Telegraph Media Group has partnered with Halifax to create the first campaign on its Google Currents edition. The deal, brokered by MEC, is also the first to use The Daily Telegraph’s integrated tablet proposition, which offers brands access to its rapidly growing iPad, Flipboard and Google Currents subscribers. The partnership runs for one month, and […]
Some Android users swear by task-killing apps, but most feel that the OS has matured to a point where you can let it manage itself without the need to meticulously close every open app on your phone. That hasn’t stopped German automaker Audi, of all companies, from releasing its own task-killer app called Audi Start-Stop. […]
Drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 car crashes each year. To help curb the numbers and help travellers get to their destination safely, Thai coffee shop chain Café Amazon—with the help of creative agency BBDO Proximity Thailand—has created an app that helps wake up sleepy drivers. With the use of eye- and face-tracking technology, the […]
Audi has unveiled Audi Vision, a mobile augmented reality platform which allows users to bring brochures to life. Audi Vision will allow users to point their mobile device at the premium car manufacturer’s spring 2013 price and specification guides, and take a picture that will unlock the static pages of the brochure, unveiling video, picture […]
Guardian News & Media unveiled a new platform that will allow people from around the world to submit their content directly to Guardian journalists. GuardianWitness, in partnership with EE, will build on the Guardian’s groundbreaking model of open journalism to crowdsource content from around the globe by enabling users to share videos, pictures and text […]
Dejan Jovanovic, Helena Heras, Rafael Perez, Adam Pimack, Richard Spiegel, Manuel Mero and German Leal of Miami Ad School have created a concept app that aims to combine the offline and online worlds. Entitled ‘LEGO Story Builder’, the app would allow kids to interact with their physical creations digitally—bringing together LEGO, augmented reality and storytelling. […]
SHOP SCAN SAVE, the UK’s first free smartphone-based savings club, is changing the way retailers, brands and consumers support and engage with one another. Since the start of 2013, SHOP SCAN SAVE has become increasingly popular, leaping from 35,000 to 70,000 members who are actively saving via the app. In March alone more than 2,500 […]
Apptitude Media is proud to announce the launch of Apptitude Studio, the creative services arm of its award-winning digital publishing business. The new service will help clients bring their print and online content to life as immersive tablet and smartphone apps. Apptitude Media was established by a team that has worked together for many years, […]
Facebook has revealed two new updates to it Mobile Apps Install Ads platform in order to make it easier for marketers and developers to create and tailor these types of ads. First introduced in October 2012, the changes will allow marketers and developers to reach the right people on the right devices. The update means […]
Esquire partnered with startup Volio to create the ‘Talk to Esquire‘ app, which offers advice and recommendations from three of the magazine’s columnists. Nick Sullivan, David Wondrich and Rodney Cutler will ask you questions about your needs and preferences, “listen” to your answers through voice-recognition technology, and then give pre-recorded responses about what’s right for […]