Lyft is the latest company to receive a permit to test self-driving cars on public roads in California. It’s an important step in the company’s attempt to catch up with rival Uber in the development of autonomous vehicles for ride-hailing. As of November 16, Lyft appears on a list of companies issued autonomous-testing permits by […]
Preoday, the e-commerce company that provides hospitality companies with leading mobile and online ordering and promotions technology, has signed Wolverhampton Civic Hall and its sister venue, the Wulfrun Hall, as its 29th and 30th theatres in 2017. The double-signing brings the total number of theatres working with Preoday to 30. Theatres using the Preoday platform […]
The relationship a reader has with a publisher has far more impact on the effectiveness of online ads than the surrounding editorial content, which suggests concerns around brand safety may be misunderstood, according to a new study. The study – by Inskin Media, Research Now and Conquest Research – compared the conscious and subconscious reactions […]
It is estimated that UK retailers will send more than 40 million text messages over the festive period to deliver personalised Black Friday and Christmas deals direct to customers. While consumers have flocked to WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, the text message is positively thriving in the business world. SMS remains a key tool for customer […]
BMW goes fully digital in their purchase funnel. The German Automobile company is the first brand to use Snapchat’s new AR ‘augmented trial’ Lens which lets customers visualise how products look in the real world before purchase. The brand is using the technology to promote its latest and funkiest X SUV – the X2 […]
Honda Motor revealed it will use Facebook’s custom audiences tool to find car owners with defective Takata airbags. The tool, which allows advertisers to reach a specified list of users, will match encrypted email addresses associated with recalled vehicle identification numbers to Facebook users. Japan’s Takata Corp’s air bag inflators have been linked to at […]
Destination DC (DDC), the official marketing organisation for Washington DC, expands its partnership with WeChat by launching the first City Experience Mini Program in the United States to support Chinese travellers when they arrive in the city. Through Tencent’s instant messaging platform, DDC continues its expansion into Washington, DC’s top overseas market with the immersive new program built for the […]
What is claimed to be the largest bot network ever has been discovered by Adform, which it has said was possibly four times the size of the Methbot network unearthed less than a year ago and accessing over half a million IP addresses, mainly located in the US. The fraud team at the adtech firm […]
LiveRamp, an Acxiom company and leading provider of omnichannel identity resolution, and Criteo, the commerce marketing technology company, announced a collaboration between the two companies. Criteo and LiveRamp will work in tandem to integrate LiveRamp into Criteo’s Commerce Marketing Ecosystem, a network of tens of thousands of retailers, brands, and publishers that enables collaboration and […]
Eighty-five per cent of senior executives plan to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT) by 2020, according to a new survey of UK digital leaders by Deloitte. The findings come from the first edition of a new regular report from Deloitte, the Digital Disruption Index. The index will track investment in […]