LIZH launches GENIE chatbot to disrupt creative industry recruitment

LIZH launches GENIE chatbot to disrupt creative industry recruitment

Creative industry headhunters, LIZH, are launching a new approach to project-based recruitment using chatbot technology. Taking advantage of the increasing shift in creative industry talent that is seeking freelance work over full-time senior employment, they have launched a new digitally-enabled business model. LIZH engaged creative and innovation agency BBD Perfect Storm to re-engineer the process […]

Circles.Life unveils ‘brick phones’ to show why smartphones without data are useless

Circles.Life unveils ‘brick phones’ to show why smartphones without data are useless

Circles.Life has unveiled a new campaign aimed at shifting perceptions of mobile users experience and shedding new light on what it means to be ‘data deprived’. The campaign was conceptualised from the insight that no matter how cutting-edge a new smartphone is, as major mobile brands across the globe announce their latest flagship phones, it […]

Walmart and Jet are joining forces with BuzzFeed in their quest for millennial shoppers

Walmart and Jet are joining forces with BuzzFeed in their quest for millennial shoppers

Walmart has struck a deal with BuzzFeed’s Tasty app to help the retailer sell its kitchen tools, appliances, and groceries to the viral recipe hub’s tens of millions of followers. Starting December 7, Tasty’s step-by-step recipe videos will contain links to buy products featured in the videos — such as pots and pans, bakeware, and […]

UK consumers enjoy personalised experiences, but are reluctant to share their data

UK consumers enjoy personalised experiences, but are reluctant to share their data

Though UK consumers are annoyed by the lack of personalisation that brands deliver, they remain concerned about handing over their personal data in order for this personalisation to occur. According to research from Accenture, which involved 1,800 UK consumers, 47 per cent feel frustrated when brands fail to deliver a relevant, personalised shopping experience. However, […]

Smaato Advances In-App Viewability Measurement for iOS and Android

Smaato Advances In-App Viewability Measurement for iOS and Android

Smaato, a global real-time advertising platform for mobile publishers and app developers, announced two initiatives for enhanced in-app viewability measurement. By integrating Oracle’s Moat into its iOS and Android SDKs, Smaato now offers advertisers a proven way to transact on viewable, in-app impressions across mobile video, interstitial and banner ad formats. Furthermore, through the IAB Tech Lab’s […]

Kaoutar Benazzi Joins as Head of Mobext France

Kaoutar Benazzi Joins as Head of Mobext France

Mobext announced that Kaoutar Benazzi will be the new head of its French operations. With over 10 years of experience in ad sales networks, Kaoutar will leverage her expertise to further develop Mobext’s mobile strategies, visibility and customer relations in France. Kaoutar brings strong expertise in community channels (as Account Director for Skyrock’s ad sales […]

Instagram predicts what 2018 will mean for social media marketing

Instagram predicts what 2018 will mean for social media marketing

62 per cent of millennials say they are more likely to become loyal customers if a brand engages with them on social networks and, because of this, Instagram expects social media to be the go-to for brands next year. In anticipation of this, the Facebook-owned app has been trialling Shopping on Instagram over the last year in the […]

Gatwick launches app to help passengers find their way around and make their flights

Gatwick launches app to help passengers find their way around and make their flights

Gatwick’s new app – one of several passenger-facing digital innovations coming on stream soon – offers passengers personalised flight alerts, real-time queue updates for check-in and security, intuitive navigation using beacon technology and shopping, restaurant and airport offers. Other initiatives going live soon in Gatwick’s ‘digital transformation’ programme include advanced chat bots, augmented reality way-finding […]

Rise in UK adoption of fingerprint recognition points to mainstream biometric authentication instead of passwords

Rise in UK adoption of fingerprint recognition points to mainstream biometric authentication instead of passwords

Almost four-fifths (79 per cent) of smartphone owners use their device’s fingerprint scanner, according to research by Deloitte – higher than in any developed country surveyed. More than a third of smartphones (36 per cent) in the UK now have a fingerprint reader. In a sign that consumers are becoming more enthusiastic about biometric technology, […]

More than half of consumers moving away from traditional banking, according to Relay42

More than half of consumers moving away from traditional banking, according to Relay42

Digital banking is growing in popularity with 53% of consumers using or willing to move to an online or mobile only bank — 27% have moved already, while 26% are considering the switch. This is according to research commissioned by Relay42, the leading data management platform (DMP) company that empowers marketers to orchestrate customer journeys. […]