WeQ, a leading global mobile ad tech organization, and travel brand DailyHotel revealed initial results from its exclusive campaign to propel their growth in the South Korean market. The app provides customers with a one-stop booking for both luxury hotels and fine-dining restaurants in Korea and globally. This announcement follows WeQ’s recent rapid expansion into APAC markets South Korea and […]
YouTube is introducing an augmented reality (AR) feature to help beauty viewers get an idea of how makeup will look like on them while continuing to watch product reviews and tutorials from creators. The AR Beauty Try-On tool appears in a split screen with the video continuing to appear in the top half and adding […]
Teespring, the global platform that allows independent creators to design and sell their own creations, is announcing its new partnership with Twitch, the world’s largest streaming platform for gamers. The new partnership signals the next step in Teespring’s journey to establish themselves as leaders in ‘creator merchandise’; not only does the service allow creators to monetize their […]
Pinterest has expanded its partners program globally to make it more accessible to third-party technology and businesses, creating more shopping experiences in the process. The Pinterest Marketing Partners program has become the global Pinterest Partners program and, with this, opened the door to more platform partners, feed management providers, shoppable experience platforms, and tag management […]
Dad Skills, the new Google voice Action from creative tech agency Rehab, launched ahead of Father’s Day. Providing help for new dads when they need it most, the action offers novices a ‘quick advice’ experience via voice for when their hands are well-and-truly full. Built by fried fathers at the agency, based on their insights, […]
Raised with online creative tools and entrepreneurial platforms to broadcast their creations, Gen Z is defining a new era of influence and creative communication. This group, ages 13 to 22 years old, are already monetizing their outputs, building empires, e-zines, communities and more—all while using visual tools like those available on Snapchat to propel their […]
One of the world’s most effective brand design consultancy Elmwood, has helped to create Joii, a ground-breaking mobile app which leverages AI and is designed to make looking after a pet more accessible, more affordable and more convenient. The objective was to improve pet care outcomes by meeting the wants and needs of pets, pet owners and […]
Faster than expected uptake of 5G has led to telecoms firm Ericsson predicting that there will be 1.9bn 5G subscriptions globally by the end of 2024, an increase of 400m on its previous forecast. The speed at which mobile network providers are introducing 5G around the world means coverage is set to reach 45 per cent of the world’s […]
A new study on in-app ad pricing and performance has found that the average click-through rates (CTR) of in-app video ads are 7.5 times higher than display ads. In-app videos are often full screen, which means their viewability rates also tend to be much higher than smaller display formats. As a result, consumers are much more likely […]
People around the world will spend an average of 800 hours using the mobile internet this year – that’s equivalent to 33 days without sleep or pause, according to Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts, published on June 10. By 2021 the total will rise to 930 hours, or 39 full days. This is the fifth edition of […]