[KGVID width=”600″ height=”338″]https://marcommnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/CleanSpace_16x9_H264.mp4[/KGVID] Integrated agency MRM-Meteorite, in partnership with Drayson Technologies, transformed the street lights of a South London suburb into air pollution sensors in a visually stunning film to put the world’s greatest environmental health risk in the spotlight. MRM-Meteorite’s ‘Light the Way’ project took place recently at Waveney Avenue, Peckham Rye. Street lamps on […]
Adyoulike, one of the European leaders in native advertising technology, announced the official release of its native advertising supply side platform (SSP) in OpenRTB 2.3. This integration already comes with multiple native DSPs integrated, including Stackadapt, PulsePoint, Bidtellect, Mediasmart, Netage, Adotmob, Adiant and Powerlinks. This further enhances its programmatic native advertising service, Adyoulike Exchange. Julian […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps for connecting artists and fans, and Nespresso, one of the world’s leading purveyors of high quality portioned coffee, announced Nespresso will use Shazam’s visual recognition for its advertising campaigns around the world. Nespresso will start this partnership by leveraging Shazam’s visual recognition technology for the launch of […]
Pinterest has rolled out its Promoted Pins service in the UK, the first country outside of the US where advertising has been introduced into its model. The photo-sharing platform, which debuted Promoted Pins in the US in 2015, has launched in the UK with brands including John Lewis, B&Q, Nestlé and Tesco. Users of Pinterest […]
People do stupid things when they’re hungry. With the average person spending 4.7 hours a day on their smartphone, most/a lot of those stupid things now happen on those devices. To take advantage of this Snickers and Colenso BBDO built three of the dumbest apps the world has ever seen. Apps that no one in […]
Bathstore and Saatchi & Saatchi, London have launched their latest campaign with the ‘silent loo’ mobile app, which addresses the plight of water wastage in the UK. With billions of litres of water being wasted annually, the app was created in response to research collected into water consumption, which revealed that on average 75% of […]
Waitrose has opened its first cashless store, the first for a UK supermarket, in Sky’s head office. The grocer made the move following a consultation with staff at the media group to find out what they wanted from the store. Instead of traditional tills with a cash payment option, customers will only be able to […]
Google has launched ‘Model Automotive ads’, a mobile search ad format for auto manufacturers in the US. The ads will be served up to anyone who searches for the name of the model being advertised. The format aims to provide users with a showroom-like experience with a carousel of high-quality images of a car’s exterior […]
Buzzfeed has launched a News app in the UK, Australia and Canada that will use push notifications to alert users to breaking stories. The media group has doubled its efforts in recent years to stand up to national titles, as well as the likes of Vice, when it comes to driving its own news agenda […]
With 2016 set to the be the year when Beacons go from hype to delivering real marketing value, media agency Maxus has created a practical guide for brands seeking to harness their potential. Written by Maxus director of technology, Tom Kelshaw, Beacons – Promise, Present, Future, is a thorough examination of the state of Beacons […]
