Oath, a Verizon subsidiary, kicks off the Cannes Lions Festival with new opportunities for brands to engage with consumers through extended reality (XR) ad experiences. Combining the art of brand building and the science of data, new 3D ad formats and first-in-market programmatic VR ads represent the company’s latest premium ad innovation for consumers to […]
Mobile advertising will account for 30.5% of global advertising expenditure in 2020, up from 19.2% in 2017, according to Zenith’s Advertising Expenditure Forecasts, published on June 18. Expenditure on mobile advertising will total US$187bn in 2020, more than twice the US$88bn spent on desktop advertising, and just US$5bn behind the US$192bn spent on television advertising. At […]
AppNexus, leading independent advertising technology company, announced the launch of Guaranteed Views, a marketplace product that changes the way advertising is bought and sold on the open internet. Guaranteed Views enables marketers and agencies to pay only for ads that are measured as viewable and is the first programmatic product that enables 100% viewable buying at […]
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, is set to launch in Australia as it continues to expand globally. The launch is the latest in Didi’s international expansion which has seen the brand launch in Taiwan, Japan, Brazil and Mexico this year. Didi will launch its ride-sharing service in Melbourne this month and will tempt drivers […]
S4M, a leading AdTech platform specialising in drive-to-store campaigns, joins the IAB Tech Lab to be an actively engaged member in driving mobile-first initiatives from the independent consortium. The IAB Tech Lab is made up of digital publishers, ad technology firms, marketers, agencies and companies from around the world with interests in the interactive marketing […]
The vast majority of Brits would prefer for augmented reality (AR) experiences to be introduced on smartphones to add to various areas of their lives, as opposed to using smart glasses to accomplish the same tasks. According to a survey of 1,000 UK smartphone users by Mindshare, which was analysed by OnBuy.com, 87 per cent of […]
Snapchatters will be able to use their face to control a football-themed game featuring Three’s new mascot the Puggerfly, in a new Lens sponsored by the mobile network. Three is the first brand to use Snappables, a new Lens launched by the platform in April that incorporates the user’s face into an augmented reality game. […]
DoubleVerify, the leading independent provider of digital media measurement software, released its 2018 Global Insights Report providing a market-by-market benchmark of the challenges faced by global marketers and an outlook on the current and future state of media quality on the internet. The new 2018 data indicates that brand safety violations have risen by 25 percent in […]
Inspired by the monumental Trump-Kim Summit, Nando’s Singapore created #NOBEEFDAY, encouraging people to move past conflicts, end the beef and keep the “fire and fury” where it belongs – in our bellies. The initiative by TBWA\Singapore, which launched on social media and in-restaurant on June 10, also included a peace-loving engagement where customers are can […]
Global mobile technology provider Cloudbanter is offering mobile users a unique new way of utilising Artificial Intelligence (AI) within its messaging, apps and phone technology. Cloudbanter technology, which is available through a range of platforms including AI Messages, the AI SDK Toolkit and AI Phone apps, allows users to monetise their user data and receive […]