Mobile Technology and Renault’s Launch of the Twizy Car by Havas, Mobext & Adsmovil

Mobile Technology and Renault’s Launch of the Twizy Car by Havas, Mobext & Adsmovil

The use of mobile technology was decisive in order to achieve the goals for this campaign. Teamed up together with the agency, Adsmovil developed an interactive rich media that allowed users through a game to know more about the 100% electric technology of the Renault Twizy in Colombia. They created a game in which people […]

McDonald’s, Unilever and Gatorade among the first to run Snapchat API campaigns

McDonald’s, Unilever and Gatorade among the first to run Snapchat API campaigns

McDonald’s, Unilever and Gatorade are among the first advertisers to purchase Snapchat ads via third parties in what appears to be a test of the app’s programmatic potential. Rather than rush to explore that potential, the mobile messaging app is carefully testing automated ads with a select number of brands. These include Gatorade and Nissan […]

Xurpas buys Art of Click for $45M

Xurpas buys Art of Click for $45M

Technology firm Xurpas Inc. is taking over a fast-growing mobile advertising network in Asia Pacific with a $45-million deal to buy 100 percent of Singapore-based technology firm Art of Click Pte. Ltd. Art of Click has created a proprietary, next generation ad optimization platform for advertisers. Its platform supports both client brands and global and […]

Brands need to respect consumer journey and control in mobile advertising

Brands need to respect consumer journey and control in mobile advertising

Building better mobile advertising experiences comes down to understanding the consumer journey, being contextually relevant, and respecting their ability to opt in and out of engagement. That’s the view of Exponential head of mobile for APAC and South Africa, Nicole Liebmann, who presented on how to optimise mobile advertising at the vendor’s recent customer breakfast […]

Singapore-based mobile ad firm BuzzCity acquired by Mobads

Singapore-based mobile ad firm BuzzCity acquired by Mobads

Singapore-based mobile advertising network BuzzCity has been acquired by London-based Mobads for an undisclosed sum. Both companies focus on direct response mobile marketing but the acquisition will give Mobads the ability to serve brands alongside the direct response product. Mobads CEO, Sacha Jacobs, commented: “The mobile advertising segment still shows enormous growth potential for the next four years; with […]

Google France and AKQA want you to embark on a 360° urban adventure with Curio-Cité

Google France and AKQA want you to embark on a 360° urban adventure with Curio-Cité

Google France has unveiled the first episode of Curio-Cité, a series of films, immersive 360° VR video masterclasses and live events allowing people to jump head first into the world of urban exploration (urbex) in Paris. In this first episode of #GoogleCuriocité (above), we follow David De Rueda, urban explorer and photographer, who shares the […]

Razorfish Hires Harvard Physicist Kevin Mercurio as COSMOS Data Scientist

Razorfish Hires Harvard Physicist Kevin Mercurio as COSMOS Data Scientist

Razorfish, a world leader in helping global brands drive customer obsessed business transformation, today announced it has hired Kevin Mercurio as director of data science for the COSMOSTM platform, a new position. Based in the agency’s New York office, Mercurio will report to Chief Intelligence Officer Samih Fadli. The hire follows the recent launch of […]

TubeMogul Wins Pernod Ricard Deal

TubeMogul Wins Pernod Ricard Deal

TubeMogul has been selected as the preferred programmatic platform partner for brand advertising in Australia by multinational distilled beverage manufacturer, Pernod Ricard. Pernod, which previously used Vizeum for all of their programmatic buys, will now use TubeMogul’s automated software platform to plan, buy, measure and optimise their Australian brand advertising and manage the entire process […]

Mastercard app lets online shoppers pay with a selfie

Mastercard app lets online shoppers pay with a selfie

Mastercard is about to start letting customers in the UK and Europe pay for goods online by using their face instead of a password. Having already been trialled in the US and Canada, the service, called Identity Check Mobile, asks for customers to pose for a photograph of their face to authenticate online purchases. Shoppers […]