Superdrug has launched a ‘#TweetforTreats’ campaign, which will see the retailer touring England throughout June with a Twitter-activated smart vending machine. The vending machine is activated by swiping a loyalty card and then tweeting using the ‘#TweetForTreats’ hashtag. In exchange, customers will receive a free product from Superdrug’s own-brand line. The campaign is intended to […]
The ongoing rise of smartphones and the mobile web are having a real impact on levels of engagement with tablets, according to new data. The research, from Global Web Index, suggests that while tablets have enjoyed healthy growth in recent years, recently there has been a marked decline in usage iof these devices. Since 2011, […]
Google for the last few years has been working to prioritise mobile, not only trying to enhance the user experience for consumers but giving advertisers more ways to reach them. Now the company is making another leap in its mobile ad offering, rolling out ads in its Maps app. The new products, announced at the annual […]
As part of the recent brand campaign launched by EE, highlighting the speed of the network, a new digital execution has gone live. The online ad sees Kevin Bacon hosting a spoof TV show called ‘Android vs Arachnoid’. In this extended clip, Kevin grabs an unsuspecting member of the audience and challenges him to escape […]
Royal Mail has launched its first consumer app, called Swapshots, which can customise, print, post and deliver photos within three days. The app is free and available to download from Google Play and the App Store. The cost of using the service is 85 pence per image. Credit can be bought either via a debit […]
Not content with shaking up the mobile industry, startup Unshackled.com is also flipping the traditional client/agency model on its head launching with design agency Love on board as an equity partner in the brand. Unveiled today (Monday 23 May), Unshackled.com is looking to put some of the £5.4bn in revenue consumers are paying unnecessarily back […]
Microsoft has sold off the Nokia brand and its feature phone business to FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group, for $350m (£243m). The deal also includes the company’s Hanoi manufacturing facility, Microsoft Mobile Vietnam. A further deal with Nokia will give FIH the exclusive rights to the Nokia brand until 2024, which […]
Once again proving that OAK is the only cure for hungrythirsty, Parmalat and The Monkeys have created the ‘1-Second Coupon’, a social media promotion that tests punters’ state of decisiveness via Snapchat. With only one second at their fingertips, users have to prove they are not hungrythirsty by taking a screen shot of the coupon. […]
In today’s society we are constantly in touch with our friends. When they miss us, they are able to send messages instantly via one of many messaging channels. But man’s best friend does not have such a luxury. They spend many hours at home unable to express their feelings. In moments of intense loneliness dogs […]
Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first hackathon in Manchester, inviting developers to come up with apps and other digital services to encourage healthy living in children. The initiative follows the success of PHE’s Change4Life campaign in January, centring on an app which measures how much sugar is contained in day-to-day products. Four months […]