Restaurant chain PizzaExpress is looking to tap into consumer excitement around the World Cup with an AR game enabling customers to play a virtual game of football while sat at their table. The ‘Doughball‘ game, which is included as an update in the brand’s existing app, uses PizzaExpress’ iconic dough balls, and allows players to place […]
The Times and The Sunday Times, pioneers in the world of publishing, are embracing AI to power subscription revenue. The brands have signed with Phrasee for optimised email subject line generation for email marketing campaigns. This forms part of a brand-wide shift to embrace and work with new technologies. Phrasee’s AI technology generates and optimises marketing copy at scale. The […]
In 2018, driven by display ads, mobile will account for 69.9% of all digital advertising. With a 33.9% share of total US ad spend, mobile will pass TV as the leading advertising medium in the world’s largest ad market—and we expect that share will grow to a whopping 47.9% by 2022. “Advertisers are pouring dollars into […]
Finnish telecommunications company Elisa, has become the first operator in the world to begin commercial use of a 5G network and starts selling 5G subscriptions. The first person to use the 5G network was Anne Berner, Minister of Transport and Communications, who made a video call to Kadri Simson, Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure in […]
The BBC has unveiled a new audio streaming app that it says is part of the corporation’s plans to “reinvent the BBC for a new generation”. BBC Sounds is a collection of the broadcaster’s live and on-demand radio, as well as music and podcasts in one place. The BBC says the app is designed […]
Instagram has rolled out video chat, giving users the chance to be part of up to four-person video calls via the app’s ‘Direct’ private messaging feature. With video chat, Instagram users can communicate with their friends via video without a phone number across both iOS and Android. The feature can be accessed through any message […]
InMobi, a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to enable new-age CMOs in their transformational journey from digital to mobile marketing. The partnership will consist of InMobi moving to Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud provider, and will involve technology collaboration and combined go-to-market strategies aimed at accelerating the way […]
After the World Cup game between Sweden and Germany on June 23, Swedish soccer player Jimmy Durmaz was exposed to a massive wave of race hate on social media. To make a clear statement against this abusive behaviour, the Swedish insurance agency Länsförsäkringar decided to launch a Nasty Filter app – a service that turns […]
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the first mobile game where players can create their own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student. In the narrative adventure with RPG elements, players will create a personalised student avatar, attend classes, learn magical skills, and form friendships or rivalries with other students. In the game, players make […]
Furniture brand Neptune is among the first advertisers in the UK to pioneer the first commercial use of Pinterest’s new Pincodes through a print and digital campaign in partnership with lifestyle publication Livingetc, combining advertorial, product placement and social. The campaign, created by the newly branded TI Media (formerly Time Inc. UK), involves Neptune’s sponsored […]