NASA is embracing the smartwatch revolution by opening a free for all design competition in which the public are invited to create an app for Samsung Gear 2 wearing astronauts on the International Space Station. Hosted via Freelancer.com the initiative will offer the creator of the best app a cash prize of $1,500 with the […]
Toyota has seized on Siri voice control and uses a radio spot to interact with drivers’ mobile phones. Saatchi & Saatchi, together with the motoring giants, developed the ad, in order to get people to think twice before using the cell phone while driving. The radio spot simply communicates to the mobile to switch itself […]
A third now see their smartphone as the preferred device to access the internet, while 4G subscriptions grew tenfold over the course of last year. Smartphones have now overtaken laptops as the most popular device for getting online, with record ownership and use key drivers. This is according to Ofcom’s 2015 Communications Market Report, published, […]
“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 […]
The Moneytizer, a new ad platform specialising in online ad optimisation for small and medium-sized editorial publishers, has launched its first UK office in London. The business, originally founded in France in 2014, provides the leading ad optimisation platform for small and medium publishers such as bloggers. Its sole purpose is to give those publishers […]
Jaguar, which signed as an official partner of Wimbledon, has kicked off a social media campaign using biometric sensors to analyse the mood of fans. It has dished out biometric wristbands to selected fans watching the tennis and has built in-ground sensors monitoring the energy around the courts, letting it track sentiment. It will measure […]
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 set for a retail first with a campaign, developed with Cheil UK, that will put it centre stage in the world’s most famous department store: Harrods. The activity will see Samsung take over the majority of the retailer’s window displays and is the first time the retailer has let a technology brand take […]
In a bid to promote the Samsung Galaxy Tab S, the brand’s thinnest, lightest and clearest tablet to date, Cheil has created a new TVC aimed to show how the device makes vision redefined. Directed by Jake Scott, the commercial demonstrates the tablet’s screen technology through a comparative story, in particular, showcasing its clear superiority […]