China’s digital advertising market is on a tear. Mobile advertising is witnessing double digit growth rates, according to eMarketer, but not everyone is in for a win this year. The market research firm has revised its forecast for Baidu’s digital ad revenues, citing negative press after an investigation was opened into the search giant’s practices, […]
The new research provides significant new insights into the behaviour and attitudes of young generations as they respond to mobile advertising. Verve, a leading location-based mobile advertising company, today released new research on Millennials and Generation Z, two groups of young mobile experts that Verve now terms Mobile Prodigies. Highlighting how deeply these younger consumers […]
EyeFitU a new fashion portal that aims to solve the eternal problem of the lack of uniformity of sizing in fashion, has gone live. EyeFitU has collaborated with high profile affiliated fashion houses: The app has 45+ online stores and 100s of brands such as Matchesfashion, Ted Baker, Net-à-Porter and Mr.Porter, Karen Millen, Asos, Warehouse […]
With 6 billion people worldwide said to own a mobile phone, rare is the occasion that anyone heads out to the casino, hotel pool, sporting event, or an evening of dining and drinks, without their preferred mobile device in hand. The growing reliance on mobile wallets — and the unwavering trust that there is always […]
McDonald’s Japan rolled out a campaign using from the Weather category’s Weather Index when it launched a customizable menu that offered many burger variations. Using sales data from the company’s nationwide network of restaurants, together with weather data, McDonald’s Japan was able to analyze in real time when and where products were selling well, and […]
A future US president who looks (and talks) suspiciously like Donald Trump and triggers Armageddon on Earth stars in a caustic new mobile game app. Once the Earth is in flames in the game, President “Jrump” must colonise other worlds to “make the galaxy great again.” He needs to climb walls the player must build […]
Background: DMEXCO – a local German advertising technology expo or another international ‘must attend’ event for the diary? That debate will continue but both the usual global media suspects and local German players showed up for this year’s biggest European advertising technology show. Details and Implications: Rise of the machines: Technology is the driving force […]
Have a 2 a.m. hankering for ice cream or organic seaweed chips, or a need for cat litter or dog food before dawn? Perhaps you’d like a toaster, pregnancy test or rolling papers, or a spatula, mousetrap or smartphone charger and don’t want to wander around town in the middle of the night looking for […]
Pizza Hut has launched a loyalty app offering rewards for consumers based on the frequency of their visits to the company’s restaurants. Amaze, the digital agency which Pizza Hut worked with on the app, claims it is the first loyalty and reward app to be launched by a casual dining restaurant in the UK. In phase […]
Smartphone apps account for 3 out of every 4 minutes we spend on a mobile, a recent study by comScore has found. So much for giving mom a call. The average monthly hours spent on smartphone apps has grown for all age groups in the U.S. Even the age 55-65 segment saw a 37% year-over-year […]