Influencer marketing platform Buzzoole has received two nods from FbStart, Facebook’s global start-up programme. Along with being selected for FbStart’s Bootstrap track, a scheme for early stage start-ups that have just launched a mobile app, Buzzoole has also been nominated for FbStart’s Apps of the Year awards, designed to reward the most innovative start-ups in […]
TV replaces AOL’s current programmatic TV offering in Australia and includes a range of new audience segments, features and insights for advertisers, giving them the opportunity to buy premium, brand safe, broadcast television in an automated fashion. Built on proprietary technology, ONE by AOL: TV is a self-service programmatic TV platform that allows advertisers to trade […]
Kodak has joined forces with Imperial Leisure to take to the streets of London with a custom charger as part of a stunt ‘wiping’ people’s mobile phones. The experiment, a collaboration between the creative agency and the Kodak Moments app, revealed how people react when their phones are wiped by mistake. Promoting the fact that […]
US doughnut company Dunkin’ Donuts has become the first brand to partner with Waze, a Google-owned traffic and navigation app, for its ‘Order Ahead’ feature. Through the partnership, members of Dunkin’ Donuts DD Perks rewards program will be able to order their favourite Dunkin’ Donuts products by connecting to its mobile ordering feature through the […]
Legoland has launched what it calls a location-based GPS adventure for kids in order to keep the whole car happy on road trips to Legoland in Winter Haven, Florida this spring and summer – and beyond. The interactive theme park for kids developed the experience, Quest to Legoland, in conjunction with Google and marketing and […]
Stella Artois is the first brand to sign up to a new AI-powered mobile ad solution called “Blis Futures”. Blis claims the new tool can predict where consumers will go and guarantees new customers in pubs for Stella Artois. Blis Futures will group like data sets and identify patterns, such as time, in order to predict […]
Facebook Messenger has incorporated real-time location sharing within the communication tool for the first time, enabling users to broadcast their whereabouts to a friend in one hour intervals. The added functionality brings Facebook into contention with similar tools offered by Apple’s own iPhone messages app and Google Maps. The functionality was prompted by an observation […]
The traditional wall calendar has been given a high-tech upgrade, thanks to a clever use of electronic ink from a Japanese inventor. Created by Japanese designer Kosho Tsuboi, the Magic Calendar looks like it’s made of paper, but is actually a subtle smart screen. The calendar, currently only in prototype stage, works as an e-paper […]
Entertainment and finance apps have powered a 43 per cent surge in app usage in India over the course of 2016 according to the latest study conducted by Yahoo’s Flurry Analytics. The State of the App survey found that time spent on messaging and social apps grew at a greater clip in India (52%) than […]
MillerCoors and the IPG Media Lab, announced the launch of Miller Lite On-Demand, a revolutionary suite of connected home services that modernize the beer shopping experience. The newly launched services include a voice-activated Amazon Alexa skill and a custom AWS IoT Button. Both will restock your fridge with Miller Lite within the hour. These capabilities […]