Barclays first UK bank to offer Twitter payments
Barclays has become the first British bank to let social media users make payments to individuals and businesses’ Twitter handles using the Pingit app.
Author: Robin Langford
Top digital countries: Singapore and Sweden lead the way
As digital technology becomes more accessible worldwide, which countries are most advanced and which are growing the fastest? This new chart from the Harvard Business Review takes an empirical look at the countries to watch (and which ones are losing out) in the new digital economy.
Do native ads work? Guardian and Unilever to ‘prove value of sponsored content’
Guardian News & Media has launched a new initiative aimed at proving to nervous advertisers that native ads do work, with Unilever the first brand to sign up.
Nestle recruits interns via Vine contest
Food giant Nestle has teamed up with Twitter to offer an internship, picking a winner based in who submits the most inventive Vine video.
WeChat users send 1bn virtual red envelopes for Chinese New Year
WeChat users exchanged over 1 billion virtual hongbao (red envelopes containing cash gifts) on New Year’s Eve.
Video viral of the week: Domino’s Pizza ‘Tummy Translator’ app
Domino’s Pizza has launched an spoof app that ‘translates’ the rumblings inside users tummies, running a 60s science show parody video demonstrating how the system works. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
YouTube ad-free subscription service ‘coming in months’
In a high-profile test of the paid content versus ad-funded business models, Google is preparing a YouTube subscription service that lets people pay to watch videos without adverts.
Dove tackles Oscar Twitter trolls with #SpeakBeautiful
Dove has teamed up with Twitter to launch a new campaign for Oscar night, promoting self-esteem as part of its ‘real beauty’ message.
Can big data predict this year’s Oscars (again)?
The company which has successfully predicted the Best Picture Oscar winner in both 2013 and 2014 – by analysing web surfing habits of people with similar demographics to Oscar voters – has released its prediction ahead of Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards.
Burger King test free home delivery in the UK
Burger King is trialing a UK delivery service for the first time, although initially only in a limited number of postcodes.