Creative Circle has launched an official app ahead of the Creative Circle Ball. The app, available for both smartphone and tablet users through the App Store and Google Play, is available now. Keeping you up to date with everything in the run up to the biggest social gathering in the UK’s creative calendar, the handy app […]
Caligoo has released the newest version of its application aware hot spots solution. Caligoo delivers what venue operators need to compete, attract and serve a new and demanding generation of mobile savvy users, while protecting their existing base and expanding through the right mix of digital on-line and physical off-line services. Thanks to Caligoo’s technology, […]
The Google-backed Physical Web is now operating in the physical world. UK-based mobile commerce provider Proxama, in partnership with out-of-home advertising firm Exterion Media, launched this month in London what they describe as “the world’s first deployment of a Physical Web consumer engagement experience.” Called MyStop, the project delivers up-to-date bus information and notifications to passengers and […]
German automotive brand Mercedes-Benz has joined the Open Automotive Alliance, a partnership of automotive and technology firms aimed at introducing Android software into automobiles and furthering the development of the connected car. The induction of Daimler-owned Mercedes-Benz marks a closer relationship between the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) and the consortium of car manufacturers who purchased […]
More people are using their phones, rather than PCs, to conduct searches, with weekends being the most popular time, according to new research. To mark the start of Advertising Week Europe, Bing Ads has released insights into UK consumer behaviour on mobile devices which reveals that mobile is by far the device of choice during […]
Shazam, the world’s most popular app for connecting artists and fans, announced the launch of Shazam for Brands. Shazam is known by consumers as the standard in music recognition, and will now unite brands with its global audience. The company is an ecosystem of hundreds of millions of global users, all of them making a […]
Perhaps younger audiences have shorter attention spans — or maybe they just want to cut to the chase faster. In any event, a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau — Multiscreen Video Best Practices — reveals that 10-second mobile video ads have greater brand appeal and persuasion potential for millennial audiences. On the other […]
Coty’s beauty brand Rimmel is holding its first-ever global Snapchat press conference on April 15, giving fans an opportunity to interact with new brand ambassador Cara Delevingne by posing questions that will be answered live by the model. The brand hopes to leverage its own followers on Snapchat as well as those of Ms. Delevingne […]
The number of smartphones in the UK will increase by 13.1m between the end of 2015 and the end of 2018, according to the latest research from Mobilesquared. By this time, Apple will account more than one third of total smartphones in the UK. The UK-based research analyst firm has launched its first Databook, called Global Subscriptions […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps for connecting artists and fans, and Nespresso, one of the world’s leading purveyors of high quality portioned coffee, announced Nespresso will use Shazam’s visual recognition for its advertising campaigns around the world. Nespresso will start this partnership by leveraging Shazam’s visual recognition technology for the launch of […]