Adblock Plus has released an update to their globally-popular ad blocker. The new Adblock Plus 3.7 improves CPU performance and enhances battery life, amongst other things. Most important, however, are the improvements in the filter list menu. In addition to pre-installed lists for blocking intrusive ads, Adblock Plus has a large selection of filter lists […]
Chinese tech giant Tencent has partnered with UK based AI company, Mirraid for to place ads in old movies, such as coffee cups and bus posters. Tencent, which owns social media platform WeChat, will test this out on its own video platform. However, if this experiment is successful, more video platforms might be eager to […]
Oppo has appointed Mother Shanghai to launch its latest handset, Reno2, initially targeting China. OPPO is the top smartphone brand in China in 2019 and was ranked No. 5 worldwide, in market share. The Reno2 campaign plays on the creative possibilities of the Reno2, with a series of 10 distinct animated films. The playful set of […]
Nordea, the largest financial services group in the Nordic region and one of the biggest banks in Europe, released the case study results of their conversational advertising campaign using leading conversational advertising platform, Cavai. In June, Nordea was launching a major advertising campaign, looking for ways to achieve ‘stand out’ versus competitors. Steffen Svartberg, CEO […]
Advertisers will spend more on social media platforms than on print for the first time this year, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on October 7. Advertising expenditure on social media will grow 20% this year to reach US$84bn, while advertisers’ combined expenditure on newspapers and magazines will fall 6% to US$69bn. Social media […]
Popular short-form video app TikTok has decided not to allow any form of paid political advertising on its platform, taking a different approach to other major social platforms that continue to struggle with what is an acceptable political ad and what isn’t under constantly evolving policies. The blanket ban on political ads includes any “paid […]
Giving the public an exciting glimpse of the future, Three UK has unveiled the world’s first holographic 5G ad today, to celebrate its game changing high speed 5G Broadband. In collaboration with some of the UK’s hottest new talent – whose careers have been shaped by the internet – the event brings to life the impact of […]
KERB, the International parking space marketplace app, partners up with growing on-car advertising driver community Adverttu, enabling drivers to earn both passive income and save costs while driving and parking! Adverttu’s drivers earn up to £150 a month simply by driving around as normal with advertising wrapped on their vehicles for set ad campaign durations. […]
Socialbakers, the unified marketing platform for enterprise brands, announced it is enhancing its marketing solutions to include paid social media oversight and control across multiple ad accounts with the introduction of Socialbakers Paid Analytics. As brands are shifting more budget to social media advertising, it becomes paramount that the budget owners gain a clear understanding […]
Teads, the global media platform, announced that Teads Studio will be hosting one hour immersive workshops at dmexco (11th and 12th September), where it will be responding to briefs in real-time to deliver mobile assets. This year, Teads is bringing creativity, media and technology closer together to build a better ad ecosystem. Too often, these elements will […]