Zappar Brings Augmented Reality Trolls to Tesco

Zappar Brings Augmented Reality Trolls to Tesco

AR firm Zappar has partnered with DreamWorks Animation to bring to life characters from the animated feature film Trolls for Tesco UK. The campaign launched on 21 October to tie in with the release of the movie in UK cinemas. It enables shoppers to explore Tesco stores nationwide with their smartphone or tablet to find […]

Adyoulike and The Trade Desk announce global programmatic native advertising collaboration

Adyoulike and The Trade Desk announce global programmatic native advertising collaboration

Adyoulike, the European leader in native advertising technology revealed a new integration with The Trade Desk, Inc., a global technology platform for buyers of advertising. Adyoulike’s native advertising supply side platform (SSP), using the OpenRTB 2.3 standard to deliver in-feed native content programmatically, has integrated with The Trade Desk’s platform to further expand the digital […]

Mobile Will Represent 75% Of Internet in 2017, Bigger Ad Medium Than Print & OOH Combined

Mobile Will Represent 75% Of Internet in 2017, Bigger Ad Medium Than Print & OOH Combined

Three out of every four minutes (75%) of Internet use will be accessed via a mobile device in 2017 — up from 68% this year, according to a mobile advertising forecast released by Publicis’ Zenith unit. The report estimates that mobile’s share of global Internet usage will reach 79% by 2018, nearly doubling since 40% […]

Technology-driven Millennials remain narcissistic as they age

Technology-driven Millennials remain narcissistic as they age

SYZYGY, a full service-digital agency, partially owned by WPP, released the results of a new survey that found adult Millennials are 16% more narcissistic than other generations and remain narcissistic as they age. Given that Millennials now represent the core mainstream adult consumer, spending some $200 billion each year in the U.S., marketers are searching […]

InMobi Partners with Moat to Allow Brands to Transact on Viewability

InMobi Partners with Moat to Allow Brands to Transact on Viewability

InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile advertising and discovery platform, today announced a partnership with Moat to offer brand advertisers mobile video measurement and currency through both InMobi Exchange and the InMobi network. The partnership will enable advertisers to measure, among other metrics, “human and viewable” and “human, viewable, and audible” (sound, sight and motion) […]

Manchester Airport courts Chinese tourists on Weibo and WeChat

Manchester Airport courts Chinese tourists on Weibo and WeChat

Manchester Airport is turning to social media in a bid to lure high flying Chinese tourists to the north west of England by signing up to the far east equivalents of Twitter and Whatsapp. The social media push dovetails with the launch of direct flights between Beijing and Manchester by Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines in […]

InMobi Launches a Suite of Advanced Mobile Video Ad Formats in the APAC Region

InMobi Launches a Suite of Advanced Mobile Video Ad Formats in the APAC Region

InMobi, a global mobile advertising and discovery platform, launched an advanced suite of video formats across countries in Asia Pacific, to help brands capitalize on the opportunity offered by mobile video advertising. The suite of video ad formats will be available across countries including Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea and Japan. The […]

Swedish Pharmacy Launches Pain-Relieving VR App

Swedish Pharmacy Launches Pain-Relieving VR App

The Swedish pharmacy chain ‘Apotek Hjärtat’ has launched a VR app for pain relief. ‘Happy Place’ distracts the brain from focusing on temporary pain through a virtual world. The app is available for free download in Oculus Store and available to try in selected Apotek Hjärtat pharmacies. Years of research and several independent studies show […]

Tinder Asks Users to ‘Swipe the Vote’

Tinder Asks Users to ‘Swipe the Vote’

Tinder has launched ‘Swipe the Vote’, an in-app experience created in partnership with non-profit organisation Rock the Vote, intended to activate voters for the impending US election. The dating app will present users with a simple poll, created using polling platform Wedgies, which asks them to swipe left or right on seven key issues, and to pick the candidate they intend to vote […]