Hot on the heels of XXIII Olympic Winter Games, worldwide paralympians are now making their way to PyeongChang, South Korea for XII Paralympic Winter Games. Among them is Welsh Alpine skier, Menna Fitzgerald, flying down ski slopes at speeds of upto 100mph, with 3% visibility, a feat most people with full eyesight are not capable of. To showcase […]
The FAB Awards — International Food and Beverage Creative and Effectiveness Awards — is pleased to announce the continuation of their partnership with Google UK Ltd via their YouTube brand. This will be the 4th consecutive year that Google has teamed up with FAB. As per the partnership, YouTube will co-host The 3rd FAB Forum on […]
Huawei, the global technology leader, has become the first mobile device manufacturer in the world to use an AI-powered smartphone to drive a car. The ‘RoadReader’ project pushes the boundaries of Huawei’s object recognition technology and puts the learning capabilities, speed and performance of its AI-powered devices to the test. Unlike other driverless cars, […]
In a UK and ROI first, Domino’s is leveraging Tinder’s new chatbot to help singletons find a date. Enter Dom Juan, the digital love guru. Appearing as a normal profile, this thumb-stopping chatbot is a chat-up line expert who wants you to swipe right. Dom Juan will start to help as soon as you’ve matched […]
Design Bridge’s Chief Creative Officer Graham Shearsby, has been named the Chair of the Design Jury for The 20th FAB Awards. Graham is responsible for maintaining Design Bridge’s creative quality and reputation and with the help of his team of Creative Directors, he oversees the three studios in London, Amsterdam and Singapore. Born in East London, Graham […]
WeCounterHate is a new campaign by POSSIBLE that seeks to reduce hate speech on Twitter by turning retweets of these hateful messages into donations for a good cause. What topic gathers more tweets and retweets than the MLB, the Grammys and the Super Bowl? Hate. Racist messaging is unfortunately one of the more popular topics on […]
Amazon is finally opening its checkout-free brick-and-mortar convenience store to the public, nearly a year after it originally planned to open its doors. Amazon Go is an 1,800 square foot automated store based at Amazon Seattle headquarters. The store relies on sensors and cameras to detect what items shoppers have taken from the shelves, […]
J. Walter Thompson Middle East and Africa’s Innovation Group released its sixth annual consumer trends report, covering the MENA region for 2018. The “Future 100 Trends and Change to Watch in MENA” captures key themes accelerating the pace of change for consumers in the fast and dynamic economies of Egypt, North Africa, Lebanon, Jordan, the […]
Consumers are engaging with retail brands on more channels than ever before – from Voice Assistants, smartphones, to smartwatches – with online continuing to take a sizeable share of total spend. It means that retailers are under increasing demand to ensure their entire cross-channel offering is seamless, and create exceptional customer experiences at every single […]
Refrigerator magnets will never be the same. One touch and you can have Wild Turkey Bourbon, SKYY Vodka, or any number of Campari America products delivered automatically to your front door. The innovative spirits company is piloting a program to simplify the consumer purchase cycle by leveraging near field communication (NFC) technology. It will allow consumers to […]