Immotion Group, the UK-based immersive virtual reality (VR) ‘Out of Home’ entertainment business, is pleased to announce the release of its new live-action VR experience, Swimming with Humpbacks. This world-first experience provides a rare glimpse and insight into one of the most mysterious creatures on the planet, the giant Humpback whale. The breath-taking short […]
Brandwatch, the world-leading social intelligence company, has acquired London-based SaaS research platform Qriously to fuse the best of modern market research with its heritage in social intelligence. While legacy social listening players are competing with similar features from the same social media data sources, Brandwatch is differentiating itself by adding Qriously’s real-time survey functionality, enabling […]
AdColony, the mobile performance marketplace, announced that media industry veteran Matt Barash has rejoined AdColony as Head of Strategy and Business Development, along with the promotion of Camila Franklin to VP of Programmatic and Tom Simpson to VP of Brand & Exchange, APAC. These announcements coincide with AdColony combining its programmatic private marketplace and open […]
MediConnect, the blockchain solution for tracing and sharing data across the medication supply chain, is pleased to announce that Patrick Curry OBE, CEO of the British Business Federation Authority (BBFA), has joined the Company as an adviser to the Board. Patrick brings extensive experience of deploying technological solutions to build secure collaboration between governments, industry […]
Sephora and experiential innovation agency Wildbytes unveil the future of retail by taking personalisation to the next level. In a world first for the international beauty chain, it has installed an intelligent digital mirror in its flagship store in Madrid, on the exclusive Calle Serrano. Powered by artificial intelligence, it delivers hyper-personalised experiences and product […]
Chiquita Brands International, the world’s leading banana company, announced a new partnership with Snapchat, the global multimedia messaging app, which will allow consumers to have fun with Chiquita in honour of World Banana Day on April 17th. Through the end of May SnapCodes will appear on 200 million Chiquita Blue Stickers, allowing fans of the […]
Stronger-than-expected internet advertising will drive 4.7% growth in total global adspend in 2019, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on March 25. That’s substantially ahead of the 4.0% forecast made in the previous edition of the report, published in December 2018. Zenith forecasts 4.6% growth in both 2020 and 2021, ahead of previous forecasts […]
Shazam! has partnered with Snapchat to launch the first sponsored, voice-activated Snapchat Lens, meaning anyone can transform themselves into a superhero! Snapchatters simply have scan the Snapcode, say “Ok, Shazam!”, and with a flash of lightening their inner superhero will appear on the screen. The Snapcode is dotted around London on posters and billboards, making it super […]
Spotify will now use algorithms to partially “personalise” some of its editorial playlists based on listeners’ tastes. As a result, no two of the personalised editorial playlists will be the same, marking a major change in the way users discover music. The move, announced on Spotify’s website, is intended to both improve the listening experience for […]
Social-networking site Facebook launched two new India-specific tools — “Candidate Connect” and “Share You Voted” — to boost civic engagement on its platform during the general elections that commence in April. While “Candidate Connect” will help people learn more about candidates, the “Share You Voted” will provide people with polling information and enable them to […]