Metro Trains Melbourne launches new Dumb Ways JR app via Millipede to keep kids safe

Metro Trains Melbourne launches new Dumb Ways JR app via Millipede to keep kids safe

Metro Trains Melbourne is campaigning to keep littlies safe with Madcap’s Plane, a play-based learning app released today via Millipede. Madcap’s Plane is the third app instalment since the March launch of Dumb Ways JR – a spinoff of the hugely successful Dumb Ways to Die public safety campaign via McCann Melbourne. Little ones join […]

Google’s Zagat app makes lunching easier with personalized recommendations

Google’s Zagat app makes lunching easier with personalized recommendations

Google’s restaurant review platform Zagat has rolled out a revamped iOS application, boasting personalised recommendations based on the time of day and user’s location, as well as a streamlined interface better suited to quick searches. Zagat is attempting to stake a stronger claim in the competitive restaurant recommendation market by placing a bigger focus on […]

Microsoft’s uncertain Skype strategy continues with new app for Windows phones

Microsoft’s uncertain Skype strategy continues with new app for Windows phones

Microsoft keeps wavering between task-oriented separate apps and an all-in-one client. Microsoft’s preview of the new, modern, Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of the Skype client received a big upgrade today: it’s now available for devices running Windows 10 Mobile as well as Windows 10 PCs. In addition to supporting Windows phones, the client has […]

Monotype Aims to Help Brands Meet HTML5 Digital Ad Guidelines

Monotype Aims to Help Brands Meet HTML5 Digital Ad Guidelines

With the June 30th “no new Flash uploads” deadline from Google ad networks now behind us, the digital advertising industry is still trying to adjust to the new playing field. With that in mind, Monotype has rolled out the availability of new digital ad licenses – making it easier for brands and advertisers to use […]

Pokémon Go will soon get ads in the form of sponsored locations

Pokémon Go will soon get ads in the form of sponsored locations

After having become one of the most viral mobile applications of all time, Pokémon Go will soon include advertising, according to its developer. In an interview with the Financial Times, Niantic CEO John Hanke said that “sponsored locations” would provide a new revenue stream, in addition to in-app purchases of power-ups and virtual items. In […]

eBay dives into Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages

eBay dives into Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages

Online marketplace eBay is one of the first retailers to try Google’s AMP, which allows mobile sites to load as fast as possible on smartphones. eBay Inc. is making sure its mobile site not only loads fast, but loads instantly. The online marketplace recently updated some of its mobile pages with Google Inc.’s Accelerated Mobile […]

Users Interact With Well-Based VR Ad Campaigns

Users Interact With Well-Based VR Ad Campaigns

After designing, launching and analyzing their first virtual reality (VR) campaign, users are more inclined to look straight ahead and to the right, says mobile marketing platform StartApp. Based on a heat map of user eye movements, StartApp found that users spend more than 50% of their time inside the ad on the front and […]