Video viral of the week: Red Bull creates ‘smart payphones’ in Brazil
Red Bull is gave regular payphones in São Paulo a digital twist. See why its our video viral of the week below.
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Guest comment: The positive side of negative reviews
Prelini Udayan-Chiechi, VP Marketing EMEA at Bazaarvoice looks at how negative reviews could actually help build consumer trust.
Most UK workers “ignored by management” when suggesting innovation at work
More than half of all UK employees feel that management don’t listen to their ideas about change and innovation in the workplace, lagging behind European counterparts, according to new research.
Alibaba lets VR shoppers pay via nodding
Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is working on a new payment method that lets shoppers wearing virtual reality headsets make payments without removing the devices.
Amazon comes to high street with more bricks-and mortar shops
Amazon is planning to open physical convenience stores as the online retail giant expands its push into the grocery market.
The future of Social Media? Zuckerberg demos Oculus Connect
Facebook is developing social media platform called Oculus Connect, that lets groups of people chat via animated avatars in virtual reality.
Twitter shares dive 20% as Google and Disney back away from bids
Twitter’s share price lost a fifth of its value on Thursday after rumours that Google and Disney and are backing down from making a bid for the company.
Facebook lightens Messenger size 90% for basic Android phones
Facebook has launched a ‘Slimmed down’ messaging app designed for emerging markets with slow internet connections, dubbed ‘Messenger Lite’.
Is the big data boom over? Firms planning less investment
A lack of return on big data projects is causing companies to turn spending towards other priorities, according to new research.
Online ads “need to be viewable for 14 seconds to be seen”
An online ad needs to be on the screen for 14 seconds to have any chance of being looked at, according to a new study on the relationship between viewability, gaze time, ad clutter and people’s ability to remember ads.