November sees the launch of an ambitious project to bring Sir David Attenborough’s breath-taking archive to new generations of fans. The Story of Life is a free app from BBC Earth featuring the largest ever digital release of Sir David’s globally renowned work and will be available to download on Thursday 17th November from app […]
This Black Friday, Wal-Mart is going digital. The world’s largest retailer recently said that its website will kick off its online Black Friday sale three hours earlier than 2015, at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Thanksgiving Day. That’s hours before its in-store doorbuster deals begin at 6 p.m. that evening. This is just the second year that Wal-Mart […]
Cadw, the Welsh Government’s historic environment service, has deployed iBeacon technology throughout 10 Welsh castles, and within the four-metre dragon model which has been touring its heritage sites during 2016. The solar-powered beacons were deployed by Welsh firm GCell, and work in tandem with the Cadw iOS and Android app developed by Locly. The technology has been […]
The IAB has released the results of a study on digital commerce in the US and China, which found Chinese consumers engage in more shopping behaviours on smartphones and tablets than US consumers. According to the research, both the US and China have achieved “near-full adoption of digital commerce,” with 89% of Chinese consumers over […]
Unilever-owned tea brand Lipton has launched #BeAMaker, a mobile-first vertical video ad campaign. The campaign pushes Lipton’s sustainable living brand message, building on the fact that it sources tea from Rainforest Alliance-certified farms. The video content tells the stories of young tea farmers in Kenya, focusing on what these titular ‘makers’ – such as rap trio Aroma 3 – do […]
Innity, leading online media and ad tech provider in APAC today added five new mobile ad formats to its mobile advertising offerings – Mobile Cube, Mobile Grow, Mobile Cards, Mobile Underlay and Mobile Canvas, allowing advertisers the opportunity to reach target audience on mobile devices. Mobile Cube: The ad is displayed as a 3D cube […]
Twitter ‘s Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain is stepping down after six years at the helm, adding more uncertainty to the struggling tech firm’s murky future. Anthony Noto, Twitter’s chief financial officer, will take over Bain’s job, according to a regulatory filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Twitter is searching for a […]
Photoshop software maker Adobe Systems Inc said on Thursday it would buy advertising company TubeMogul Inc for about $540 million, net of debt and cash, giving it a bigger presence in the rapidly growing online video market. Adobe’s $14 per share cash offer represents an 82.5 percent premium to TubeMogul’s Wednesday close. Shares of TubeMogul, […]
Marketers across the Middle East have developed mobile marketing strategies and find it easy to buy mobile advertising, but a new study suggests that more work needs to be done on creating mobile-friendly sites and integrating mobile with other marketing activities. The State of The Industry: Mobile Marketing in The Middle East report, from WARC and […]
M&C Saatchi Mobile, a full service mobile media agency that operates globally, has debuted in India, setting up two offices in New Delhi and Bengaluru. The company begins operations with two flagship clients, Ola and Swiggy. The move to India has given the mobile media company a footprint into a market with enormous potential for […]