Alibaba has built on its partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official cloud service provider by launching a new broadcasting solution for the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) through its cloud computing division. It was announced on September 19 on stage at Alibaba’s cloud computing conference in Hangzhou by Simon Hu, senior vice president […]
Pinterest has opened up its content marketing API to third-party influencer marketing platforms, making it easier for brands to work with influencers on the social network. The influencer marketing program has been launched with eight partners – including AspireIQ, HYPR, Influence.co, IZAEA, Klear, Mavrck, Obvious.ly, and Open Influence – which have all integrated the API […]
Bloomberg Media’s innovation lab, BHIVE, has launched The Bulletin, the latest feature to its mobile app delivering added utility to today’s on-the-go professionals. Based on BHIVE’s extensive user research on news delivery preferences, the new feature, available on the homepage of the mobile app, makes it easy for users to get a snapshot of the […]
BigCommerce, the leading eCommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, announced that its customer will be able to upload ‘shoppable’ Instagram stories. Brands can now tag products within their Instagram stories, meaning viewers can click on the products and go directly to the brands store to purchase the item. Providing even more organic opportunities to push traffic […]
Audio technology company, iZotope, has launched a new campaign to support Spire Studio, their mobile studio where users can record, edit and mix eight audio tracks, simply by using a Spire and their phone or tablet. Spire’s compact size and features make it highly portable, which sparked the focal point of the “Inspired Collaborations” […]
TripAdvisor is overhauling its website and mobile experience, introducing a more social and personal approach to travelling and eating out. The new TripAdvisor, which is currently in beta ahead of its official launch later in 2018, will expand this site’s community beyond travellers to include brands, social influencers, publishers, and friends – enabling users to […]
Instagram is having more and more impact on people’s decisions every day with the app leading a quarter of its UK users to make a purchase based on content they’ve seen. According to a YouGov survey of 500 Instagram users in the UK, commissioned by influencing marketing platform Takumi, 25 per cent of UK Instagram users […]
TigerWit Limited, a UK-headquartered global financial technology company, launched its blockchain-based trading app and announced a partnership with Liverpool FC. As the ‘Official Foreign Exchange Trading Partner of Liverpool FC’ the sponsorship agreement provides TigerWit with a high-profile opportunity to increase its brand recognition. This visibility should drive downloads of its innovative new trading app […]
Dentsu Aegis Network’s Amplifi has signed a deal with Spotify to use its first-party data in a new audio planning tool, that will allow brands to buy across radio and digital audio. The Audio Stack will use M1 survey data alongside Spotify’s data to better reach target audiences when they are listening to audio. The […]
Mobile lockscreen advertising is emerging as a successful element of US marketing campaigns as once-skeptical businesses reap impactful consumer engagement, according to a new white paper by Buzzvil, a lockscreen advertising platform. The report, ‘The State of Lockscreen Advertising: Engagement, Revenue and Apprehension in a New Era of Mobile Advertising,’ documents a growth spurt in the […]