The LEGO Group unveiled LEGO Hidden Side, an augmented reality-enhanced LEGO play theme where kids must turn a haunted world back to normal, one ghost at a time. It is the only play experience available that fully and seamlessly integrates augmented reality (AR) with physical construction to reveal a hidden world of interactive play. LEGO […]
Not content with shaking up the retail world, Amazon is moving into the app business with the launch of Amazon Moments. It’s a program that enables app publishers to reward loyal customers for carrying out high value actions with a digital or physical gift from Amazon. The grunt work of actually fulfilling the reward is carried out […]
The client Husqvarna wanted to celebrate and honour the love for the forest that’s shared by many users of their products. So for 2019’s Valentine’s Day, Stendahls created Timber – a dating service matching tree lovers with beautiful trees around the globe. Timber is a tongue-in-cheek spoof of modern dating services: instead of swiping between […]
Valentine’s Day is on our doorstep and lovers may think they have left it too late to go out and buy gifts, but research from Criteo, the open platform for the internet reveals 51% of all transactions made on February 14th are via mobile devices. And with mobile shopping forecast to increase to £25 billion in 2019 it’s no surprise. Criteo’s […]
Research from Teads, the global media platform, and Realeyes has demonstrated the importance of designing creative specifically for the six-second ad format with a strong narrative to create an emotional connection with the viewer. With mobile video advertising increasing 145% in 2018 to $4.2bn1 in spend, it has never been more important for brands to make […]
Slack has launch of two new tools that will change the look and feel, as well as the ease of use of Slack apps. Today over 94% of Slack’s paid teams actively use apps. With 10m+ daily active users on Slack, that’s a lot of people interacting with the tools and services they use to get work done via […]
Facebook and Google are still top dogs in returning value for advertisers. But other ad networks are challenging for the lead in a unique index based on advertiser ROI from Singular, the leader in marketing intelligence that optimises over $10B in annual ad spend. By deeply combining marketing campaign data with attribution results, Singular is able to identify […]
Three-quarters of Brits have admitted to playing a mobile game, with smartphone users playing mobile games on average three times a week, according to mobile game developer platform, AppLovin. Despite the popularity of mobile games amongst Brits, 64 per cent wouldn’t call themselves a ‘gamer’. The study, conducted by Censuswide, surveyed over 2,000 UK General respondents (aged […]
Music streaming service, Spotify, is ramping up its fight against ad blockers by explicitly banning them in its terms of service. The firm has long been anti-ad blockers. Until now, Spotify users who employed ad-circumventing software had their accounts suspended and were send a warning via email. The suspension would be revoked if they removed their ad blocker […]
Emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, and big data are driving development and innovation in the advertising industry. Japanese advertising giant Hakuhodo released a message on their official website on January 31, indicating the company would now be working with a Chinese blockchain technology service provider, Yuanben, and a famous Japanese company United, to develop a […]