Firefly, the company leveraging taxi and rideshare vehicles to build a smart city media network, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind integration with global weather forecasting leader AccuWeather, bringing weather-based dynamic content triggers to Firefly’s smart media platform. Alongside the new partnership, the company is also expanding operations to the streets of Chicago, Illinois and […]
Chinese tech giant Tencent has partnered with UK based AI company, Mirraid for to place ads in old movies, such as coffee cups and bus posters. Tencent, which owns social media platform WeChat, will test this out on its own video platform. However, if this experiment is successful, more video platforms might be eager to […]
Mobile gamers in the UK are spending, on average, more than £40 a year on in-app purchases, with males between 25 and 34 spending around three times as much as the average across all age groups. Deloitte analysed the smartphone habits of 4,150 people aged between 16 and 75 in the UK and found that mobile […]
The daily use of voice assistants in the UK has risen significantly in the past 12 months according to new research. The survey of 1000 smart speaker owners in the UK was carried out by digital experience agency Code Computerlove and Mediacom North to benchmark changes in the use of voice assistants in the past 12 months. Seven out of […]
The future of beauty tech is upon us. A new report by Wunderman Thompson Intelligence, shows that the beauty industry is turning to science and technology to meet the consumer hunger for hyper-personalisation. The report, “Beauty Tech Futures”, found that new technologies help consumers stay in tune with their health. Over the last four years, the industry has seen a shift from a New Natural renaissance where synthetic […]
Out There Media (OTM), a global leader in mobile advertising and data monetization, has partnered with Vodafone Group for its Rich Communication Services (RCS) offering. The deal follows two highly successful campaigns with The Walt Disney Company Africa and McDonald’s, with OTM being the first company in the world to trial this technology with both these major brands. […]
Thousands of Personal Group customers will now receive push notifications alerting them to local retail savings and discounts. Enabling over 800,000 users to make substantial savings in the moment. As one of the UK’s leading employee benefits and insurance companies, Personal Group is focussed on supporting low and middle income earners to help make their […]
99% of the UK’s top 100 fashion retailers are failing to provide customers with a personalised post-checkout experience by neglecting to send tailored shipping communications to their customer, meaning the majority are missing out on a vital marketing channel, according to parcelLab’s ‘UK E-Commerce Shipping Study 2020: Fashion Edition’. The study, which analysed the checkout, […]
In 2016, a group of scientists, doctors, and healthcare experts globally launched Ada, an app that allows users to track their health and find medical help. Ada helps users by combining artificial intelligence with the global medical knowledge input by these experts. Since launch, the app has been #1 for medical app downloads in more […]
INNOCEAN Worldwide (INNOCEAN) introduced “GLATUS,” everyday wearable smart sunglasses, becoming the first advertising agency to produce a direct-to-consumer Information and Communications Technology (ICT) product. GLATUS is now available for pre-order via Kickstarter, the world’s largest crowdfunding platform. GLATUS was designed by INNOCEAN to help people enjoy everyday outdoor activities by monitoring personal UV exposure, and […]