De Beers is launching an in-store iPad app aimed at making buying diamonds a more personal experience and opening up the brand to new customers. The “For You, Forever” app, developed with mobile marketing company Somo, lets customers compare the different styles, cuts and weights of diamonds using technology called “Iris” and customise the style […]
HMV is revamping its online music strategy as it launches a new digital music store and smartphone app that aims to convince shoppers of the worth of owning music rather than streaming it as it continues its recovery after being bought out of administration earlier this year. The app, which is available for iPhone and […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uigLklMbyuc Jose Cuervo has furthered its international, multi-platform ‘Who’s In?’ campaign with the launch of the #PartyAnimals ‘Howl’ app. Built on the FourSquare API, Howl marks Jose Cuervo’s first foray into product design. The app uses in-app SMS functionality to allow users to create virtual ‘packs’ of friends and, once out for a night out, […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdQZHxiMfeM Developed by paint and painting supplies retailer Sherwin Williams, the ColorSnap Glass app lets wearers snap a picture of anything wherever they go for design inspiration. The app matches paint with the colors derived from the snapped photos, so users can go out and capture color inspiration before painting their room the same color. […]
The British Red Cross has launched an app that lets users witness a knife attack on a bus, using Facebook data to personalise an online film. The charity’s ‘Witness’ app integrates with a viewer’s Facebook account and inserts information from their profile into the film, which features a young man being stabbed on a night […]
Video-sharing website YouTube has rolled out a new ‘play’ logo to its social media and app platforms, but has retained its existing brand on its desktop site. The new logo, which is being used on YouTube’s Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as apps, features a red play button within a white bubble, as well […]
Nando’s is taking its loyalty scheme into the online arena for the first time in an attempt to identify new data-driven marketing opportunities to target customers. The restaurant chain is replacing its old paper-based scheme with the launch of a card diners can swipe in-store August 27. Customers now collect chillies instead of chickens for […]
To advertise for a Life Cinemas app which allows users to download movies onto their phones, the JWT Corporation in Uruguay has come up with a series of creative posters which summarizes each movie in Japanese emoticons. There’s “Ted”, “Harry Potter”, “Life of Pi” and “Finding Nemo”, all accompanied with the tagline: “The movies you […]
To help its customers know its vehicles better, German carmaker Audi has created an innovative, augmented-reality app—named “eKurzinfo”—that uses the iPhone camera to identify the many functions of the car. Loaded with information of more than 300 elements in the car, the app serves as a high-tech, interactive alternative to the traditional, complex car manual. […]
Ikea has created an augmented reality app that allows customers to see how its products would fit into their homes as it looks to boost its online and mobile sales and limit returns of ill-fitting furniture. The updated 2014 Ikea Catalogue app, available on iOS and Android, will enable customers to try out 90 products […]