Visa recently started inviting start-ups to compete in the company’s second annual The Everywhere Initiative. In partnership with start-up ecosystem company, KITE, Visa is posing three real-life business challenges to the start-up community to create innovative solutions that solve Visa business problems and drive the future of commerce. According to a provided statement, the selected […]
Creative Circle has launched an official app ahead of the Creative Circle Ball. The app, available for both smartphone and tablet users through the App Store and Google Play, is available now. Keeping you up to date with everything in the run up to the biggest social gathering in the UK’s creative calendar, the handy app […]
Shazam, the world’s most popular app for connecting artists and fans, announced the launch of Shazam for Brands. Shazam is known by consumers as the standard in music recognition, and will now unite brands with its global audience. The company is an ecosystem of hundreds of millions of global users, all of them making a […]
Coty’s beauty brand Rimmel is holding its first-ever global Snapchat press conference on April 15, giving fans an opportunity to interact with new brand ambassador Cara Delevingne by posing questions that will be answered live by the model. The brand hopes to leverage its own followers on Snapchat as well as those of Ms. Delevingne […]
The number of smartphones in the UK will increase by 13.1m between the end of 2015 and the end of 2018, according to the latest research from Mobilesquared. By this time, Apple will account more than one third of total smartphones in the UK. The UK-based research analyst firm has launched its first Databook, called Global Subscriptions […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps for connecting artists and fans, and Nespresso, one of the world’s leading purveyors of high quality portioned coffee, announced Nespresso will use Shazam’s visual recognition for its advertising campaigns around the world. Nespresso will start this partnership by leveraging Shazam’s visual recognition technology for the launch of […]
Mobile MOB use could overtake PCs for global internet access in three years’ time, but youngsters are already at this point, according to new data. The research, from Global Web Index, indicates that 2019 will be the year when mobiles start capturing more time than all other devices combined. However, age is a pretty crucial factor […]
Car maker Jeep has become the first brand is the first to use ‘Edge’ – a new ad format designed to to overcome ad blocking and increase viewability metrics. The format, developed by InSkin Media, runs along the edge of a mobile screen in a bid to be non-intrusive. It wraps around the top and […]
Much of rise of contactless payments has been due to the popularity of NFC-enabled credit and debit cards, but new data from Juniper Research suggests that payments via smartphones and wearables are also experiencing a swift rise, and will close in on $100bn annually in the next two years. According to new research, global contactless […]
Zizzi, the Italian restaurant chain, is leading innovation in marketing by delivering an interactive consumer experience incorporating gameplay and rewards to both engage existing customers and also attract new restaurant goers. Having recently signed a long term contract with 3radical – whose Voco software platform delivers relevant, rich, multi-channel experiences to consumers for brands such […]