Amazon brings £4.99 Dash buttons to UK, Germany and Austria
Amazon’s Dash Button is finally launching in Germany, Austria, and the UK, letting consumers order brands on Amazon via the click of a fridge magnet button.
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Kantar to deliver ‘hybrid’ TV and online video ratings to Norwegian advertisers
The Norwegian TV audience measurement steering committee has awarded Kantar the new contract for the provision of TV Ratings, to deliver a hybrid online video and TV ratings to advertisers in Norway.
10 trailblazing female tech founders
Despite the odds being stacked against them, women founders are currently killing it in the technology sector. ABCD Agency looks at 10 women leading the way in the sector.
Dominos Pizza tests flying delivery drones
Domino’s has begun testing New Zealand pizza delivery via the first commercial drone delivery service in the world.
Guest comment: Escaping the cult of acquisition
As acquisition costs continue to rise, and the rewards diminish ever further, Ian Webster, Chief Customer Officer, Big Data for Humans, insists it is time to get smart about customer retention.
WPP profits up 15% as global marketing confidence grows
Ad giant WPP saw its profits grow 15% to £769m ($1bn) in the six months ended June 30.
VR and AR popularity rises 548% since January 2015
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) devices have seen phenomenal growth in online popularity, with a 548% uplift in Twitter mentions since January 2015, the latest Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) study can reveal.
Guest comment: How the rise of robotic cars will transform the ad industry
Autonomous vehicles will open up entirely new opportunities for advertisers, writes Johannes Heinze, managing director EMEA at AppLovin.
Uber self-driving cars to start picking up passengers next month
Ride-sharing firm Uber will soon let users in Pittsburgh hail self-driving cars, the company has confirmed.
Tencent tops Alibaba as China’s biggest tech company
Tencent, the owner of popular social messaging app WeChat, overtook e-commerce giant Alibaba to become China’s most valuable technology company on Thursday.