An ad agency in Singapore has added to the SG50 marketing frenzy with an idea to translate the colloquial language of Singlish into emojis, the pictorial language used by smartphone users. The SGMOJI guide, created by BBDO Singapore, can be downloaded from this website. Among the entries in the SGMOJI guide are ‘Talk cock’, a favoured phrase among politicians to […]
“Mobile advertising as a whole is just fairly crappy,” said Sebastian Tomich, The New York Times senior VP of advertising and innovation. Mr. Tomich isn’t saying anything controversial. Most people seem to agree that those thin horizontal banners pinned to the bottom of publishers’ mobile sites haven’t won many fans. Neither have the full-screen interstitial […]
Genesis Media, which surveyed more than 11,500 US adults in late May and early June, found that while 24 percent of respondents installed ad blockers on either their home or work computers, just 3 percent did so on their smartphones or tablets. Two things immediately jump out from those statistics: First, marketers already had plenty […]
New research has revealed the changing face of the UK’s native advertising market: there is more confidence and budget, with programmatic and mobile seen as the two main areas for growth. The second annual independent survey into this market was commissioned by native advertising platform Adyoulike and covered all major agencies and agency trading desks […]
Disney is further stoking Star Wars hype ahead of the latest cinematic instalment of the science fiction franchise this December with the launch of an official iOS and Android app. Designed primarily to keep die-hard fans abreast of all the latest news ahead of a release of the Force Awakens the app can be configured […]
Daunted by Shakespeare? There’s an app for that...
Samsung Electronics UK has teamed up with the Royal Shakespeare Company, supported by ad agency Cheil, to launch a new app starring famous actors, a rapper and a beatboxer to bring Shakespeare to life for 11-18 year olds. The Android app, called RE:Shakespeare, features interactive games and videos and is hosted by RSC ambassador, David […]
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – June 22, 2015 – Virool, the fastest growing advertising technology, released a new mobile site that plays matchmaker for thousands of advertising and marketing executives set to descend on the South of France this week for the annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Known as “Cannes We […]
Samsung is helping people to show their appreciation for dads this Father’s Day via a social media campaign, created by Cheil UK, called ‘#DadIOU’. In the run-up to Father’s Day, Samsung is asking its followers across its social media channels to tweet @SamsungUK a message to their dad with an IOU for the chance to […]
Magnum ice cream and Tesco are giving Londoners the chance to get together with friends to share moments of Magnum pleasure, as well as special offers, as part of their biggest trial of iBeacons. Customers who download the ‘Mpulse app’ will receive exclusive coupons for discounted Pink and Black Magnums when they pass by iBeacons […]
Sony is getting people in 48 cities around the world to take and share photos on their Sony Xperia smartphones showing the extraordinary things they see and do over the course of 48 hours. The ‘48hr campaign’, created by TMW Unlimited, is part of Sony Xperia’s new ‘Everyday Extraordinary’ positioning and will launch globally on […]