigue revenue-minded investors […]
Smaato, the leading global real-time advertising platform for mobile publishers and app developers, today released its Q3 2016 Global Trends in Mobile Advertising Report. Smaato analyzed data from billions of mobile ad impressions served on its exchange during the third quarter of 2016 and found the extent to which mobile advertising spend is now heavily […]
Uber has introduced a new feature that syncs with your calendar to easily add the addresses of any meetings or appointments as an intended destination on the its app. The Calendar Shortcuts feature will provide the user with a ‘shortcut’ to the address, at the bottom of the screen, when opening the Uber app. The […]
Hotels.com has introduced new mobile concierge feature to its app. The Hotels.com Concierge, powered by Button Marketplace, connects consumers to local products and services on the day their hotel stay begins. The concierge, currently only available on iOS, leverages location data to offer customers access to services such as Uber’s transportation, Delivery.com’s on-demand food delivery, […]
WildAid, an environmental organization that focuses on reducing the demand for wildlife products, together with Wunderman, a leading global digital agency, has just launched a China-based integrated activation campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the plight of pangolins, the world’s most trafficked and least understood wild mammal. It is estimated that over 1 million […]
On January 9, Tencent’s messaging app WeChat launched its new “miniprogram” feature, called Xioachengxu in Chinese. The service, built on the open HTML5 standard, allows WeChat’s 768 million users to access miniprograms instantaneously, without having to leave WeChat to navigate to an app store, download or install anything. Here’s how a miniprogram might work. A […]
Facebook has confirmed that it is seeking to monetise live-streams with the addition of mid-roll ads to its growing Facebook Live service. The world’s largest social network confirmed the move in 2016, saying in an email: “We’re running a small test where a group of publishers have the option to insert a short ad break […]
Geico, the second largest auto insurer in the US, has introduced a virtual AI assistant to its mobile app that aims to help the company’s policyholders with all their insurance needs. The virtual assistant, called Kate, will help its customers navigate the Geico Mobile app through voice commands and ‘will respond with quick, personalised answers […]
Oxfam has launched an app aimed at bringing its supporters closer to causes and giving them more control – by enabling supporters to adjust the amount that they donate each month and easily manage how Oxfam contacts them. My Oxfam is described as the ‘first of its kind for a charity’. It offers real-life stories, […]