The Official Creative Circle App Has Launched

The Official Creative Circle App Has Launched

Creative Circle has launched an official app ahead of the Creative Circle Ball. The app, available for both smartphone and tablet users through the App Store and Google Play, is available now. Keeping you up to date with everything in the run up to the biggest social gathering in the UK’s creative calendar, the handy app […]

London buses test out the first consumer experience of the Physical Web

London buses test out the first consumer experience of the Physical Web

The Google-backed Physical Web is now operating in the physical world. UK-based mobile commerce provider Proxama, in partnership with out-of-home advertising firm Exterion Media, launched this month in London what they describe as “the world’s first deployment of a Physical Web consumer engagement experience.” Called MyStop, the project delivers up-to-date bus information and notifications to passengers and […]

Shazam to Power Nespresso Campaigns for First ­Ever Connected Coffeemaker

Shazam to Power Nespresso Campaigns for First ­Ever Connected Coffeemaker

Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps for connecting artists and fans, and Nespresso, one of the world’s leading purveyors of high ­quality portioned coffee, announced Nespresso will use Shazam’s visual recognition for its advertising campaigns around the world. Nespresso will start this partnership by leveraging Shazam’s visual­ recognition technology for the launch of […]

Snapchat Now Beats Instagram Among Teen Users

Snapchat Now Beats Instagram Among Teen Users

Snapchat has surpassed Instagram as the social media bae of choice among teenagers, according to a study done by Piper Jaffray. In the semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” study conducted by analysts at the investment firm, Snapchat took 28% of the votes for the most important social network among 6,350 US teenagers surveyed, who averaged […]

Facebook Messenger Is Recommending Businesses to Chat With

Facebook Messenger Is Recommending Businesses to Chat With

Facebook’s Messenger app has begun suggesting businesses that users may want to chat with, in yet another sign that the platform is preparing for a big push into the world of mobile commerce as it expands beyond its initial purpose as a messaging app. With Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference happening early next week, there […]

This Mobile Agency Found Its Newest Intern on Tinder

This Mobile Agency Found Its Newest Intern on Tinder

If you want to hire interns to work at a mobile agency, you need to find them in apps where they spend a lot of time—like Tinder. Earlier in 2016, Dentsu-owned Fetch’s New York office set up a Tinder profile to find potential interns within the app’s roughly 50 million users who skew between the […]

Pinterest opens up Promoted Pins for UK advertisers, with John Lewis and Made.com among launch partners

Pinterest opens up Promoted Pins for UK advertisers, with John Lewis and Made.com among launch partners

Pinterest’s Promoted Pins ad format has landed in the UK, with brands like John Lewis, Made.com, B&Q and Tesco announced as early launch partners. The visual bookmarking tool, which allows users to curate and share images and ideas via an online scrapbook of ‘Pins’, made the announcement on April 6. Promoted Pins, which launched in […]