Shine Technologies is changing its name to Rainbow, leaving the ad-blocking market and recreating itself as a service with benefits for consumers and advertisers alike: an opt-in experience allowing web users to decide what ads they get. The move signals that the Israeli company is embracing advertisers, its previous enemy, developing the new product with […]
Blis, the global pioneer in advanced location data technology, is partnering with Unacast, the world’s largest network of proximity data and the creators of the Real World Graph, to provide brands greater understanding of who consumers are and how they behave both on- and offline along the path to purchase. These insights will improve attribution […]
comScore, Inc. announced the UK launch of Video Metrix Multi-Platform providing a single, unduplicated measure of digital video consumption across smartphone, tablet and desktop devices to give clients a deeper understanding of how, when and where video content is consumed. This launch also includes the introduction of enhanced mobile video reporting for YouTube and its […]
A new Night Tube map has been launched to help hungry Londoners on the hunt for a midnight McDonald’s. The fast food giant and OMD UK teamed up with app developer Bappz to create an interactive map that guides travellers to their closest open restaurant. “We’re particularly excited about this unique and innovative campaign. It’s […]
Toymail, a maker of connected plush toys that work as a child-friendly alternative to mobile phones, has launched a ‘constellation of apps’ to expand the capabilities of its latest generation ‘Talkies’ toys. The Toymail Cloud for Talkies includes audio apps such as Remindie, an audio calendar; Sleepie, which issues ‘soothing sounds’ to help get the […]
For the launch of its new Pantene Anti Dandruff Shampoo for women in Indonesia, Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) campaign objective was to reach and engage with all female customers between the ages of 15-55 years. The customers needed to come from across all rural and urban areas, as well as all “secondary cities and urban agglomerates in […]
British Vogue has become the latest brand to use chatbots on Facebook Messenger. The publication is using a chatbot to update fashion fans on the latest news and shows – to cater for the shortening attention spans of modern day readers. By signing up to Vogue’s ‘Fashion Update’ service, the bot will bring users the […]
InMobi, a global mobile advertising and discovery platform, launched a suite of advanced mobile video ad solutions in Europe. The platform includes innovative video ad formats such as vertical videos, interactive rich-media videos, 360 degree videos, opt-in videos, full-screen, in-feed and in-stream videos. Having invested in video technology for more than four years, InMobi’s new […]
UK online newspaper The Independent saw 73 per cent of its users, and 75 per cent of UK users, access its site during January via mobile. This accounted for 69.5m users, who amassed 194m page views, or 64 per cent of its total views. Overall, the publication enjoyed record global figures. It reported biggest month-on-month […]
Soon after launching Instagram Live Stories, Facebook has made an update to WhatsApp that again challenges Snapchat ahead of its IPO. WhatsApp Status is a tab that will allow users to share photos and videos with friends and contacts. The platform promises the content will be end-to-end encrypted. TechCrunch reported that the feature mirrors Snapchat […]