Uber announced a new program called Profile Recommendations that takes advantage of machine intelligence to reduce user error when switching between personal and business accounts. It’s not unusual for a person to have both types of accounts. When you’re out and about, it’s easy to forget to switch between them when appropriate. Uber wants to […]
Jaguar Land Rover introduced an exclusive digital Top Trumps App for Goodwood Festival of Speed visitors. The app was released in June 2018 and launched officially across iOS & Android for JLR fans attending the festival. Created by Spark44, the digital version of the game featured vehicles displayed on the Jaguar Land Rover stand, including […]
Spotify is hoping to deliver another blow at rival Pandora, all in an effort to dominate the fast growing, $1.6 billion market that is digital audio advertising. The company says it’s running a test in Australia that will allow listeners to skip audio and video ads any time they want, as often as they want, allowing them […]
L’Oréal has been investing heavily in augmented reality (AR) over the past year, and now its teaming up with Facebook to bring scale to its efforts. The Urban Decay owner is now L’Oréal has been investing heavily in augmented reality (AR) over the past year, and now its teaming up with Facebook to bring scale to its […]
Samsung has formed a long-term partnership with Spotify that will enable Samsung users to take advantage of ‘a seamless listening experience between devices’. As a result of the agreement, people will be able to link their Samsung and Spotify accounts to play music across all devices. Spotify will also become a prominent part of the […]
San Francisco-based community interest app MrOwl has partnered with Indian cricketer Virat Kohli. Cricket has recently become one of the fastest growing sports in the US. As part of the deal, Virat will share exclusive personal content on the app. The partnership will see Kohli encourage fans to create content ’branches’ about their interests with […]
Apple Music is rolling out a new discovery mix called the Friends Mix, which updates every Monday. It collates 25 songs that your Apple Music friends have been listening to. The mix is appearing for some users across Apple’s platforms and does not seem to be tied to iOS 12 or any other beta software […]
Pinterest announced in May that it was testing promoted video at max width with brands including Kohl’s, American Express, Tropicana, Chevrolet, Paramount Pictures and John Lewis, and the company revealed Tuesday that the format is now available to all advertisers. Product marketing manager Nancy Jeng announced in a blog post that promoted video at max width is now available via Pinterest Ads […]
Creative technology agency Modern English have launched a ‘facial recognition playlist generator’ for music sensation, Dua Lipa. The ground-breaking new web-app uses an online social messenger premise to allow fans to interact with a Dua Lipa chat-bot and upload a selfie that is analysed to give them a personal playlist based on what mood their […]
Facebook has made several updates in a bid to make it easier for people to connect with small businesses on the social network, including overhauling pages on mobile and expanding the jobs tool, among other changes. With an update to pages, Facebook intends to make it easier for people to interact with local businesses and […]