Snapchat debuts ‘shoppable AR’: Adidas and Coty first brands to sign up
Snapchat is combining augmented reality with e-commerce with a new ‘Shoppable AR’ feature.
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Guest comment: Is Vero a flash in the pan or major challenger to the social media status quo?
Vero has risen in popularity as a user-friendly alternative to Instagram, rising to nearly 3 million. Yuval Ben-Itzhak CEO of Socialbakers, looks at what the 3-year old social network has to do to compete with Snapchat and Instagram.
Facebook offers bounty up to $40,000 for reporting data misuse
Facebook is offering a bounty to anyone who discovers rule-violating use of data by developers on the platform, paying from $500 to upward of $40,000 for substantiated cases.
Retailers need to invest in ‘visualisation’ technology to boost online sales
Almost half of shoppers would spend more online if they had access to technology that helped them to better visualise and understand how products work, without having to go in store to see them, according to new research.
Global messaging trends: Brits chose chat apps over texts as SMS declines
Are we on the verge of doing away with the fixed telephone line altogether? ReportLinker has compiled globe-spanning data to look into the matter showing the rise of chat apps, looking at a number of counties.
RFID – The missing link in customer insight
Retailers are embracing RFID in-store to transform stock accuracy. Craig Summers, Managing Director UK, Manhattan Associates looks at explains how retailers can transform both the customer experience and inventory utilisation.
Facebook suspends Brexit data firm Aggregate IQ over alleged data breach
Facebook has suspended Aggregate IQ (AIQ), a Canadian data firm that played a key role in the campaign for the UK to leave the EU, saying it may have improperly received users’ data.
Guest comment: Counting the broader business cost of Facebook’s data dilemma
As the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal rumbles on, Chris Ross, SVP International, Barracuda looks at how considerable change is now on the cards for businesses that let staff access Facebook and other non-work related content and apps.
Facebook admits ‘potentially every user’ hit by data breach
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has rejected calls to stand down as CEO or fire staff over ‘mistakes’ during the Cambridge Analytica scandal, after it was revealed that potentially every Facebook user has had their information scraped.
Brits turning to tech for a good night’s sleep
Over half (51%) of the UK population has used technology-based sleep-aids to help get the perfect sleep – what’s more, almost 1 in 3 (31%) said they use them every night, according to new research.