Snapchat is putting an end to its peer-to-peer payment feature, ending a four-year partnership with payment processor Square. According to TechCrunch, Snapcash will be dropped from the app on 30 August, as discovered in a deprecation message buried within Snapchat’s code. This has since been confirmed by Snapchat, saying: “Yes, we’re discontinuing the Snapcash feature as […]
The first 100% mobile car rental service, Virtuo, is set to shake up the car rental scene as it launches in London on July 18. The Virtuo app was hand selected by the Apple team as App of the Day on July 14, which generated thousands of installs ahead of the launch. Already available 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 […]
S4M, an AdTech platform specialising in drive-to-store campaigns, is launching a brand new buying model – the Cost Per Incremental Visit (CPIV). Marketers will only pay for additional visits into stores generated by online campaign impressions. Brands can be sure that their drive-to-store results exclude organic visitors and are only measuring for visits generated directly […]
Mobile technology provider Cloudbanter is offering mobile users worldwide the opportunity to gain rewards such as cash back, SMS, airtime, data allowance and other rewards, in return for the data they give up to advertisers and content providers on their phones. Cloudbanter’s ongoing user incentive points rewards scheme (My Rewards) offers mobile users the chance […]
As the advertising industry puts brand and viewer safety at the centre of Cannes Lions for another year, and Unilever questions the measurability of influencers, RTL AdConnect launches VMP – the Video Market Place – giving brands a unique gateway to a global digital ecosystem. The VMP will give international advertisers simple and centralised access […]
Teads, the inventor of outstream video and the No. 1 video advertising marketplace in the world, showcased the first public demo of its new inRead AR ad format. The new format was revealed at the Cannes Lions Innovation Festival via two demos created for Burger King and Ray Ban. inRead AR will be available through Teads […]
Google is muscling in on the podcast market with the launch of its own Android podcast app, Google Podcasts. After a false start with a standalone service, “podcatcher” for Android, which was axed in 2012, users have had to access podcasts either through Google Play Music or third-party apps. Now, Google has boldly predicted that with the release of […]
PubMatic, the publisher-focused sell-side platform (SSP) for an open digital media future, announced the launch of PubMatic Cloud for publishers and tech companies looking to implement and control their own programmatic technology. By accessing PubMatic’s technology, global infrastructure and demand connections on a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) basis, clients are able to achieve full transparency and achieve […]
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 […]