Disney Research, the company’s technology arm, has revealed a new app that can track and capture real-time images from a mobile device’s camera, then map them onto a 3D surface, creating an AR character that gains colour as an accompany book is filled in. The app is still in the development phase and isn’t yet […]
Condé Nast and Snapchat have announced a new partnership aimed at giving consumers exclusive access to seven of the publisher’s tentpole events, beginning with Teen Vogue’s Young Hollywood party. The partnership will make use of Snapchat’s Live Story feature and will provide users with behind the scenes footage from exclusive events by collating Snapchats by […]
For the first time this year, mobile advertising expenditure in the UK will overtake spend on print advertising, according to the latest forecasts from eMarketer. Mobile ad spending has shown significant growth in recent years and is expected to rise 45% this year to over £3 billion ($4.94 billion) and will account for 20% of […]
YouTube has launched shopping ads similar to those available on Google and is helping brands promote mobile apps. The shopping ads allow advertisers to display a click-to-buy ad within partner videos on YouTube. Viewers will see an “i” at the top right of a video to view the shopping ads. They will be in the […]
Taco Bell, already seen as one of the most tech-savvy fast food brands, just launched ta.co, the fast food giant’s revamped website where consumers can customize, order and pay for their food. Created in partnership with Deutsch LA, the mobile e-commerce offering is part of the brand’s continued work to keep its core target—millennials—interested. Last […]
Samsung Electronics has said its mobile payment service has processed over $30m worth of transactions since its launch in home market South Korea. Since launching the mobile payment scheme one month ago, it has processed a more than 1.5 million total transactions via the NFC-based tech. The company claimed that approximately 60 percent of transactions […]
Did you know that three out of four mobile users keep their favored app on the home screen and fully in view all the time? That’s just one insight shared with MAW from the team at comScore. The company has just released its “2015 US Mobile App Report.” A respected leader in global media measurement […]
Samsung UK turned its Piccadilly Circus Screen, the UK’s most famous advertising space, into an interactive rugby game called ‘Penalty kick’, supporting the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 edge range. The two-day campaign by Cheil UK, which took place on 18th and 19th of September, aimed at getting people excited about upcoming rugby events and […]
Mobile internet advertising is set to become the third-largest advertising medium behind television and desktop internet, overtaking newspapers in 2016. A Zenith Optimedia study claims mobile advertising will overshadow newspapers as early as next year, becoming the “driving force behind the growth of the entire advertising market”. Mobile will account for 12.4 per cent of […]
Sony has unveiled an action-packed ‘Spectre‘ ad campaign for its “made for Bond†phone featuring Miss Moneypenny actress Naomie Harris. The 60 second “made for Bond” Xperia Z5 phone ad sees Naomie Harris reprise her Miss Moneypenny role in an action heavy ad by Adam & Eve/DDB. The video shows Harris fleeing pursuers in Southbank, […]