The BBC became the latest publisher to introduce vertical video to its news apps, both domestic and international. Already, the overseas version carries vertical advertising. For now, that consists of static ad interstitials between videos, but in the next few weeks vertical video ads will be introduced — but the format is not without its own […]
In collaboration with Surf Life Saving Australia, Samsung Electronics Australia has recently launched and piloted Pocket Patrol – an Augmented Reality (AR) mobile app developed with Leo Burnett Sydney, that uses technology to help raise awareness of the number one hazard on Australia’s beaches, rips. The pilot program for Pocket Patrol took place from October 22 […]
Every day millions of selfies are posted and shared, without a thought given to the risks they may pose. But what few realise is that advances in technology have turned every camera and selfie taken with it into a data mine ripe for hackers to excavate. Today, Ubisoft and AKQA launch the Watch Dogs 2: […]
Groupama Insurance and Saatchi & Saatchi Italy has released their latest campaign ‘SantinoSafetySystem’ which uses innovative technology to help prevent road accidents caused as a result of texting while driving. The anti-text and drive technology comes in the guise of ‘Santini’ which are traditional holy cards that many car owners in Italy adorn their dashboards […]
Nobody likes receiving junk texts – but what if a potential customer indicated they wanted to hear from you? That appears to be Google’s thinking behind click-to-message ads, a new AdWords feature that invites consumers to send SMS text messages to companies that provide products or services they might be interested in using. “If you’re […]
With most UEFA Champions League games playing live after midnight in Vietnam, those who stay up for the action are likely dedicated and passionate fans. It makes sense then that Ford and Xaxis Sports used data to trigger ads around emotional moments last season, helping sales objectives for the campaign to come in over target. […]
Strategy: The objective of this mobile campaign was to generate a different user experience in which Juan Valdez’s customer could interact with the products during different times through the day. Regardless of the time or weather and could still find adequate product offerings in Juan Valdez stores, trying to become the best alternative for the […]
Flipboard launches Storyboard, a new ad experience that enables brands to tell powerful and complete narratives using multiple native formats—stitching together articles, images, animated .gifs, video, and audio— to the social magazine’s 90 million monthly readers. Sephora is among the first brand partners to roll out Storyboard campaigns, connecting with premium audiences while they’re engaging […]
PwC and IAB UK released the latest digital ad spend study, with the long-awaited news that mobile ad spend (£802m) has taken over desktop spend (£762m) for the first time. In fact, it is mobile that has driven the growth in overall digital ad spend, which has seen a 16.4% rise – the highest first-half […]
If the future of advertising is mobile-led, then O2-owner Telefonica’s measured attempt to control the delivery of ads across its network spotlights the power it could wield in a market dominated by Facebook and Google. There aren’t many mobile operators that don’t harbor a similar ambition, though like the Spain-based provider – the bulk of […]