Apple debuts first TV show ‘Planet of the Apps’
Apple is launching its first TV show, a Dragon’s Den-style reality series called “Planet of the Apps”, with Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow and Will.i.am as judges.
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Free real-time TV Ad Alert service tells you when competitors go on air
Ad tech firm TVTY is launching ‘TV Ad Alert’, a free service gives brands and marketers real-time notifications when a competitor launches a new TV spot.
Rage against the machine: Managing the inevitable chatbot backlash
Remember Tay? Microsoft’s xenophobic, racist chatbot was a lesson in inefficient AI. The experiment, held on a dedicated Twitter account, quickly descended into chaos when the chatbot began sprouting Nazi support and offending Twitter users in various awful ways. Here, Howard Williams, marketing director of live chat software specialist Parker Software, considers the negative consumer … [Read more…]
Twitter horror story: London Dungeon aplogises for sexist Valentine’s Day jokes
The London Dungeon has issued an apology after the tourist attraction’s PR team posted “offensive” Valentine’s Day jokes about fat women, sexually transmitted disease and dead prostitutes on its official social media accounts.
The path to becoming CTO [INFOGRAPHIC]
What does it take to become a Chief Technology Officer? Agile8 has put together an interactive infographic showing how some of the world’s top CTOs got their position.
Amazon dominated UK paid search in 2016
Amazon as the biggest paid search advertiser in the UK in 2016, with booking.com coming in second, according to new research.
One in three UK retailers don’t have a mobile app
A third (32%) of the UK’s top retailers don’t have a mobile shopping app, reveals the new State of Digital Commerce report launched today by Episerver, which examines the retail and ecommerce trends set to shape 2017. The report analyses the mobile presence of 100 top UK retail brands and draws on research with 1,200 … [Read more…]
Future fitness: How the Internet of Things will change gyms
From exercise bikes that let you compete with friends online to virtual personal trainers, the internet of things is transforming out work out routines. This new video from Intel looks at the gym of the future.
Facebook turns sound on for all news feed videos
Facebook is adding a controversial new feature that will mean sounds play out loud on videos when they automatically start rolling as users scroll past.
Consumers want more retail apps to incorporate AI and AR
Retailers need to embrace next generation technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) if they want shoppers to continue using their apps, new research has found.