What the Snapchat IPO means for Asia
Snap, Crackle and Pop. And pop in a big way! On March 2, Snap, the parent company to social media darling Snapchat finally went public,...
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Overcoming Dyn: How DataXu Avoided Disaster the Day the Internet Went Dark
On 21 October, 2016, the internet faced its largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on record, with hackers knocking down dozens of the web’s...
Burger King looks for its queen in Shanghai on Women’s Day
Burger King launched its world’s first ‘Burger Queen’ campaign for International Women’s Day, in partnership with Y&R Shanghai. Prompted by the question, ‘Can you be...
InPlan Announces the Open Beta Enrollment for its Media Collaboration Platform
InPlan Media Group has announced the opening of the beta application process for its Media Collaboration Platform (MCP), a free media planning system. The MCP...
SodaStream on being an activist brand in 2017
Itai Bicher, SodaStream The current political landscape has created a tricky environment for brands. But one advertiser, carbonated drinks kit SodaStream International, says there is...
How deep do brand values and company ethos go?
The 2016 US Presidential Election wasn’t America’s election alone. Everyone around the world followed it with baited breath, consuming everything from the near-daily scandals to...
GSMA: A ‘Record Breaking Year’ in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2017
Records were broken in Barcelona this week. That news comes to us today following the end of Mobile World Congress 2017 on Thursday. According to...
Snap Inc Popped on Their First Day, But the Crackle Needs to Come from Monetisation
Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) opened on the New York Stock Exchange at USD$24 (£16.42) yesterday (2 March); 41% above the USD$17 (£11.63) issue price. Their strong...
Instagram rolls out ads on Stories feature globally
Instagram has launched immersive, full-screen ads on its Stories feature. The Facebook-owned company had opened ads to 30 testing partner brands back in January 2017...
Panadol gets Australian families reminiscing about the highs & lows
To celebrate the completion of 60 years in Australia, Panadol launched a content series called ‘Runs in the Family’ with Grey. The candid films show real...
FB, Amazon & 7-eleven are the most mobile-ready brands globally
Facebook leads the list of most mobile ready brands globally in the MDEX report released by Ansible at the Mobile World Congress. Amazon (#2) and...
Advertising’s Westworld: How the Industry Can Help Brands in Distress
The spotlight has been shining firmly on fraud and safety in the digital advertising industry of late, forcing technology platforms to justify actions and commit...
Ad Tech Isn’t Dead; Long Live Ad Tech
Ad tech and its constituent parts have taken a bit of a beating of late. It’s not been easy for the digital advertising industry, with...
People watch one billion hrs of YouTube globally daily
YouTube has finally released data on how popular the video site is – and it shows in the numbers that the video giant is still...
Leanplum: Emoji Push Notifications Increase Mobile Marketing Engagement
Mobile marketing company Leanplum is out with a new Mobile Marketing Trends report that “confirms the effectiveness of emoji push notifications in mobile communications.” What’s...
Southeast Asians are heaviest users of FB globally: AOL report
Southeast Asians are the heaviest users of Facebook – 69 per cent watch or read something on the site every day, compared to 51 per...
