Music is in the air, and Facebook was in tune with the updates it revealed on Wednesday October 24: the addition of music to Facebook Stories, the expansion of its Lip Sync Live feature to pages, the addition of lyrics to Lip Sync Live and testing the ability for people to add songs to […]
Apple’s Search Ads business could be set to generate more than $500m in revenue this and then make four times that by 2020. According to a note from Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi, seen by CNBC, Search Ad revenue for Apple could approach $2bn by 2020 – and that’s a “conservative” estimate. With this development, it’s […]
Smartphone brand Vivo has announced a global strategic content partnership with Taboola News to drive engagement and monetisation across Asia. As part of the partnership, Taboola will power news on its ‘swipe right’ screen to help expand the audience for the content publishers in Asia. When users swipe right on the home screen, Taboola will […]
New ‘Food for Thought’ research released on October 24 identifies what diners want from restaurants of the future, and it’s the ordering experience they’d like new technology served up for. In response, Barclaycard is testing new prototype technology so diners can make more informed menu choices before they order and avoid menu mishaps. Barclaycard, which […]
British restaurant chain Byron is the first to launch a Quickpay bot allowing customers to pay for their bill using Facebook Messenger. The payment technology, created by hospitality platform Flyt, gives diners the chance to pay for their meal as soon as they order as well as split the bill. Diners can choose the hamburger […]
IBM and Lufthansa have teamed up for an interactive ad experience that will provide consumers with travel information and local facts for 15 cities across Europe. As part of Lufthansa’s ongoing global #SayYesToTheWorld brand campaign, it has become the first airline to launch a Watson Ads campaign, joining other brands such as Lego, Behr […]
Facebook has launched its new, simplified version of Messenger, dubbed Messenger 4. Messenger’s previous nine tabs have been cut to three. Conversations are on the Chats tab, with a camera icon at the top of the screen to make it easier to take photos. The People tab lists friends who are currently available for a […]
YouAppi, a leading growth marketing platform for premium mobile brands, announced the expansion of its video platform to include connected TV, playable ads, native video ads and an exclusive private marketplace (PMP). The expansion is in direct response to increased demand from global brands to incorporate trusted, safe videos through an easy-to-use, integrated platform. Quarter […]
Uber has joined a growing list of companies keen on using drones for delivery. It wants to integrate the technology into UberEats, its meal-delivery service, and envisions dropping off its first drone-delivered dinners as early as 2021. The company better known for ride-sharing revealed earlier in 2018 that it’s keen to utilise drone technology for […]
Many US wireless carriers are expanding their retail footprints, not just via traditional brick-and-mortar locations, but also through experiential concept stores as well as on-the-fly pop-up and mobile sites, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report: ‘Wireless Carriers Are Extending Their Retail Footprints, Complementing Clicks with Bricks’ explores the […]