Google and HTC Corporation announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. HTC will receive $1.1 billion in cash from Google as part of the transaction. Separately, Google will receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property […]
The Body Shop is working with agency Urban Airship to launch a mobile wallet pass with the latest news and signature counts for its Forever Against Animal Testing campaign. Launched in June alongside Cruelty Free International, the Forever Against Animal Testing campaign aims to end cosmetic animal testing worldwide, through a petition that will be taken […]
Pixalate recently released the latest version of their Mobile Sellers Trust Index where they rank the top mobile platforms in programmatic advertising, and AdColony was number one on the list, rising three spots from the last ranking. As mobile advertisers increasingly turn to programmatic ad buying, the issue of trust comes up frequently. Advertisers and agencies want partners […]
Pandora turned up the volume on its growing array of innovative advertising solutions designed to empower brands and engage audiences. The leading music discovery platform has just announced that Video Plus is now available to all advertisers. “The new ad product enables brands to pay only when users watch 15 seconds of a video ad,” Pandora explains […]
YouAppi, a leading mobile growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, announced the availability of its holistic Fraud Protection suite, a new, standard feature of its 360 Degree Growth Marketing Platform. The suite offers the most comprehensive fraud protection on the market against these types of fraud; click injection, click spamming, non-human traffic and incentivized […]
Sainsbury’s has ad shot its latest ad through the lens of Snapchat Spectacles as it looks to “lead the charge” in experimenting with new and creative ways of filming. The grocer is the first UK brand to use the glasses to film an ad which will appear in Snapchat’s walls. The spot was shot in […]
After his first Hollywood hit, King Kong rampaged through various sequels. Aping that career trajectory, the king-sized, Kong-style gorilla balloon that stole the show in Volkswagen’s popular Tiguan TV campaign poped up on September 15, in a virtual scavenger hunt game. Called “Rule the Road” and played on Instagram, the game has a race-through-the-city format that positions the 2018 […]
Bench, a consultancy specialising in the selection, implementation, integration and optimisation of data, analytical and marketing technology, has truck a partnership with Equals 3, an IBM Watson cognitive computing partner that develops solutions for marketers. The partnership means Bench is now a key UK distributor of Lucy, the cognitive companion for marketers, powered by IBM Watson and […]
Facebook has created a hub on its social network for people to find out the latest information about recent crises and tools relating to each crisis. Crisis Response will enable users to let their friends and family know they are safe through Safety Check, provide community help and let people create fundraisers or donate to […]
Adidas has created a game exclusively for Snapchat, designed to run on the platform as an ad between Stories. The brand’s first game on the media platform will land on September 16 in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. It was designed to engage football fans with a compelling gamified ad that allows them […]