Snapchat is putting an end to its peer-to-peer payment feature, ending a four-year partnership with payment processor Square. According to TechCrunch, Snapcash will be dropped from the app on 30 August, as discovered in a deprecation message buried within Snapchat’s code. This has since been confirmed by Snapchat, saying: “Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as […]
KFC partnered with Super Deluxe to run a four-hour live stream of cats exploring a model of the brand’s mascot and founder Colonel Sanders. The agency broadcast live footage of the felines exploring a six-foot effigy of the Colonel on Facebook Live. It’s believed around 1m viewers tuned into the spectacle, with 700,000 watching […]
I’ve got a problem with the Internet of Things. Here it is: it’s too big. A bit like our old frenemy Big Data, where it now seems that all data is big. I accept that the definition of IoT includes all connected devices and vehicles. What’s driving me mad is that we single out separate […]
Chinese retailer Suning has rolled out five unmanned automated stores, called ‘Biu’ as the brand steps up its presence in China’s hugely competitive ‘smart retail’ market. The stores are powered by facial recognition technology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), big data analysis and utilise the brand’s online financial services app to provide consumers with a shopping […]
Facebook recently announced in a blog that it has added five new features to its Ads Manager app, making it easier for advertisers to use creative tools using their smartphones. Now, while creating an ad on their mobile devices, advertisers can play around with tools like text overlays, stickers, logos or color filters. Facebook has also included […]
Walt Disney Animation Studios will debut its first ever virtual reality short film at SIGGRAPH 2018, and the hope is viewers will walk away feeling connected to the characters as equally as they will with the VR technology involved in making the film. Cycles, an experimental film directed by Jeff Gipson, centres around the true […]
Innovid, a leading video marketing platform, announced support for third party viewability measurement from all major vendors in VAST inventory, which accounts for the bulk of digital video impressions. Complete video viewability measurement was previously only available in VPAID inventory, which requires an additional layer of code, and has less scale across the digital video […]
Health drink brand Yakult is on a mission to teach common Japanese phrases to the public with a vending machine that rewards quick learners with a free bottle of ‘good bacteria’. In the UK, the company is looking to hit home its Japanese heritage by teaching members of the public Nippon, baited with the allure of a […]
Honor, a trendy, young and innovative smartphone e-brand, kicks off a series of partnerships with young emerging contemporary artists around the world, as part of its latest global creativity campaign ‘Honor Your Creation’. Clara Bacou, a UK-based digital technology artist will be the first to take part in the collaboration. “Honor has always been creative […]
The first 100% mobile car rental service, Virtuo, is set to shake up the car rental scene as it launches in London on July 18. The Virtuo app was hand selected by the Apple team as App of the Day on July 14, which generated thousands of installs ahead of the launch. Already available in […]