Facebook updates ad policy to prioritise video

Facebook updates ad policy to prioritise video

Facebook has announced plans to promote videos more prominently inside its News Feed, using the central feature of its main app to build more interest in the original video content it has created and compete more directly with YouTube. As part of the plans, it will also change the kind of advertisements that run in […]

Facebook unveils ads that open chat messages on WhatsApp

Facebook unveils ads that open chat messages on WhatsApp

The monetisation of WhatsApp by parent company Facebook took another step forward: Advertisers on Facebook can now include a button on their Facebook boosted organic posts that enables users to contact them via the messaging application. Facebook introduced click-to-Messenger Facebook ads in November 2016 as part of its launch of version 1.3 of its Messenger […]

Bing partners Reddit for new AI search features

Bing partners Reddit for new AI search features

Microsoft’s Bing is undergoing a major change, partnering Reddit and using AI to try and take on Google. New features include the ability to summarise the two opposing sides of contentious questions, and another that measures how many reputable sources are behind a given answer. Speaking at the Everyday AI event, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian […]

Snapchat announces Lens Studio Partner Program

Snapchat announces Lens Studio Partner Program

Snap Inc. has launched Lens Studio, a real-time tool for brands to design and build 2D and 3D augmented reality Snapchat Lenses. For the first time ever since it launched Lenses in 2015, Snap has vetted, trained, and approved a selection of best in class augmented reality production partners to develop Snapchat Lenses for advertisers. […]

Clear Channel and TAP TAP uses mOOHbile technology in whereabouts for Renault

Clear Channel and TAP TAP uses mOOHbile technology in whereabouts for Renault

MOOHbile technology is the new technological development that arises from the strategic partnership between Clear Channel Peru and TAP TAP. This technology synchronises external advertising strategies hyper-locally in the mobile and allows re-impacting the audience OOH with ad hoc content on their smartphones. Renault was the first brand to take advantage of this technology. And […]

Experience wizarding school with new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Experience wizarding school with new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

Game developers Jam City have announced that in 2018, they’ll be releasing a story-driven mobile narrative role-playing game, in which players can attend our favourite wizarding school, Hogwarts, as a student. Called Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, it’s the first mobile game in which players can create their own character and experience life as a student. Once […]

Facebook opens AR platform and ‘World Effects’ to all developers

Facebook opens AR platform and ‘World Effects’ to all developers

Eight months after debuting the AR Studio tool and Augmented Reality Camera Effects platform at its F8 developer conference, Facebook has opened the platform up to developers around the world as the solution leaves its private beta test. Developers will now be able to create AR experiences that make use of the Facebook Camera tool, […]