Mystery Go maestro revealed as Google AI bot
Google has revealed it has been undertaking a secret AI bot test to beat top Go players, nearly one year on from its famous victory over the games’ human champion Lee Sedol.
Amazon plans flying warehouses: Drone deliveries from the sky?
Amazon has submitted a patent application for a futuristic flying warehouse that floats thousands of feet in the air, from which the online retailer could dispatch swarms of delivery drones to key areas.
#ThereForUs: Sage launches first ever digital Christmas ad campaign
Account management firm Sage has today launched its first ever digital Christmas advertising campaign, recognizing the “heroes” who work through the holidays.
Video viral of the week: Polish Christmas ad melts hearts with 4m views in a week
Polish auction site Allegro attracted over 4 million YouTube views in a week with this heart-warming ad that depicts an elderly Polish man learning English. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
Top 10 Twitter hashtags of 2016: Olympics, Trump and Pokemon Go
Twitter has revealed the top 10 trending hashtags of 2016, showing that the Rio Olympics, Us Elections and Pokemon Go were the most Tweeted topics of the year.
YouTube’s biggest star PewDiePie threatens to quit over ‘unsubscribing fans against their will’
YouTube’s most well known vLogger, PewDiePie, is threatening to close his channel, after claiming the site is unsubscribing his fans without their consent and favouring ‘clickbait’ over quality content.
“Creepy” Uber under fire for tracking users after journey
Uber has sparked criticism after its latest update lets the app to track a user’s location for five minutes after a journey has ended, even if the app is only running in the background.
Twitter leads social networks for Christmas hype [INFOGRAPHIC]
How Christmassy is the UK this year? According to insight compiled by Carat UK, we are currently at –5% Christmas mentions on Twitter, compared to last year.
The 12 worst marketing fails of 2016: Rogue chatbots, tasteless burgers and Google fools itself
As 2016 draws to a close, we look as some of the biggest marketing blunders of the year. From Microsoft’s chatbot going rogue on Twitter to Gmail ‘April fooling’ itself, there were plenty of mistakes from companies that should know better. Read on, learn from the mistakes and hope your team doesn’t make the list … [Read more…]
9 in 10 brands “not measuring social media marketing efforts”
Nearly nine in ten businesses aren’t measuring their social media marketing efforts as it’s revealed just 14% of businesses surveyed said they currently measure their social media campaigns and track results, according to new research.