Last week, Google announced their plans for behavioural targeting when serving up bazillions of ads each day. The approach they plan to use follows the lines of ‘if you don’t ask we won’t tell’- essentially making the detailed information that Google collects about you available if you have the inclination to review it. While Google [...]
Read MoreThe Apple iPhone has without a doubt ushered in a new era of touch screen technology. For a long time touch screens were a novelty, an expensive interface which may not have always been the best solution. But now consumers are coming to expect them as standard – on mobile phones, gaming consoles (like the [...]
Read MoreThe possibilities are many, and the opportunity great. Advertising on mobile phones, while currently nothing to get excited about at all, has the potential to be hugely successful because of one thing – your location. Your network provider has a pretty good idea of where you are at any one time, even if your phone [...]
Read MoreYes, I know I named 2009 the year of social media, but there’s another space we can expect to see some great innovations this year – the world of branded mobile applications. In 2008, the iPhone opened up a whole new world of ways that brands engage consumers on their mobile in fun, functional and [...]
Read MoreOne of my favourite trends of the last couple of years has been product ‘life stories’. This is where brands give you full detail of a product’s provenance, whether it be on-pack, or online (via entering a barcode) or many other means. Springwise first reported on this trend last year, but there’s still plenty of [...]
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