The walk for water that sees millions of women and children across the world taking up to an astonishing 20,000 steps every day to collect water, is being brought to life at Wimbledon this summer in the first ever use of augmented reality at The Championships. The Wimbledon Foundation has partnered with international charity WaterAid […]
Qoruz, leading marketing technology firm, today announced the launch of its new influencer intelligence product, Recon. This latest addition to Qoruz’s product suite helps marketers get better insights into every influencer for their brand, competitor and the industry. Recon is currently available for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube and will be available for other social networks […]
Nearly half (49%) of all advertising agencies undertake programmatic media buying with their own technology, while 34% combine their own with third party technology and 17% rely exclusively on third party offerings. Agencies in EMEA lead the way, with 58% in the region relying solely on their own technology; this drops to 56% for North […]
To celebrate the launch of Years & Years’ new album, Palo Santo, media agency UM have brokered a deal in which technology agency Byte London have created a first ever augmented reality (AR) experience for Spotify. Working in close partnership with Spotify’s UK Marketing Team and with marketing technology agency Byte London, which designed the […]
Citroën’s cars are famous for their comfort and it was along this insight the French car manufacturer decided to make traveling even more comfortable. In partnership with its agency Traction (part of the BETC Group), Citroën introduces Seetroën, the first glasses against motion sickness. Motion sickness is a common condition that chronically affects more […]
Leading advertising and digital communications group Dentsu Aegis Network has released its biannual forecasts, pointing to a more positive 2018 for global advertising expenditure than previously expected. Ad-spend growth will rise from 3.3% in 2017 to hit 3.9% in 2018 – higher than the 3.6% forecast in January 2018 and taking total investment to US$613.5bn. […]
Malibu Rum continue their connected bottles journey in European scale-up to support Malibu Games. The project, which marks another collaboration between Malibu and Internet of Things (IoT) agency, SharpEnd, represents a huge scale-up operation as part of the brand’s connected bottle journey. Over 300,000 NFC-enabled bottles (200k in UK, 100k in Germany) will be circulated this […]
Technology PR specialist Context has hired former ITV Web Reporter Luke McDowell to support its growing client base after a succession of new business wins. Luke joins Context after a career in both television and PR, having spent time working as a researcher in daytime TV and online reporter for ITV News, before moving to […]
Emirates has introduced 3D seat models on emirates.com, becoming the first airline to introduce web virtual reality (VR) technology on its digital platform. The 3D seat model is a visualisation engine that displays an immersive 3D 360 degree view of the interior of the Emirates A380 and the Emirates Boeing 777, giving customers a […]
Blis, the global pioneer in advanced location data technology, launched the findings of an in-depth study exploring consumer behaviours leading up to and during the point of purchase. Detailed in a new report entitled Locating Decisions: A Marketer’s Guide to Re-Navigating the Consumer Path to Purchase, the research shows consumers have begun to adopt a non-linear […]