Google’s internal incubator, Area 120, has launched an app aimed at helping young job seekers in developing countries to connect with employers and kickstart their careers. Kormo, which was initially launched in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has been launched in Jakarta, Indonesia. Kormo enables job seekers in the above cities to build a digital CV, which automatically […]
The Asia Pacific region is leading in mobile ad request with a growth of 44%. This is almost twice the average growth of the Americas and EMEA regions, both of which are pegged at 23%. This was the conclusion of the Global Trends in Mobile Advertising H2 2018 report by Smaato, which offers programmatic insights […]
Following a competitive multi-agency pitch, GroupM’s media agency MediaCom has been awarded the media mandate for Mobile Premier League (MPL). MPL is the leader in the competitive mobile gaming space with several of India’s most loved mobile games featuring on the platform, and new games being added every week. As their full form AOR, MediaCom […]
SG.GS, the global network provider with a focus on Asian interconnectivity has extended its network reach into Europe, North America, Africa and the Middle East through a collaborative partnership agreement with IX Reach. The agreement gives SG.GS and its customers access to all of IX Reach’s 170+ global network locations including its 11 Metro DWDM […]
Retail food chain Co-op has joined CoGo, an organisation that makes ethical living easier by connecting business with their consumers, to help businesses which want to solve ethical and sustainable issues. 286 Co-op supermarkets in London will feature on the CoGo app connecting with consumers about ethical issues they’re concerned about. CoGo links businesses to […]
Hearing aid technology leader Sivantos unveiled its latest innovation: Styletto Connect from the brand Signia. Built upon Signia’s revolutionary SLIM-RIC form factor and Signia Nx technology platform, Styletto Connect combines exceptional design with high-quality connectivity to the wearer’s smartphone for streaming calls, music and TV via Bluetooth. It also offers fully portable rechargeability. Styletto Connect […]
Google has taken a leaf out of Instagram and Pinterest’s playbooks and begun trialling shoppable ads within image searches. The ad format enables brands and retailers to highlight products available for sale within an ad featured in Google image search results. The search giant is currently testing the format with select retailers on a ‘small […]
Advertising platform Bing Ads has unveiled a new 3D ad format, created to support the release of the Samsung Galaxy S10 handset, presented exclusively when searching on Bing. This innovation is a big step forward in improving consumer experience, and follows months of research and collaboration between Bing Ads, Samsung and Starcom. The bespoke designs […]
Deloitte research has found that 12% of UK smartphone users, approximately 5.8 million people, said they would switch to a 5G network as soon as it becomes available. In new findings published ahead of the Media and Telecoms 2019 & Beyond conference, 19% of smartphone users, around 9.2 million, said they would switch to a 5G […]
Global research suggests fashion retailers in the UK are the most successful at persuading online visitors to buy, both on mobile and desktop. But UK shoppers spend less on each order than the global average (around 27% less on orders placed via mobile and 32% less on desktop orders). This is despite their orders including […]