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KFC ‘Pocket franchise’ app wins two Gold Lions in Mobile

June 21, 2019

Fast food chain KFC has been awarded with a Mobile Gold Lion at Cannes Lions for its “Pocket Franchise” campaign in China.

Women’s World Cup marketing trends: Men and women take equal share in global audience

May 23, 2019

With the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicking off on 7th June in France, a new global survey of over 110k consumers reveals that the audience for the event is relatively balanced, with 47% being female.

Smart cities traffic solutions to more than double revenue in four year’s time- report

May 22, 2019

Smart cities: London and five European partner cities hit €250m investment in IoT technology

Smart city traffic technology solutions deployed to ease chronic congestion in cities will generate $4.4 billion in revenue in 2023, up from $2 billion in 2019, according to new research.

Peach expands adtech in Americas with A+V investment

May 22, 2019

Adtech firm Peach has invested in Chilean adtech leader A+V, who are the market leader in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador.

Google hits Huawei: Cuts off Android licence for future phones

May 20, 2019

Google is set to revoke Huawei’s access to its Android mobile operating system, dealing the Chinese company a major blow in accordance with US sanctions.

Huawei barred in the US: Trump declares ‘national emergency’ over IT threats

May 16, 2019

US president Donald Trump has signed an order barring US firms from using telecoms equipment made by companies who pose a national security risk.

Top 75 retail brands: Amazon leads the way as technology gets ‘humanised’

May 14, 2019

The ‘humanisation’ of technology is a key driver of $339bn brand value growth, with Amazon still the world’s top retail brand, according to new research.

Alibaba takes on Amazon with ecommerce overhaul

May 10, 2019

Chinese online retail giant Alibaba is revamping ts business model to compete with Amazon on a global scale.

Adform gets funding boost for adtech push

April 15, 2019

Ad tech platform Adform has announced GRO Capital has injected significant funds in the company as it announces new shareholders.

Web developer trends: Python beats Java as code of choice

April 10, 2019

Over half of web developers have written their first line of code by the time they were sixteen, and Python is now the most popular programming language, according to a new global sirvey.