Peruvian Red Cross experienced an 1800% increase in potential donors with ‘Hashtags for Life’ Campaign

Peruvian Red Cross experienced an 1800% increase in potential donors with ‘Hashtags for Life’ Campaign

Hashtags for Life, a social media campaign to help expand the Red Cross‘ donor database in Peru, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With a population of over 30 million people, and yet only 1250 registered blood donors, Peru faced a potential catastrophe incase of emergency. […]

The New York Times collaborate with Google for virtual reality project – NYT VR

The New York Times collaborate with Google for virtual reality project – NYT VR

The New York Times in partnership with T Brand Studio, Google, GE, and Mini, won the mobile category’s Grand Prix award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for its integration of virtual reality smart phone technology and Google cardboard headsets to provide its readers with an unprecedented virtual reality experience. NYT has […]

Sweden Creates the World’s First Telephone Number For the Country

Sweden Creates the World’s First Telephone Number For the Country

At the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Swedish Tourist Association along with creative agency INGO Stockholm, won a gold award in the mobile category for their creation of The Swedish Number, which allows people from other countries to call any Swede who has downloaded the Swedish Number App. In 1766, Sweden was the first country […]

Serviceplan Group develops a free German course for refugees – WhatsGerman

Serviceplan Group develops a free German course for refugees – WhatsGerman

WhatsGerman, a language course based on the already existing digital platform, WhatsApp, won the mobile category’s gold award at the 2016 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. WhatsGerman is a language course that is delivered through the messaging platform WhatsApp, and is directed towards the large number of refugees that entered Germany in 2015. Germany […]

36 per cent of Movie Marketing is Shared on Mobile

36 per cent of Movie Marketing is Shared on Mobile

36 per cent of video content from film-related websites is shared via mobile devices, with action films the most reliant on mobile sharing, with over half of their shares (54 per cent) occuring on mobile, either through social networks, messaging apps or elsewhere. The figures come from marketing tech firm RadiumOne, which also found that […]

Yahoo Introduces new mobile ad format Tiles, focused on 360 images, video

Yahoo Introduces new mobile ad format Tiles, focused on 360 images, video

At the Cannes Lions festival, Yahoo announced “Yahoo Tiles,” a new mobile ad format for the “post-tap world.” It offers 360-degree imagery and video on the Yahoo Gemini and BrightRoll ad platforms. Here’s the company’s description: Yahoo Tiles enables brands to tell visually compelling and immersive stories on mobile devices in a post-tap environment. When […]

AppLift Launch DataLift 360, first platform to unify app advertising across the entire app lifecycle

AppLift Launch DataLift 360, first platform to unify app advertising across the entire app lifecycle

AppLift — a mobile ad tech company — officially announced DataLift 360, which is hailed as the first platform to unify app advertising across the entire app lifecycle, from launch to growth and retention. According to a company statement, DataLift 360 enables mobile marketers to access and target desired users through seamless and unified connections […]