Ride-hailing firm Grab has launched an advertising unit to enable brands to reach consumers in Southeast Asia both inside and outside of vehicles. Through GrabAds, brands are able to utilise Grab’s presence across eight countries and in over 200 cities in Southeast Asia to reach people taking a ride in one of the company’s vehicles […]
Seven Premier League clubs have agreed to partner with digital-currency exchange eToro for the 2018/19 season, thought to be the first sponsorship deal to be paid using Bitcoin for the top-flight football tournament. Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion, Crystal Palace, Cardiff City, Leicester City Football Club, Newcastle United and Southampton have also signed up […]
Appnext, a leading mobile discovery platform, has announced that TextNow, the first ever full-service freemium wireless company with over 100 million downloads, has integrated Appnext Actions into its Android app’s messaging stream. Appnext Actions maps key phrases in users’ text conversations to seamlessly connect users to additional services they need such as ordering a taxi, making a restaurant […]
Firebase, Google‘s default platform for app developers, has had a series of updates since it was acquired four years ago, and today brings the latest in that series, adding in-app messaging, new analytics reports and more. The new updates are aimed at helping developers to build better apps, improve their app quality and grow their […]
With research revealing Brits are spending more time online than ever before, it may be surprising to learn that sales of so-called ‘dumb phones’ have noted an uptick in sales for the first time in years. Known within the industry as ‘feature phones’, these handsets simply make and receive calls are being marketed as a means to […]
Mobvious, the company specialised in providing digital advertising solutions to the US Hispanic market, and recently acquired by Prisa Brand Solutions, has been placed at the third spot on the Hispanic Fact Pack 2018 ranking as one of the networks with the highest reach within the Hispanic market in the United States. According to Ad […]
The British Red Cross helps millions of people in the UK and around the world get the support they need if crisis strikes. However, over time, its website had become outdated and unreliable, with people unsure where to find the information they needed and confused about the organisation’s purpose. Head of brand and strategic marketing at British […]
Southeast Asian transport turned ‘super app’ Grab is adding healthcare to its growing list of services, via a partnership with Chinese company Ping An Good Doctor. According to the announcement, the service will eventually be available across Southeast Asia and will use both the businesses expertise to create services, such as artificial-intelligence (AI) assisted online […]
Google One, first announced at Google I/O 2018, is Google’s new all-in-one subscription package for Drive storage, online support for services, and other handy perks. After a few months in an invite-only beta, it’s now open to all in the US. Google One’s subscription prices aren’t a far cry from the previous Google Drive storage […]
Eyeo, the company behind Adblock Plus, has unveiled a selective list of ad formats it will allow mobile users of its ad blocker to receive. The Acceptable Ads Committee, established by the company last summer, has been been working since then to establish the restrictive list of formats that it considers sufficiently in-obtrusive to allow. […]