Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp will begin to share data including users’ phone number with its parent company, as part of plans to allow businesses to send messages to users. It will be the first time the messaging service has connected users’ accounts to the social network to share data. Starting from today, the billion-plus users will be […]
Malibu is looking to capitalise on consumers’ “contactless payment behaviour” by turning 40,000 of its bottles into media platforms, offering consumers access to exclusive content simply by tapping their smartphone on the bottle. Malibu is using the same technology used for contactless payments to create 40,000 ‘connected’ bottles, allowing users with Android phones and the […]
Most people know Google Chrome‘s incognito mode for removing any trace of their web history—or for avoiding retargeted digital ads that track their whereabouts. But Bacardi found a clever little hack around private web browsing that it’s turning into a campaign targeting millennials. The brand and BBDO New York partnered with electronic music artist Goldroom—also […]
Porsche continues to incorporate technology into its print ads for the 718 Boxster. A new execution debuts in the September issue of Outside magazine, which hits shelves this week. It is the third in the series of these print ads that started back in March 2015 with a Porsche hologram ad in Fast Company. This time, the […]
MyHyundai App Offers Convenient Vehicle Management for Owners on the Go. Hyundai is debuting a new mobile app for owners called MyHyundai with Blue Link. The new app integrates services currently available in the previously separate Blue Link and Car Care mobile apps. This MyHyundai app makes it even easier for customers to access Blue […]
Uber users in London can now request a ride hours, days or weeks in advance, the company announced Thursday. London is the first European city to get the “Scheduled Rides” feature. It goes live at 4 p.m. Thursday local time for folks who have an Uber for Business account or a Business Profile, and it […]
This ingenious in-bar campaign from Russia turns regular ol’ business cards into blood alcohol tests to see if you’re too drunk to drive. Alibi Bar, in the city of Yekaterinburg, partnered with Uber to try to prevent people from drunk driving. Business cards are affixed with saliva alcohol test strips. Customers will receive this card […]
Originally created as an Augmented Reality test project, this magical Tarot Card experience was truly enchanted. Now it’s available for iOS and Android users on Google Play and the App Store for use both as a view-through mobile app and in Google Cardboard or Daydream headsets. Big Blue Ceiling, the Extended Reality think tank created […]
Google’s new location-sensing system will make augmented reality far more useful. Smartphones can tell you when to depart for the airport to make your flight, provide voice-guided directions on the way there, and route around traffic jams. But if you wanted to get audio directions to a specific counter at the airport, you’d be out […]
StubHub is the premier online marketplace for buyers and sellers to trade tickets for the hottest gigs, concerts and sports events. The eBay-owned brand had a well established presence and multi-channel customer base in the US, but we needed to establish brand awareness in the UK. Fetch works with StubHub on both sides of the […]