Successful brands allocate 13% of media budgets to OOH, according to WARC’s Global Ad Trends

Successful brands allocate 13% of media budgets to OOH, according to WARC’s Global Ad Trends

WARC, the international authority on advertising and media effectiveness, has released its latest monthly Global Ad Trends report, digesting up-to-date insights and evidenced thinking from the worldwide advertising industry, with a focus on out of home advertising. Based on media channel data in 96 countries and detailed findings from the world’s key ad markets – […]

WeSee harnesses the power of neural networks to revolutionise image recognition

WeSee harnesses the power of neural networks to revolutionise image recognition

Viztech industry pioneer transforms digital image and video search and tagging, providing a way to meet the UK PM’s demands over terrorist content, among other key applications.   Computer vision innovator WeSee has launched a unique and powerful AI-based technology that can process, search and categorise video, as well as still images, quickly and efficiently, […]

Marmite ‘TasteFace’ Takes Facial Recognition to the Next Level

Marmite ‘TasteFace’ Takes Facial Recognition to the Next Level

Marmite, Unilever’s famous spread, has launched a new digital experience that analyses your emotions whilst you taste Marmite, to discover, in real-time, whether you are likely to be born a lover or a hater. The technology has been developed by digital creative agency AnalogFolk. Visit tasteface.marmite.co.uk on your mobile and try some Marmite. TasteFace and […]

Alibaba’s Alipay pilots facial recognition payment technology at KFC in China

Alibaba’s Alipay pilots facial recognition payment technology at KFC in China

China has become the first nation to embrace facial recognition technology to authorise digital payments following an innovative play by Alibaba to ease queues in local KFC restaurants. The so-called ‘smile to pay’ service has been introduced in the city of Huangzhou as part of a trial with the chicken chain to boost the customer […]