Consumer and public safety groups have sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, calling on the agency to investigate the pre-school app market, after a new study revealed that 95% of such apps include at least one form of advertising. First published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the study by researchers at […]
Berlin-based mobile-first ad technology company YOC is expanding its product portfolio to include the YOC Sticky Scroller. The high-quality advertising format has a reactive scrolling function and gives the user the possibility to control the advertising content through scroll activities. Advertisers can purchase the ad format directly via the proprietary VIS.X programmatic platform. With the […]
About a year ago, alcohol brands said they were reluctant to spend money on Snapchat because they could not verify ads were only being served to people of legal drinking age. The issue came to a head in January, when Diageo pulled all spend from Snapchat when its ads were being seen by kids and […]
7-Eleven is making more moves to go cashierless — or at least give customers the option to. Starting November 14, stores in Dallas will have scan-and-go technology built in the company’s mobile app, so customers can scan and pay for items on their phones. “Scan & Pay” is meant to build customer loyalty in the […]
While mobile applications’ immense growth in traffic and purchase volume has eclipsed that of desktops in the eCommerce space in the Asia Pacific, the latter remains relevant in the region, especially for larger transactions. A large part of desktops’ relevancy can be traced to innovations like browser extensions because it adds convenience to users’ shopping journey. Consumers […]
Pinterest has introduced a new ad format for businesses to promote their goods and services through. Now, advertisers will be able to take advantage of carousel ads. With Pinterest’s ‘Promoted Carousel’ ads, businesses can use up to five images within one ad on Pinterest, enabling them to show off more of what they have […]
Royole, a little-known US handset maker, has unveiled the world’s “first commercial foldable smartphone” at an event in Beijing. The FlexPai features a fully flexible 7.8-inch fully flexible display that can be arranged as two split screens, plus a third ‘edge screen’ or one larger one. It can be used folded or unfolded, which the […]
Criteo, the advertising platform for the open Internet, announced it has acquired Manage. Criteo is adding Manage and its mobile app install solution to complement its existing app business and further strengthen its end-to-end advertising solution, addressing the entire consumer journey from awareness and consideration to conversion. Manage is a Silicon Valley company with an […]
Teads, the global media platform, has partnered with Realeyes to analyse 166 six-second creatives to understand how to make six-second video content resonate with consumers. The global research initiative tested ad creatives from 75 brands, using facial coding software to measure users’ emotional reactions, awarding each ad an EmotionAll score out of ten. It showed […]
Uber has begun rolling out a monthly subscription service in order to offer frequent riders more consistent pricing whenever they choose to use the ride hailing service. Uber users in Los Angeles, Austin, Orlando, Denver, and Miami will be the first to gain access to the service called ‘Ride Pass’. The will enable riders to […]