Snapchat has teamed up with Lego Wear to offer its members a shopping experience with a difference in the form of a pop-up augmented reality (AR) fashion boutique in London. Shoppers who pop into the Fitzrovia pop-up on February 13 will find the spartan store dressed solely with a Snapcode but by whipping out the Snapchat app […]
Music streaming service, Spotify, is ramping up its fight against ad blockers by explicitly banning them in its terms of service. The firm has long been anti-ad blockers. Until now, Spotify users who employed ad-circumventing software had their accounts suspended and were send a warning via email. The suspension would be revoked if they removed their ad blocker […]
Adelphic, a Viant subscription-based self-service platform for cross-channel programmatic advertising, announced the addition of digital out-of-home (DOOH) inventory from Rubicon Project’s private marketplace (PMP), further establishing Adelphic as the leading DSP with the most DOOH inventory integrations in the industry. Advertisers can now access DOOH inventory in multiple formats and locations from Adelphic’s newest DOOH […]
Brandwatch, the world-leading, $100 million-revenue social intelligence company, has unveiled its latest Vizia innovation with an enterprise reporting product that fundamentally changes the approach to marketing reporting. Marketers spend countless hours and billions of dollars to ensure that they are equipped to track results and measure their work, but that vital information is too often […]
The Freshwater Trust (TFT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems, is partnering with IBM Research and SweetSense Inc., a provider of low-cost satellite connected sensors, to pilot technologies which can accurately monitor and track groundwater use in one of the largest and most at risk aquifers in North America. Additional research […]
Facebook has struck a deal with Odeon that will let movie goers buy tickets without leaving the social network. As part of the partnership, Facebook has launched a ‘Films’ tab in its app and online that will enable fans to book and pay for the tickets via Odeon. Tickets for screenings at other chains, including Vue […]
European fintech startup, Yoyo, has announced a new eCommerce solution for its already existing shopping platform, which is geared towards tracking retail transactions and loyalty programs. Currently, Yoyo Wallet gives consumers the ability to organise mobile and in-store payment options, rewards, offers, and itemised receipts all in one place. Yoyo’s new omnichannel features include multichannel one-click […]
On February 8, in partnership with Spark Foundry UK and The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, Verizon Media announces a new VR 360º video experience, offering users the opportunity to virtually explore some of the biggest tourist attractions in Abu Dhabi. Created by RYOT Studio, the branching narrative within the video places […]
Huawei has used the power of AI and human expertise to compose the final two movements of Schubert’s famous Symphony No. 8. commonly known as the ‘Unfinished Symphony’. Symphony No. 8 has remained incomplete for 197 years and despite numerous attempts it remains one of the most intriguing pieces of unfinished symphonic music of all […]
Mobile data and identity platform Zeotap has launched Connect, an identity solution which deterministically matches brands’ offline CRM data to mobile identifiers, helping brands to bridge the gap between offline and online data. The company is already working with three of the top 10 global advertisers across several key verticals such as Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) […]