Snapchat’s chief strategy officer Imran Khan has taken a swipe at rival publishers that play video ads without sound. Speaking at Dmexco in Germany today (14 October), he said that Snapchat’s “passion about sound” is what makes it stand out. He claimed two-thirds of the ads on its site are played with sound and that if advertisers […]
App features 20,000+ new and unique emoji, & seamless integration within iOS 10 A new app for designing and texting with emoji, called Amojee, has just launched in the United States for iPhone and Android. The app features dozens of new and funny emoji of celebrities, flirting, and other inspired characters. The new app will […]
CREDIT: Getty Images Snapchat’s messages may disappear, but the company’s advertising dollars are starting to pile up. The Los Angeles startup is nearly on pace to cross $1 billion in annual revenue by the end of next year, according to a forecast released Monday. By selling video ads, sponsored geo-filters and sponsored augmented-reality lenses, Snapchat […]
Facebook reported a massive 63% rise in its advertising revenue during the quarter and Twitter’s advertising revenue totalled at $535 million. Two of the top social media companies Facebook and Twitter said that over 80% of the total advertising revenue for both the social networks came from mobile in the quarter gone by. With brands […]
FACEBOOK IS FORCING advertisers to improve their websites. This is a shameless way for Facebook to serve itself—and thank goodness it’s happening. As Facebook announced this week, if an advertiser’s website is slow, its ads won’t show up as frequently on the world’s most popular social network. And soon, its ads won’t even show up […]
Background: Facebook recently launched a new app called Lifestage. Created by Michael Saymen a 19 year old Product Manager, Lifestage is a social network aimed at video loving teens, ultimately reinventing what Facebook would look like if it was built around the currency of today’s digital world of snackable video. Lifestage mimics the early days […]
Since 2014, there have been more mobile devices in the world than desktop computers, and people spend more time browsing the internet on their smartphones than on their desktops. So companies simply cannot ignore mobile as a channel to reach their consumers. Today, marketing departments focus a meaningful part of their time and budget on […]
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp will begin to share data including users’ phone number with its parent company, as part of plans to allow businesses to send messages to users. It will be the first time the messaging service has connected users’ accounts to the social network to share data. Starting from today, the billion-plus users will be […]
The app, developed by messaging bot platform Dexter, aims to inform young voters of Trump’s divisive opinions Donald Trump’s positions change so often that the simple task of asking, “Wait, did he really say that?” can be exhausting. Agency SS+K and messaging bot platform Dexter have brought his most hurtful, damaging, and hate-filled messages into […]
On Friday 19th August, Absolut will offer anyone with the Uber app in London the opportunity to be whisked off to the ultimate summer party location on a private jet, for a once in a lifetime #AbsolutNights experience showcasing that the best nights happen out of the blue. The winners will have to be located […]