Samsung has launched a new video campaign to promote its new TabPro S hybrid laptop, recruiting popular food blogger Jack Monroe. The campaign aims to capture the different ways the tablet PC can be used by real people. Created by Cheil UK, the campaign is themed around the idea of ‘empowering you,’ championing the younger […]
Marketing firm, Kenshoo, has just become the first marketing technology provider to roll out full support for Google’s Expanded Text Ads (ETAs). When it launched in May, 45+ advertisers among the Internet Retailer Top 1000 began to deploy ETAs through Kenshoo. Since then, the company has served over 3.5m ETAs and 40% of weekly keyword […]
With users’ privacy in mind, Facebook is testing the ability to create one-to-one “secret conversations” in Messenger that will be end-to-end encrypted. Plus, Facebook is promising that these clandestine conversations can only be read on the mobile device of the intended receiver. “That means the messages are intended just for you and the other person […]
UK news publisher Metro, a DMG Media brand, has relaunched its app on iOS and Android, as well as launching a new digital edition via web, after teaming with developers Kaldor. The new Metro app offers users two issues every weekday for free, providing readers with news, sport, celebrity, features and more, automatically delivered to […]
It’s no surprise that nonprofits operate on shoestring-sized budgets and are constantly working to recruit a new generation of millennial donors. But Water is Life, a charity focused on providing clean water resources, found an interesting way to hack the popular mobile payment app Venmo, which could open the floodgates to creative and stealthy digital […]
Mobile dating app Bumble has expanded into a professional networking platform after adding a new section called BumbleBizz. The changes incorporate the swiping system often used on dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble and will allow users interested in building business connections to see potential matches. In what appears to be a more causal […]
Mobile Payments using NFC & BLE Beacons lead the way for new marketing technologies. The possibilities of smart devices, mobile payments, wearable technology & NFC are beginning to take a grip in consumer trends and forecasts. The figures can’t be denied. “Payments made through NFC, will witness the highest year-over-year growth rate, increasing at over […]
As the Euro 2016 comes to an end, with France setting up a date with Portugal in the Final, new data from Flurry shows 2016’s tournament has been the most mobile-centric yet. Sports app usage across the UK, Germany and France has rocketed by two thirds (65%) compared with 2015, as football fans rush to their […]
Founded in 2015 by Nexd, AdCanvas is a mobile advertising platform that enables media agencies to quickly create high quality, lightweight, interactive advertisements that incite higher click through and engagement rates. The need for efficient and engaging mobile advertising platforms is increasing as the trend towards consuming content on mobile devises develops. Previously, HTML5 was […]
36 per cent of video content from film-related websites is shared via mobile devices, with action films the most reliant on mobile sharing, with over half of their shares (54 per cent) occuring on mobile, either through social networks, messaging apps or elsewhere. The figures come from marketing tech firm RadiumOne, which also found that […]