Facebook updates voice and video device ‘Portal’ with TV dongle
Facebook has revealed three new Portal devices: The Portal TV, Portal Mini and a redesigned Portal.
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Global ad channel trends: Social and video to dominate in 2020, despite measurement concerns
2020 is set to see a significant rise in digital ad spend, as marketers look to optimise their media mix, according to new research.
BBC to launch Alexa rival ‘Beeb’ next year
The BBC is planning to launch a digital voice assistant next year that will work on all major smark speakers and mobile devices and recoignise regional UK accents better than rivals, the broadcaster claims. Called ‘Beeb’, the platform will not be a hardware device in its own right but is being designed to work on … [Read more…]
Video streaming emerges as the killer app for 5G in the US
The 5G era is set to drive the next wave of growth in video streaming, with 78 percent of U.S. consumers indicating they will expand this activity as they adopt the next-generation wireless standard in smartphones and home-networking solutions, according to a survey conducted by IHS Markit Digital Orbit.
Interview: How the drinks industry is pushing back against outdated stereotypes
Yahoo Finance UK has released the next episode of “Global Change Agents with Lianna Brinded,” featuring Syl Saller, the CMO of drinks giant, Diageo. In this interview, Syl, who presides over an annual ad budget of more than $2 billion, making her one of the most influential CMOs in the world, talks about changing outdated stereotypes in ads and discussed the biggest marketing issues the industry currently faces.