The Japan Consortium is set to launch a revolutionary smartphone app called ‘MoneyTap’, which will allow customers to settle transactions instantaneously, 24/7. The app is powered by Ripple’s blockchain technology. According to an announcement on Ripple’s official website, this is the first time in Japan a mobile transaction settlement app has been developed which will […]
UK mothers spend two hours and 12 minutes on social media each day, as well as having seven social media accounts, on average, according to a report from GlobalWebIndex ahead of Mother’s Day. The research, which included 1,569 UK mothers aged between 16 and 64, found that 89 per cent of them are on Facebook, […]
Twitter is attempting to halt alleged cryptocurrency-related scams spreading via its platform, joining fellow social media companies in striving to cut down on harmful content. Twitter is aware of cryptocurrency-related “manipulation,” and is implementing measures to “prevent these types of accounts from engaging with others in a deceptive manner,” a spokesman told Bloomberg, declining to […]
In an out-of-home activation for its Mate 10 smartphone, Huawei installed a portable battery charging station at Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia. The Chinese smartphone maker wanted to play on Australians’ love for the outdoors just as much as their smartphones. That is until their phone runs out of battery, cutting their day at the […]
Google is rolling out a new update to its Google Home devices in the UK to enable free calls to landlines and mobiles. Voice calling was originally enabled in the US back in August, and it’s now making its way over the pond to Google Home and Google Home Mini devices in the UK. Brits […]
Taking advantage of the International Women’s Day, Wunderman Buenos Aires wanted to highlight the gender violence women suffer every day. Therefore, together with “Fundación Mujeres en Igualdad”, they launched FEMPLEA. This new free app is the first labour bank created to take care of women apart from preventing gender violence. Because only women can […]
Allbirds, the startup shoe brand that has become popular in Silicon Valley, celebrated its second birthday with a limited-edition shoe collection that can only be purchased on Instagram, and not on a website or in stores, according to Adweek. The shoes are only available until they sell out. Customers in the U.S., New Zealand and […]
Shoppers at UK supermarket the Co-op will soon be able to bypass the checkout and instead pay for their groceries with their own mobile phones. The Co-op has teamed up with Mastercard to trial a new app at the retailer’s support centre in Manchester ahead of a wider rollout this summer. Customers will be able […]
Google is officially rolling its Lens out to Android phones that have Google Photos installed. This means users will be able to scan things through the app to receive information, like a dog’s breed or a flower type. Users can also create a contact from a business card or identify a landmark. Certain phones will […]
Taboola, the native advertising and content discovery platform, has boasted that its reach now extends to close to half of all the world’s desktop internet users, propelling revenues to an expected $1bn in 2018 and giving it the confidence to hire 400 employees this year. Data compiled by ComScore in December of last year showed […]