AOL and O2’s Weve Form Strategic Alliance to Improve Mobile Insights

AOL and O2’s Weve Form Strategic Alliance to Improve Mobile Insights

AOL UK and Weve, O2’s mobile marketing and commerce services provider, have joined forces to help advertisers target and reach customers more effectively. Using mobile ad exchange Axonix’s technology, Weve Insights will be integrated into AOL’s media properties and the One by AOL programmatic platform. This will allow AOL’s, advertisers’ and Axonix’s first-party data to […]

Snapchat Teams Up with the BBC for Planet Earth II Exclusive

Snapchat Teams Up with the BBC for Planet Earth II Exclusive

BBC Worldwide has partnered with Snapchat to launch an exclusive Planet Earth II series on the Discover platform in the US and Canada. Audiences will be introduced to the first showing of ‘never-before-seen’ footage a day prior to the show’s 18 February debut on BBC America in the US and BBC Earth in Canada. Nick […]

XLMedia Buys Mobile Performing Marketing Platform ClicksMob

XLMedia Buys Mobile Performing Marketing Platform ClicksMob

Marketing services firm XLMedia PLC on February 7 said it has agreed a $5.1 million cash deal to buy mobile performance marketing platform ClicksMob Inc. ClicksMob helps brands to acquire customers for mobile applications across gaming, e-commerce, travel, entertainment and finance verticals, XLMedia said. The UK firm said the deal will increase its presence in Asia […]

adsquare’s data platform and GfK insights take mobile advertising to a new level

adsquare’s data platform and GfK insights take mobile advertising to a new level

Mobile data exchange company adsquare is making region-based consumer insights from global market research company GfK available on their platform. The combination of rich consumer insights and a real-time mobile platform takes programmatic advertising to a new level. GfK delivers vital global insights matched with local market intelligence. The GfK data that adsquare offers advertisers […]

New app CapGenius looks to cure your caption writer’s block

New app CapGenius looks to cure your caption writer’s block

“What should my caption be?” has become a ubiquitous phrase out of the mouths of Millennials following the evolution of social media. Nowadays, everyone is looking for the wittiest phrase, the best pun, the funniest quip to garner Likes and engagement. CapGenius is the newest app on the market to fill this social void. The […]

Wunderman Bolsters Leadership Team in Taiwan to Support Rapid Growth

Wunderman Bolsters Leadership Team in Taiwan to Support Rapid Growth

Global digital agency Wunderman named former Cerebos executive, Jill Chang, as Managing Director of Wunderman Taiwan, and promoted Eliza Tsai to Deputy General Manager of the same office. Both executives bring valuable experience leading teams in high growth verticals and in the digital space, and will partner to guide and drive the agency through its […]

Big Mouth Strikes Again For Ted Baker 2017 Valentine’s Day Campaign

Big Mouth Strikes Again For Ted Baker 2017 Valentine’s Day Campaign

[KGVID]http://www.marcomm.news/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ted-Baker-Promo-Video_Short.mp4[/KGVID] Leading fashion and lifestyle brand Ted Baker have teamed with digital creative agency SMACK for a fourth year running, to launch their annual digital Valentine’s Day campaign. The creative studio was commissioned to create a digital activation to complement Ted Baker’s 2017 Valentine’s Day campaign, Love Bites. SMACK have developed a desktop and mobile […]

Facebook beats expectations as ad revenue leaps 53%

Facebook beats expectations as ad revenue leaps 53%

Mobile ads have boosted Facebook’s revenue by 53%, as the social network smashed expectations. The company beat growth targets, even though there was some concern on running out of room to place ads on its news feed. However, the company said its revenue growth rate will “come down meaningfully” in 2017. Facebook shares rose as […]

The New York Times Announces Upcoming Launch on Snapchat Discover

The New York Times Announces Upcoming Launch on Snapchat Discover

The New York Times announced that it will launch on Snap Inc.’s Snapchat Discover platform. The Times will create a daily Edition for Snapchatters in the U.S. and Canada based on its popular Morning Briefing, which is designed to help readers prepare for their day, and will be published Monday-Friday. Kinsey Wilson, executive vice president, […]

Domino’s Now Lets You Order Any Menu Item Through Messenger

Domino’s Now Lets You Order Any Menu Item Through Messenger

Domino’s Pizza, the recognized world leader in pizza delivery and digital ordering platforms, had its game face on and brought even more robust ordering capabilities to Facebook Messenger. Customers can now place any order for any menu item they’d like on Messenger, just in time for February 5 – one of Domino’s busiest delivery days of […]