Snapchat’s name has disappeared about as quickly as the app’s trademark disappearing photos. The Venice, California-based company is debuting its first hardware, $129.99 video-capturing sunglasses, and renaming itself as “Snap Inc.” to reflect its new direction, the company’s CEO and cofounder Evan Spiegel told WSJ Magazine. Snapchat has been testing early versions of the gadget, […]
Instagram announced it has exceeded 500,000 advertisers. COO Marne Levine, speaking to Forbes, says the company’s next big opportunity is catering to small- and medium-sized businesses. (Courtesy of Facebook) The number of advertisers on Instagram has more than doubled over the last six months and now exceeds 500,000, up from about 200,000 in February, the […]
Twitter is pushing further into one of the most lucrative segments of the mobile ad economy. The social network announced September 22 that it is now letting advertisers run native app-install advertising campaigns across a host of different apps through the platform’s third-party partnership network. Like other types of native ads, the network will shoehorn promotions […]
App marketers will lose up to $100 million in 2016 due to mobile app install and engagement advertising fraud according to a new study. The research from mobile analytics company AppsFlyer shows that the losses come from fraudulent click data, paid installs from fraudulent devices, and fraudulent and simulated in-app events. While the study found […]
Mobile advertising growth continues to accelerate and increased 68.2% to €37bn ($49bn) in 2015 from €22bn ($29bn) in 2014, driven by a mobile first consumer world and improving marketing technologies, according to new research. The findings, from IAB Europe and IHS revealed that mobile display continues to outpace search and grew by an exponential 92.6% […]
Tinder today is launching a new application for social polling. The company announced the debut of “Tinder Stacks,” an app for iMessage users that will let you use the “swipe to like” gesture the dating app popularized for anything you want – whether that’s polling your friends which photo should be your new profile picture, […]
The Cask Marque Trust, which offers independent accreditation and training for pubs selling cask ale, has released its CaskFinder app, to coincide with the publication of its latest Cask Report. The report includes research into the way that cask ale is sold and marketed in pubs, concluding that most pubs where cask ale is sold […]
Ogilvy K1ND recently helped KFC launch its very firstWeChat-based Virtual Reality Charity Gallery in a campaign aimed at raising awareness about autism. Featuring KFC ambassador Chris Lee, the cutting-edge VR gallery was built using StoryBuilder, a proprietary tool developed by Ogilvy K1ND that brings together the power of social and virtual reality. With the help […]
Instagram feeds are littered with food-porn photos of burgers, ice cream concoctions, pizzas and more, but Land O’Lakes wonders if the thousands of users who share food photos every day ever stop to think about the thousands more who go hungry each day. With help from The Martin Agency, Land O’Lakes created the “Delete to […]
The MMA Germany launches with experts and expertise from founding member companies including: adsquare, Coca-Cola, Facebook, Google, SAP XM, Smaato, Telefónica and Unilever. Germany is a powerhouse market for mobile marketing growth, investment and interest, where mobile ad spending is forecast to exceed $2.56 billion, or EUR2.27 billion. The MMA Germany will kick off its […]