Earlier this afternoon Apple reported its fiscal 2016 third quarter results. The company had quarterly revenue of $42.4 billion, which was down 15 percent year-over-year but beat financial analyst consensus estimates. Revenue a year ago was $49.6 billion. Gross margin was down year over year partly because of the apparent popularity of the lower-cost iPhone…
Small business mobile marketing platform flok is seeking to bring chatbots to the mass of local business owners. Today, the company launched chatbot integration with its consumer app, enabling enrolled local businesses to answer common customer questions and provide information via an automated assistant. The company refers to the new chatbot functionality as an “AI…
Released in March this year, Adobe Experience Design is a new all-in-one tool that lets you design and prototype websites and mobile apps. for websites and mobile apps. XD is still in beta and available for Mac with a Windows version on track for a release later in 2016. It is bound to provide a…
Measurement-savvy execs are about as important to a digital media company today as a three-point shooter is to an NBA team. So it’s a big deal that Pinterest has snagged Snapchat’s head of quantitative ads research, Gunnard Johnson, four months after the ad measurement vet had joined the white-hot messaging app. Pinterest has hired Johnson…
Personalisation. Predictive technologies. Experimenting at scale. Get the customer experience right and reap great rewards. Botch the implementation by ignoring the organisational/people issues and you’ll miss the window of advantage marketing technologies provide. Don’t miss the window. Attend MarTech Europe, 1-2 November in London. The MarTech agenda features case studies from brands and agencies innovating…
