Ryanair has announced that its new mobile app has been downloaded 1m times in the first 10 days since launch. The app includes a mobile boarding pass function and forms part of Ryanair’s strategy to improve customer services, following the company’s first reported drop in profits for five years, in May.
With headlines last week focussing on Amazon’s unexpectedly high quarterly loses, it’s easy to miss just how how far and wide the company is continuing to expand and experiment across the digital landscape. Here are four new products or shifts worth keeping an eye on…
Amazon has posted a quarterly loss of $126m (£74m) on the back of significantly heavy investment in smartphones, warehouses, delivery systems and digital content. This compares with a $7m loss for the same quarter in 2013.
Facebook is rolling out device targeting to its Mobile App Ads platform, allowing advertisers to segment users by handset model, OS version and how users are connected to the internet. The update is being rolled out to advertisers over the next few days.
As rules on cookies tracking become stricter, new web tracking techniques have cropped up, including a new ‘canvas fingerprinting’ tool that’s almost impossible for users to block… for now.
New research from Webtrends has revealed that 68% of British 18-24 year olds are not worried about the amount of data they are sharing online with brands. Furthermore, only 23% think that data sharing will be viewed negatively in the future.
New research from GlobalWebIndex has found that Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Visa and Adidas were the most recognised sponsors from the 2014 World Cup, with recognition levels of 50%, 39%, 41% and 36% respectively (among UK, US and Brazilian consumers).
Unilever has released five different briefs on the theme of “Internet of Things” through its Unilever Foundry program. The program provides a means for innovative start-ups to collaborate directly with the company to trial and pilot new technologies.
The vast majority of new broadband customers in the UK are opting out of porn filters when prompted to install them by service providers, according to new research from Ofcom.
Mobile advertising grew to 62% of all Facebook’s ad revenues in Q2 (from 41% in 2013) as the company continued to develop and enhance its mobile platform. Year-on-year, profits for Q2 rose 138% to $791m (£464m) as total revenues from advertising grew 67% to reach $2.68bn (£1.58bn).