MediaTek announced the results of a survey it conducted with Qualtrics measuring the most popular camera features in smartphones according to US consumers. The survey results highlight the popularity of dual cameras, portrait mode, HDR and other premium smartphone features that have become more accessible to mid-market consumers over the past few years. The results also showcase how […]
InMobi, a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers, announced the acquisition of Pinsight Media, the mobile data and advertising company formerly wholly owned by Sprint. This all-stock deal is part of a broader strategic partnership between InMobi and Sprint across devices, data, media and marketing. Pinsight Media is a mobile data and brand intelligence […]
Children with Cancer UK, the leading national children’s charity dedicated to research into cancer in children and young people, has released “Ring the Bell”, a social video featuring a specially created interactive digital out of home installation. The video captures shoppers interacting with the digital billboard at Westfield London and donating via their mobile […]
Households in developed countries are set to have at least three separate TV and video subscriptions by 2023, as teenagers increasingly become account holders alongside the adults they live with, according to Deloitte. On average, UK children receive £11.20 in pocket money each week, while pay TV subscriptions tend to start at around £5 per […]
First North-listed Crunchfish and RealMax Oy in Finland signs an agreement allowing the AR smart glasses provider to pre-integrate and demonstrate Crunchfish’s gesture interaction technology in solutions for its RealWear AR products. The partnership further strengthens Crunchfish’s global network of AR-partners and the position as one of the leading suppliers of gesture control for AR […]
Global payment services company American Express has announced a new partnership with online financing platform, ezbob, to offer selected small-to medium-sized UK business customers fast, secure and competitive access to finance. Through the partnership eligible American Express business clients will receive a referral to apply for up to £300,000 in finance from ezbob at a […]
Natterbox, a leading provider of global voice cloud services, has announced that it has fully integrated a highly secure, automated credit card payment service which meets the strict PCI DSS standards into its telephony platform. The new service, developed in partnership with the market leader in secure voice payment services for business, PCI Pal, offers […]
Internet of Things (IoT) has reached the stage of early mainstream adoption, with over half of business and IT leaders expecting RoI from IoT projects within three years. The study, from Fujitsu, signals that the days of simply experimenting with IoT projects are now consigned to the past. Fujitsu commissioned IDG Connect to better understand […]
In US, more than four of every five digital display ad dollars transact via programmatic means according to eMarketer. The eMarketer forecast ‘US Programmatic Ad Spending Forecast Update: Video Powers Significant Growth Through 2020‘ expects that US digital display ad dollars (86.3%) will transact programmatically by 2020 which is 82.5% this year. Other statistics predicted by the report […]
Amazon has released a set of APIs that enable smart home cameras and doorbells to connect and communicate with Echo devices. Developers are able to use the Doorbell Event Source and Motion Sensor APIs to enable customers to connect their doorbell and camera motion sensors to Alexa. The APIs give these customers the choice to […]
