Snap’s leadership conceded that it overestimated the demand for its Spectacles offering. Snap will overhaul its primary app to make its user experience more intuitive, hoping to bolster its appeal to a wider audience, and boost monetization opportunities. This is a step that comes as it counts the (initially) heavy cost of its transition […]
Malibu, the world’s number one coconut flavoured rum, is launching the next stage of its technology trial of connected bottles as part of its global ‘Because Summer’ campaign. Created in partnership with SharpEnd, Malibu’s IoT agency, the next phase will launch late October in Gall & Gall stores across Amsterdam. Much like the UK trial last […]
As retailers add voice-activated ordering technology, data shows that shoppers are increasingly bringing voice-enabled devices into their homes. 27 million of the devices—either an Alexa-enabled Amazon Echo, Dot or Tap device, or a Google Home voice-activated device—are in U.S. consumers’ homes as of Sept. 30, up 25.9% from 20 million devices at the end of June, according to just-released […]
Blippar, one of the leading augmented reality and computer vision technology company, announced the launch of its new large scale augmented reality experiment in form of an app: AR City. The app, currently in beta, harnesses both augmented reality and computer vision to allow users to access information and content as they travel and navigate around cities. […]
Marketers should spend dynamically on mobile marketing and outcome-oriented measurements to capitalise on customer acquisition, says Facebook Thailand. “There is a gap between the amount spent on mobile advertising and the time spent by Thais on their mobiles,” said John Wagner, managing director of Facebook Thailand. “Of the 15-20% allocated to digital advertising spending in […]
Most people (55%) are more comfortable sharing their mobile device’s location with an app, compared to two years ago, according to new research from Verve. 73% of consumers say they now allow apps to access their mobile’s location, and one in ten (11%) say they always allow apps to do so. But advertisers and publishers […]
A10 Networks, a Secure Application Services company, announced A10 FlexPool, a software subscription model that provides enterprises and service providers with the ability to simplify the consumption of app services. The A10 FlexPool aggregated capacity model allows customers to flexibly allocate and re-distribute capacity across applications, multiple clouds and data centres. As businesses attempt to […]
London’s leading arts venues combine to launch the capital’s first centralised refreshment mobile and online ordering service. Revolving around theatres, concert halls and performing arts spaces in central London, MyOrder London, powered by Preoday, helps theatregoers beat interval and pre-performance queues by letting them order and pay for refreshments in advance of their visit. At […]
Summing up the Diwali season, Adby Ventures released a report about 10,000 Active advertisers across the country advertising in the festive month ending mid-October. The report compared advertising across different platforms (desktop, mobile, videos) and mapped the increased activity of different industries in the festival season. It also released a comparison of the digital advertising […]
Biondo Creative is offering a new service which allows businesses to advertise on Spotify. This new digital advertising service gives local business owners a chance to target Spotify’s more than 140 million active users by playlist, genre, gender, age, country, region, state or DMA at an affordable price. More consumers are using mobile devices and according […]