Technology

Publicis Groupe has revealed details of how Marcel will work when it launches in January 2019. Marcel, you may remember, is the reason Publicis Groupe hasn’t entered any awards over the last year. At Cannes 2017, CEO Arthur Sadoun got ...

“It’s like Glastonbury for Geeks.” Before I got on the plane from muggy England to Austin, Texas, that’s what I was told to expect of South by Southwest (SXSW), the world’s leading tech and innovation conference. Glastonbury for geeks. Possibly ...

Even iPhone obsessed millennials know the Nokia “brick” is indestructible, so Mother’s new ad for the brand cleverly trades on this USP in an endearing way. Two boys rely on each other – and on their Nokia phones – to ...

Google is launching two new “tools” aimed at boosting website mobile performance at the Mobile World Congress: a Speed Scorecard and an Impact Calculator which purports to show how much extra revenue they could gain if they speed up a ...

Here’s what TBWA’s Backslash clever stuff operation thinks is going to happen in 2018 – and it’s all about A1 and social media (didn’t ‘ya know it). Being hyper-clever, it’s a “pre-trend” report. So medication for ailments you haven’t got ...

Goodby Silverstein & Partners is one of the pillars of advertising excellence in the US; seemingly unmoved by the the latest fads. But it moves with the times too. Now its GS&P Labs is unleashing a new “prototype” called Gramar ...

On this week’s #MediaSnack Tom and David create a media version of the popular British TV game show called Room 101. Room 101 is a BBC comedy television series in which celebrities are invited to discuss their pet hates and ...

Digital posters can do most things these days but here’s an interesting wheeze from Volvo; harnessing lightning Thor-style in stormy Bangkok to illuminate a poster for the new S90 plug-in (and directing the lightning harmlessly to the ground it seems). ...

I know that YouTube is under pressure for publishing inappropriate this and that – with advertisers withdrawing in droves although that probably won’t last – but have its (possibly rehashed) algorithms gone mad? When I go to YouTube I usually ...