Facebook has launched its first dedicated VR app to bring 360 photos and videos its headset-wearing users. The app, called Facebook 360, is not a full version of the social network and will simply act as a hub for 360 photos and videos. Available through Samsung Gear VR, powered by Oculus, the app will also […]
Smaato launches the mobile advertising industry’s first Inventory Discovery feature, transforming how mobile advertisers are able to discover and target mobile advertising inventory across the Smaato exchange. What used to be a manual process is now automated, giving the global, real-time mobile monetization platform’s 450+ demand partners increased access, more control and dramatically higher inventory and […]
A BETC São Paulo initiative, Woman Interrupted App counts interruptions in favour of female empowerment and male awareness. In 2016, much was said about the Manterrupting phenomenon, one of the many kinds of violence against women. It’s a sexist behaviour that happens precisely when she cannot finish her speech because a man unnecessarily interrupts her. […]
Simulmedia and LiveRamp, an Acxiom company and leading provider of omnichannel identity resolution, announced a strategic partnership enabling marketers to activate their first-party or CRM data on national TV in the US. TV advertisers who activate with first-party data can make their media dollars go further and gain valuable insights to improve all their advertising. […]
Have banner ads outlived their usefulness? Research has shown that mobile users skip over all types of display ads, banner ads included, without thinking very hard about them. Unfortunately for digital advertisers in Asia-Pacific, banner ads account for the vast majority of mobile ads served to users, according to mobile analytics company Vpon. The firm […]
Alibaba Group Holding, the world’s largest e-commerce services provider, is poised to extend its lead in China’s fast-growing mobile advertising market with forecast revenue of US$14.6 billion this year, as total spending on digital campaigns in the mainland hits a new record high. Digital advertising expenditure in the mainland is predicted to rise 27 per […]
Mobile advertising platform InMobi and Vietnam-based mobile-specialist agency Moblaze have formed an exclusive partnership aiming to rapidly scale both the use and creative quality of mobile advertising in Indochina. Moblaze becomes the exclusive representative for InMobi in all of Moblaze’s markets, including Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. “But given Vietnam is the largest of all with […]
The NHS, the UK’s largest employer, is turning to Snapchat for a social media campaign aimed at attracting apprentices to the health service during the Government’s 10th National Apprenticeship Week. The Snapchat campaign – which is a first for the Health Education England’s Health Careers service which is running the campaign – is part of […]
Mobile ad mediation and video advertising exchange AerServ has launched an open call auction technology for mobile publishers and app developers to deal with the increasing advertiser demand of header bidding. OpenAuction, available to publishers on the AerServ inventory management and ad serving platform, is said to enable publishers and developers to make simultaneous calls […]
Tesco, the United Kingdom’s leading retailer, has partnered with global digital knowledge management provider Yext, to ensure consistency in the knowledge about its brand across the leading maps, apps, and search engines its customers use. Using the Yext Knowledge Engine, Tesco will be able to update store information across the web in real time — […]