Customers usually go on shopping apps to search for what they want to buy, but Alibaba also wants to tell them what they want to buy with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). The strategy seems to been working, as Alibaba has seen a surge in mobile engagement during the first quarter of 2017. The […]
Addictive Mobility, one of Canada’s leading mobile advertising platform, has further strengthened its Executive Management team with the hire of Shannan LaMorre as VP of Operations. Shannan comes to Addictive Mobility with over 15 years of Digital Advertising experience, including over 25 years in senior roles in media, and most recently as Managing Director, Operations […]
Adyoulike, the leading in-feed native ad platform, announced a new strategic partnership with AppNexus, the world’s leading independent advertising technology company, that enables the real-time sale and purchase of digital advertising. The integration will enable advertisers and agencies to deliver personalised native campaigns on AppNexus’ platform. Adyoulike’s native advertising supply side platform (SSP) will use the […]
Google is rolling out the ability to make hands-free phone calls to the US and Canada via Google Assistant on Google Home. In a blog post, Google said users in the US simply say, “Hey Google, call…” and calls will be made over users’ Wi-Fi connections. Google Home can call businesses and Google contacts, but it […]
Google has introduced a feature to Maps and Search that helps people find out all they need to know about a location they have searched for. With Google’s ‘Questions & Answers’, people are able to ask questions, get answers, and answer other people’s questions about places on Google Maps. The most informative questions and answers […]
Google is reportedly going to pay Apple billions of dollars to continue as the default search engine on iPhones and iPads. According to a note to investors from Bernstein, it is believed Google will pay Apple in the region of $3bn (£2,3bn) this year – up from $1bn three years ago – and that Google […]
Facebook is upping the usefulness of its Messenger chat service by integrating its personal assistant M for users in the UK. The feature is expanding beyond the USA, touching down with UK users to aid them with its artificial intelligence-driven suggestions, dropping into conversations to suggest stickers, polls, birthday celebrations, group gatherings and location sharing. Furthermore, […]
Mobile services company CM has joined Google’s Early Access Program for RCS Business Messaging, an initiative that enables businesses to send richer, more useful messages to their customers. Richer Native Messaging SMS has long been limited to just plain text. RCS (Rich Communication Service) upgrades messaging with popular chat features like typing indicators, read receipts, high-quality […]
Momentous Entertainment Group, an online social media network company vertically organised into four business areas: social networking, social gaming, ecommerce consumer products and services, and OTT streaming media content creation and distribution, announced that it has executed agreements and completed initial funding to acquire Blackfox. Blackfox.io is a mobile advertising network with a strong worldwide […]
Uber is bringing its in-app tipping feature to the UK, after rolling it out to the US as of the company’s 180 days of change. Tipping is a feature that has long been called for and drivers may now feel adequately rewarded for their service. Customers are given the option to tip their driver once the […]