Pandora introduces premium on-demand music service

Pandora introduces premium on-demand music service

Music streaming service Pandora has introduced its first ever on-demand service, as it finally provides an answer to the services offered by the likes of Spotify, Apple and Amazon. The new Pandora Premium service will cost $9.99 (£8.23) a month and enable users to experience Pandora’s radio service, while also being able to search for […]

ID TECH and Worldnet achieve EMV certification through First Data

ID TECH and Worldnet achieve EMV certification through First Data

ID TECH, one of the leaders in payment-peripheral technology, and Worldnet, a leading provider of enterprise grade Omni-channel Payment solutions, combine to provide EMV chip-card acceptance to cloud-based merchants, unattended kiosk manufacturers, retailers, and mobile merchants have received EMV certification through First Data. The certification using the GoChip EMV SDK encompasses all the ID TECH’s products […]

Telefónica’s Axonix acquires leading UK geolocation data startup Statiq

Telefónica’s Axonix acquires leading UK geolocation data startup Statiq

Telefónica’s programmatic trading platform, Axonix, has acquired British mobile geolocation data startup Statiq. The investment has been driven by Axonix’s scale and diversification strategy and will give the Spanish telecoms company a wealth of data to better target consumers. Statiq launched in 2013 and has built a portfolio of partners ranging from demand side platforms […]

Mobile agency Ansible launches in Philippines

Mobile agency Ansible launches in Philippines

Ansible, a mobile marketing and technology agency under IPG Mediabrands, has been launched in Philippines, its fifth office in the APAC region. The agency has 23 offices in 15 countries globally. As a specialist agency, Ansible offers strategy, media planning and buying, marketing and analytics besides UX, creative, technology, development and enterprise solutions. Its MiBeacons […]

Pocket launches iMessage app for sharing your favourite stories

Pocket launches iMessage app for sharing your favourite stories

The read-it-later app Pocket launched an iMessage app extension today for users to share their favourite stories without leaving messaging app for iPhones. Nothing fancy, but if you use Pocket and share stories you’ll appreciate this new feature. Pocket announced the news on March 9 in a blog post. To get Pocket for iMessage you can […]

JD.com, Zebra Technologies & Digital China team to unveil IoT and eCommerce Logistics Lab

JD.com, Zebra Technologies & Digital China team to unveil IoT and eCommerce Logistics Lab

Alibaba’s eCommerce rival JD.com (Jingdong Group) has joined forces with Zebra Technologies, a manufacturer of marking, tracking and computer printing technologies, and Chinese integrated IT service provider Digital China, to develop a lab dedicated to the internet of things (IoT) and eCommerce logistics. The ‘IoT + E-commerce Logistics Lab’ is in Beijing’s Shunyi district. The […]

Yahoo text-based chatbot sets reminders and shopping lists for family

Yahoo text-based chatbot sets reminders and shopping lists for family

Yahoo has unveiled a new text-based chatbot, called ‘Captain” designed to coordinate logistics between family members, without needing download an app or buy extra hardware. The tool uses a text-based system that sets and sends reminders as well as updates shopping and to-do lists without the need to download separate applications. Currently, Captain is only […]

Smaato Releases New Inventory Discovery Feature for Demand Partners

Smaato Releases New Inventory Discovery Feature for Demand Partners

Smaato launches the mobile advertising industry’s first Inventory Discovery feature, transforming how mobile advertisers are able to discover and target mobile advertising inventory across the Smaato exchange. What used to be a manual process is now automated, giving the global, real-time mobile monetization platform’s 450+ demand partners increased access, more control and dramatically higher inventory and […]