Less than a week after borrowing one of Snapchat’s defining features for Instagram, Facebook has looked to its younger rival for inspiration once more. Limited to Canada and Brazil for the time being, Facebook has introduced new filters which can be used to jazz up photos in various ways, such as turning faces into animations. […]
Disney Australia has launched its own standalone messaging app aimed at creating a family-friendly channel for kids to communicate over which integrates games and education resources. Disney Mix is approved for “4+” on the app store, and includes reminders about online safety, cyberbullying and harassment, with an integrated “Whistle” icon in all chat threads that […]
Twitter has introduced a new feature, Instant Unlock Card, to its conversational ads, which roll out to all advertisers on August 4 after a seven month beta. The social media platform first introduced conversational ads – which contain call-to-action buttons, inviting users to share personalised versions of a brand’s content with their own followers – in January, […]
Snapchat is reportedly developing a new ad product based on scanning print materials or another screen with the smartphone camera, QR code-style, in order to unlock content in its app. According to The Information, a potential use case would be as a way of accessing special offers. The product is set to roll out this autumn – unless […]
Honda is promoting its revamped 2017 Ridgeline vehicle with a social media campaign that includes four stop-motion videos showing off its features alongside another series with a woodworking expert detailing various pieces that can fit into the vehicle’s back. The car manufacturer joined forces with Oscar-nominated stop-motion artist PES for the new integrated marketing campaign, […]
65 per cent of all views on Olympic-related YouTube video over the past 12 months came from mobile – a figure that jumps to 75 per cent in the UK, and 87 per cent in Saudi Arabia. That’s according to figures released by YouTube ahead of the 2016 Rio Games, kicking off on August 5, […]
The US is home to 87.5 million millennials (ages 18 to 29). In comparison, 83.7 million Americans fall under the “Generation X” category (30 to 49-year-olds), whereas the number of baby boomers (aged 50 years and older) is 66.4 million. While millennials are a vastly diverse group of individuals, they are in a unique position […]
Virtually copying Snapchat’s most popular feature, Instagram is debuting Stories — a simple way for users to share moments of their day in slide-show form. In keeping with the Snapchat theme, the moments disappear at the end of the day. “Photos and videos in your story disappear after 24 hours and don’t appear on your […]
In collaboration with global digital production company MediaMonks, Google Zoo presents O Brasil Inteiro Joga / Brazil Plays. The platform has been in development over the course of the past year and provides video, gaming and geographic content to Olympic fans leading up to the Games and on the ground in Rio. In a truly […]
Lilly Pulitzer is designing four complimentary beach wedding-themed filters featuring its signature prints for WeddingWire users, demonstrating how marketers can up the ante with their Snapchat strategies by inserting themselves into consumers’ most photo-worthy special occasions. The resortwear retailer is throwing its hat into the Snapchat marketing ring by rolling out four free exclusive filters […]