Google inks patent deal with Tencent

Google inks patent deal with Tencent

Google has yet more news from China after the U.S. search firm announced a patent cross-licensing agreement with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The terms were not disclosed, but Google said the tie-in with Tencent, which is valued at over $500 billion, covers “a broad range of products and technologies” and is “long-term.” The two firms […]

F/Nazca help Pinacoteca reinvent going to the museum with new interactive game

F/Nazca help Pinacoteca reinvent going to the museum with new interactive game

 The São Paulo Pinacoteca ─ the oldest art museum in the city ─ launched an interactive game to promote a unique experience for those who visit the institution: it transforms the subway and metropolitan train lines in São Paulo into a giant game board and challenges players with questions about the art collections at […]

Roku unveils new OTT ad measurement suite

Roku unveils new OTT ad measurement suite

Over-the-top (OTT) streaming firm Roku has unveiled a series of tools to help marketers get better value from ads on the platform. The new feature, dubbed Ad Insights, will offer expanded OTT measurement for brands as well as give access to data around reach and effectiveness across linear and digital formats. Less than 12 months […]

Google to consider page speed for mobile search rankings

Google to consider page speed for mobile search rankings

Google announced it will begin considering page speed when ranking webpages in mobile searches starting in July 2018. The search giant attributed the change to its users caring about the speed of a webpage. Google said the “Speed Update” applies the same standard to all webpages regardless of the technology they’re built on. It will only […]

Didi Chuxing launches bike-sharing service in China

Didi Chuxing launches bike-sharing service in China

Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi Chuxing launched a bike-sharing platform within its mobile app on Wednesday. Riders in Beijing and Shenzhen can use two popular shared bikes companies, Ofo and Bluegogo, via Didi’s latest version of the app, with no deposit required for riding Bluegogo bikes. Didi is an investor in Ofo, and it announced last […]

Line partners with Folio for an in-app investment management portal

Line partners with Folio for an in-app investment management portal

Line Corporation, the Japanese subsidiary of South Korean internet company Naver Corporation, has entered into a ‘capital alliance’ with investment management firm Folio, which will see its service integrated into the Line messaging app. Following a Line investment in Folio, the pair will work to implement the service on the Line app – which now […]

Global app downloads surge to 175 billion in 2017, India second largest market after China

Global app downloads surge to 175 billion in 2017, India second largest market after China

India downloaded more apps than the US in 2017, a new report by app analytics provider App Annie has revealed. Riding on increased smartphone penetration and dirt-cheap 4G data access, India accounted for nearly 58 billion of the world’s 175 billion app downloads in 2017. Only China, the world’s largest internet market, is ahead with […]

New study reveals the cost of shutting down the internet for 22 countries worldwide

New study reveals the cost of shutting down the internet for 22 countries worldwide

New research by Website Builder Expert, the leading online resource for creating and launching your website, has revealed the countries with the most to lose if someone actually broke the internet. The study compares the most recent data on 22 countries with a substantial e-commerce presence, with eMarketer statistics to determine how much money each […]