Facebook is running a small test to let users post their Instagram Stories directly as a WhatsApp Status. The new feature will let users post decorated photos, videos and GIFs on WhatsApp, which will disappear after 24 hours. “An Instagram Story posted as a WhatsApp Status also becomes encrypted like the rest of WhatsApp,” TechCrunch […]
Drinks giant Diageo has suspended advertising on Snapchat across the world after its use of a Lens was criticised by the UK ad watchdog. The Advertising Standards Authority investigated the ad for rum brand Captain Morgan on its own initiative, and decided it was unacceptably likely to appeal to, as well as be seen by, […]
Forensiq, a leader in ad fraud detection and prevention, announced its partnership with Yeahmobi, to help curb the effect of advertising fraud across its mobile ad platform. Yeahmobi is an intelligent mobile advertising platform helping organisations reach global growth. While Yeahmobi initially had the capabilities to detect invalid web traffic, it was in need of […]
UC Browser, a mobile browser owned by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has become more popular than Google’s Chrome in some of Asia’s fastest-growing markets, according to the Wall Street Journal. Citing data from web analytics firm StatCounter, the paper reported that millions of people in India, Indonesia and other emerging markets getting online for […]
Uber is reportedly weighing up the idea of a subscription model for its food delivery subsidiary, UberEats. In an interview with Business Insider, UberEats UK country manager Toussaint Wattinne confirmed that the company has already been testing subscriptions. “We are constantly testing,” he said. “We’ve actually run a few tests within specific cohorts in a […]
GOOD Agency have been tasked with refreshing WaterAid’s Just Water January abstinence event, leading the strategy, creative ideation and delivery of a sector – first digital wallet pass. Just Water, which runs throughout January, challenges participants to go a whole month drinking just water – no booze, coffee, tea and juice. It’s the toughest abstinence […]
Snapchat maker Snap Inc. is getting ready to take some of its content beyond its app: Snap is developing a new program dubbed Stories Everywhere that will allow third-party publishers to embed Snapchat content on their websites, according to a new Cheddar report. Snap didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The project is […]
Some WeChat users in China will soon be able to use the chat app as a state-issued ID card. Financial Times reports that those living in Guangdong’s capital city Guangzhou will be able to use facial recognition to link their identities to the app in the Nansha district this week. The feature will apparently roll […]
As internet advertising revenues increase in US, Amazon is reportedly all set to introduce new advertising products in its portfolio in 2018 as it grows as a force to take on Facebook and Google. CNBC reported that Amazon is planning to sell advertising beyond Amazon sites and products. Amazon is also working with third-party mobile […]
Air New Zealand is turning to technology to tackle the language barriers that often arise during travel. The airline is one of the first corporates globally to trial a customer service use case for Google’s wireless Bluetooth Pixel Buds headphones which enable live translation of 40 languages via Google’s Pixel handset. While the airline has […]