Virgin America has just launched its app, and along with the usual flight booking, online check-in and digital boarding pass features, the smartphone app links to curated playlists on Spotify, themed around your destination. The playlists span a wide range of genres, with most cities boasting multiple choices, so for New York you can either […]
Wine, spirits and craft beer distributor Bibendum has relaunched its educational wine app, Plonk, to focus on the drinking occasion, and to create an engaged community of wine drinkers. The app has been designed, built and launched by Five by Five. Aimed at educating and introducing new audiences to wine, as well as foster a […]
A London student has launched a smartphone app to help delayed commuters secure compensation from the vast sums being “hoarded” by train firms. Benjamin Kaube, 26, who is completing a PhD in physics at Imperial College, said he had become infuriated at the way much of the rail industry made it difficult for passengers to […]
Department store and retail brand Selfridges is strengthening its multi-channel offering with the launch of a social media-friendly shoppable app that aims to redefine the conventional mobile shopping journey. In an era where technology is becoming progressively more integrated with luxury retail, Selfridges is hoping to future-proof its retail channels with a new app, part […]
Sephora has led the pack in mobile beauty retailers for a few years, and now it’s taking a page from games and pop culture to help re-launch the Sephora Collection—its private label brand. Sephora’s mobile and desktop site now includes two new features—dubbed “swipe it, shop it” and “beauty uncomplicator” that help shoppers whittle through […]
The UK’s first ever food-sharing app OLIO launches in Cardiff to help combat food waste in the city. Smartphone users in Cardiff will have access to the app, which has been described as Freecycle for food, providing local people and businesses with a simple way to cut food waste. The free app connects neighbours with […]
Starting in the summer of 2016, the Serpentine Galleries in Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, have launched a free mobile guide app which will offer visitors extra content, interviews and curated tours. The Mobile Tours will engage visitors through the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and Pavilion with a fresh, digital take on art. Free […]
The rise of the bot has been one of the dominant tech trends of 2016, but apart from ordering you flowers or an Uber, the automated systems could also deliver a history lesson. News Corp Australia has launched a chatbot on Facebook Messenger that allows users to interact with Tasmanian soldier Archie Barwick, who fought […]
It’s no longer only restaurant food and cabbies that smartphone users can order to their door – a new doctor “delivery service” app has been designed, which allows patients to request a general practitioner to arrive at their home within an hour and a half. GPDQ – GP Delivered Quickly – is a start-up company, […]
Beauty brand L’Oréal has launch a new emoji keyboard that lets mobile users share styles in a single symbol. The ‘Beaumoji’ keyboard includes 130 emojis from its extensive brand portfolio, which includes Urban Decay, Nyx, Giorgio Armani Beauty, and Essie. The keyboard joins a pool of over 250 other mainstream brand emoji keyboards like Dove, […]