Google has launched a new VR headset in the US, as the Internet giant looks to take on the like of Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR in the next-gen media sector.

Starbucks has revealed its holiday coffee cups for this year, showing 10 different designs from customers around the world, selected from an Instagram contest.

PayPal has added Siri support, letting Apple users send and request money using voice commands on iOS.

With Facebook and Twitter now offering branded chatbots, how can brands get the most out of AI-powered customer service? Matt Wright, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) freelancer and Venturebeat contributor, looks at the 8 basic conversations your bot should be well-versed in before meeting your consumers.

To mark the 2016 Super Bowl, Coke teamed up with Marvel to create a fun super- hero mash-up- pitching Ant Man against the Hulk.

To mark its sponsorship status for the 2016 Rio Olympics, Samsung told the emotionally powerful story South Sudanese 400m runner Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan- getting 22m YouTube views in the process.

In its Super Bowl debut back in February 2016, Pokemon scored big on YouTube and pre-game hype, paving the way for its hugely popular Pokemon Go! augmented reality game.

The John Lewis Christmas advert has become a major milestone in the festive calender, and this year the UK department store premiered its video on YouTube- a feel good tale starring a boxer dog called Buster.

Collectively, Brits are walking around with 2.5 billion apps installed on their mobile phones, with one billion of those neglected every day, according to new research.

Snapchat has launched a ‘World Lenses’ tool for its app that adds Augmented Reality (AR) effects for the rear camera, expanding the feature beyond the selfie for the first time.