Mobile is world’s second-largest advertising medium, representing 23% of global adspend

Mobile is world’s second-largest advertising medium, representing 23% of global adspend

WARC, the international authority on advertising and media effectiveness, has released its latest monthly Global Ad Trends report digesting up-to-date insights and evidenced thinking from the worldwide advertising industry. Focusing on mobile, this latest Global Ad Trends report includes key findings based on data from WARC’s 12 key markets – Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, […]

Location Sciences and On Device Research Partner to Deliver the UK’s Most Accurate Online to Offline Attribution Product

Location Sciences and On Device Research Partner to Deliver the UK’s Most Accurate Online to Offline Attribution Product

Location Sciences, the mobile location intelligence company, has partnered with On Device Research, the brand effectiveness company, to deliver a new level of accuracy and precision for measuring media effectiveness in driving store visits, not seen in the UK before. On Device Research’s Mobile Store Effect product will be powered by Location Science’s proprietary first […]

Introducing the free app that turns your favourite songs and lyrics into instant messages

Introducing the free app that turns your favourite songs and lyrics into instant messages

The next evolution in mobile instant messaging launches on the Apple App Store on November 28. PlayHit is a free keyboard app that moves the experience of texting friends beyond words and images. The era of the audio GIF has arrived. Want Adele to sing “Hello” to a friend? PlayHit’s predictive text technology suggests real-time […]

Mobile commerce more popular among users in APAC than in other regions, according to Twitter

Mobile commerce more popular among users in APAC than in other regions, according to Twitter

Mobile commerce is taking off among Twitter users in Asia Pacific, after a study commissioned by the social media company found that across 15 countries, approximately two in three users are most likely to browse and make payment on mobile than their counterparts in US and Europe. The report, which delves into mobile shopping behaviours […]

LEGO unveil Messenger chatbot to ease Christmas shopping

LEGO unveil Messenger chatbot to ease Christmas shopping

This holiday, the LEGO Gift Bot, Ralph, is here to make sure every wish clicks into place! We’ve all been there… every year Christmas pops up and surprises us! Next things you know, the gift buying rush begins and we feel drowned in indecision. What gifts to buy? What will your sister’s eldest want this […]

Google updates features for mobile shopping experience

Google updates features for mobile shopping experience

Elevating its implementation of latent semantic indexing, Google has updated its shopping tool. The new features will allow users to discover, research, and compare products on Google Shopping with greater proficiency, according to the company. In the blog post announcing the update, Jennifer Liu, product management director for Google Shopping, said mobile shopping on Google was redesigned to […]

Smartphone voted as most life-changing tech of the past 25 years

Smartphone voted as most life-changing tech of the past 25 years

The launch of the smartphone and wider “connectivity” are seen as the most significant technology breakthroughs during the past 25 years, a survey has revealed. Telecommunications company TSI asked people to share their views on what tech has made the biggest impact since the 1990s, how it is used, and what the future holds. An […]