Uber has announced it’s joining the bike sharing game as part of a partnership with JUMP Bikes. Users will soon be able to find nearby electric bikes and rent them for a while. It’s one of those features which could be described as “like Uber, but for bikes” only this time it’s actually Uber. According […]
Lidl, the UK’s seventh largest retailer, has launched its first fully-automated, AI-powered, Facebook Messenger chatbot to help UK customers select the best wine whatever the meal or moment. Users simply type in a wine question and voilà, the answer appears! Lidl’s new chatbot – named Margot – will perform the role of shoppers’ virtual wine […]
Amazon has something like an ice cream truck designed for adults, only it contains far more exciting things than ice cream. The vehicle is called the Treasure Truck, and Amazon has announced that it will be bringing the truck to various Whole Foods parking lots around the US, giving customers a chance to buy trending […]
Preoday, the global provider of branded digital ordering services, has launched its new Hotline functionality to enhance its mobile and online ordering platform. Hotline is an additional feature of the digital ordering platform. It enables restaurants and cafes to take orders over the phone and enter them into the same system as those taken through […]
Samsung has launched The Official App of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, the South Korean company has announced. This app was created in partnership with the IOC — the International Olympic Committee — as well as the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Samsung describes its Olympics offering as […]
Postmates, one of the only on-demand delivery apps that can deliver anything from anywhere, announced a “We Get It” 360 brand marketing campaign that captures how on-demand ‘anything’ is quickly becoming a way of life — particularly in the app’s largest market of Los Angeles. From Pho, aspirin and coffee runs for the office, to […]
Following the success of Pedigree SelfieSTIX – A specially designed clip that lets you attach a Pedigree DentaStix to the top of your smartphone – Pedigree and Colenso BBDO have launched the Pedigree SelfieSTIX app that lets people add fun filters to their dog’s perfect photo. Like Snapchat Lenses, but for dogs, the Pedigree SelfieSTIX […]
You’ll soon be able to pay for your oBike rides using Grab’s mobile wallet, GrabPay, thanks to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) announced on January 22 between the two technology companies. As part of the partnership, oBike will integrate GrabPay into its mobile app. As part of a number off new joint initiatives to be […]
Amazon is finally opening its checkout-free brick-and-mortar convenience store to the public, nearly a year after it originally planned to open its doors. Amazon Go is an 1,800 square foot automated store based at Amazon Seattle headquarters. The store relies on sensors and cameras to detect what items shoppers have taken from the shelves, […]
Spotify recently launched its new multimedia format, Spotlight, which introduces visual layers to complement the listening experience for podcasts, audiobooks, news, and other audio content. Spotlight gives fans a deeper insight to their favourite artists, playlists, books, publishers and more by offering contextual visual elements, such as photos, video and text, that appear as users […]