Apple has introduced new apps for iPhones and iPads that will help users monitor their health and control devices in their homes, as the firm looks to rival the likes of Google’s smart thermostats and Samsung’s SAMI fitness software.
Google received 12,000 takedown forms on the day it published its response to the European Court of Justice “right to be forgotten” ruling according to reports.
Google is investing a further $1bn into its ‘Project Loon’ wi-fi project with a fleet of satellites supporting its existing balloons, according to a news report.
Managing email relationships with potential and existing customers is a tricky balancing act. Steve Abbott, Director at The British Consumer Index, used data to show why brands that continue to use ‘cold’ email could not only waste their marketing effort and money but risk damaging the brand in the process. By contrast ‘warm’ email is … [Read more…]
To stand out from the crowd during Chinese New Year, luxury online retailer Glamour Sales enlisted Fred&Farid to create a social media stunt to get tongues (and tails) wagging. By pretending to swap their community manager for a dog, the firm generated 100,000 new customers on a tiny budget. See why it’s our video viral … [Read more…]
Following Samsung’s launch of its first Tizen smartphone, which many have speculated will be targeted squarely at emerging markets, new research from mobile marketing firm Upstream has found that consumers in developing markets are calling for the handset to more readily provide relevant, localised content and services as well as more appropriate payment mechanics and … [Read more…]
Video ad platform SpotXchange, is investing in its European publisher division with two key appointments. Alex Kisielewski joins from the MailOnline to be Director of Publisher Development, EMEA and Niall Jones is joining from Havas Media as Publisher Account Manager.
Digital ad technology firm nugg.ad has partnered with premium mobile ad sales house Mobsta to launch a new service in the UK.
Samsung is to launch its first smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system in Russia this summer.
Most social sharing happens via ‘copy and pasted’ links shared over iPhones and iPads- not via Facebook likes and Twitter retweets, according to this new infographic from Radium one looking at the six biggest myths about how content spreads across the web.