Dating app Bumble launches professional spin-off

Dating app Bumble launches professional spin-off

Bumble, a dating service in which females make the first move, is introducing a spin-off variant enabling members to forge professional connections ala LinkedIn. Bumble Bizz emulates the same Tinder-esque swiping action of its progenitor, enabling women to forge ahead with bolstering their business contacts by building their own contacts list. Launching the new tool […]

Teads Expands Video Offering with Launch of inRead 3D

Teads Expands Video Offering with Launch of inRead 3D

Teads, the inventor of outstream advertising and a leading video advertising marketplace in the world by unique visitors, according to comScore, announced the release of inRead 3D, the company’s latest video format which leverages depth of field perception to create a 3D effect for any video creative. This new format is powered by Teads Studio, […]

How Chatbots are changing UX/UI for the better

How Chatbots are changing UX/UI for the better

Mobile apps have been continually progressing for some years and the power of mobile applications remains very strong. But the introduction of the chatbots means you can chat or talk to them as to a close friend. The main difference between a chatbot and a mobile app is its user interface. And this is the […]

Instagram opens its shoppable posts feature to retailers on BigCommerce’s platform

Instagram opens its shoppable posts feature to retailers on BigCommerce’s platform

BigCommerce, which develops eCommerce software for businesses, now supports sales through shoppable posts on Instagram. The integration means that retailers on the eCommerce platform will be able to tag products in Instagram posts with a link to take consumers directly to an associated product page, so they can proceed with their purchase or find out more about the […]

IMImobile: Consumers prefer customer service over digital messaging channels

IMImobile: Consumers prefer customer service over digital messaging channels

Cloud communications software and solutions specialist IMImobile, announced findings of its latest ‘Consumer Research Report’, looking at customer service experiences and expectations of 1,000 UK consumers. The research reveals the increasing preference amongst today’s consumers to use mobile and digital messaging channels to submit enquiries, receive answers and engage with customer service teams. With 68 per cent […]

Reese’s brings Pac-Man to Snapchat

Reese’s brings Pac-Man to Snapchat

Hershey-owned Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups is ramping up its marketing game before the holiday season. The brand lately introduced a Pac-Man themed game on Snapchat to reach young candy lovers who typically don’t use Facebook or watch TV. The game — debuted on September 19 and will live on Snapchat for six weeks — features a Pac-Man […]

Over 75% of media planners aren’t using third parties to measure and validate data

Over 75% of media planners aren’t using third parties to measure and validate data

Less than a quarter (24%) of mobile media planners use third parties to measure and validate their data, according to new research, despite ongoing calls from marketers for digital giants to increase their third party measurement partners. GroundTruth (formerly xAd), conducted the study in conjunction with ExchangeWire, which saw it survey over 150 mobile ad […]

TMW Unlimited creates digital campaign #CaseForChange for the GSMA

TMW Unlimited creates digital campaign #CaseForChange for the GSMA

TMW Unlimited has created a new digital campaign for the GSMA, the global body that represents mobile operators, to show how the power of mobile connectivity makes a difference in people’s lives around the world. In 2015, the UN set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious agenda to eradicate poverty, fight inequality and […]

Serviceplan’s CEO Florian Haller gets pelted with virtual tomatoes during their Innovation Day

Serviceplan’s CEO Florian Haller gets pelted with virtual tomatoes during their Innovation Day

Serviceplan Group’s CEO put himself in the “stocks” at the Innovation Day, which took place on September 28 in the House of Communication. The audience could virtually pelt the speaker on the stage with tomatoes, flowers, teddy bears and bras using an app from the Hamburg start-up Helhed – on the audience’s phone displays, it looked as though […]