Facebook dominated the headlines last week when it announced it was responding to the rise of ad-blocking by changing the way desktop advertising is loaded, thereby making it considerably more difficult to detect. It’s not hard to see why Facebook would want to tackle the… Read More
English Premier League club Stoke City has appointed KingFut to manage its official Arabic social media accounts and digital media presence across different platforms. This move comes as part of the English club’s strategy to expand its international reach and communicate with Arabic speaking fans… Read More
Gauging the growing demand for a company that can wear both the agency and publisher hat, former Mindshare hand and Founder of Lovin Dubai, Richard Fitzgerald, has launched Augustus. Based in Dubai, Augustus has begun with catering to the Middle East region. Its board of… Read More
Hug Digital’s winning spree continues with two more businesses — the social media management of Misr Italia and Shell Egypt’s social listening and research. The Misr Italia win comes on the back of a multi-agency pitch process. Misr Italia is an Egyptian real estate and… Read More
Globally, 45 percent of desktop ad blockers share their PC/laptop with at least one other person, serving as an important reminder that – when it comes to ad-blocking – one install does not necessarily equal just one person blocking ads. Global Web Index data shows… Read More
Marking the largest partnership between the two brands to date, PepsiCo is the exclusive global launch partner for Twitter’s newest ad product, Promoted #Stickers. As part of the partnership, Pepsi will secure featured placement in the #Stickers library in ten countries across five continents,… Read More
As cliche as it may sound, mobile has changed the world. Smartphone ownership, usage and penetration rates around the world are on a rise. With the number of global mobile users exceeding desktop, it has become vital to have a responsive web design for mobile… Read More
Stories of a ‘context collapse’ may have hit social networking platforms lately but there’s still 44 percent who can be considered ‘Personal Sharers’, using social media to share photos, their opinion, or details of their daily lives. Equally clear is that social networks are an… Read More
Social media giant Facebook is taking the ad blocking challenge very seriously. As a free service, that depends on advertising for its revenue, the social major has attempted for a solution that it claims as a win-win for users and marketers. “As more and more… Read More
Icflix, an internet streaming service in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has forged a strategic partnership with Asiacell, a provider of mobile telecommunications services in Iraq. This partnership will allow Asiacell’s entertainment loving customers access to Jazwood (Arabic), Hollywood and Bollywood content,… Read More
