By Kate Magee Ogilvy & Mather Paris has appointed Baptiste Clinet as executive creative director. Read full story › Source: Campaign...
Read MoreBy John Glenday Facebook has been forced to deny that its Messenger app has the ability to commandeer a host smartphone’s camera and microphone to observe and listen in on individuals, following the circulation of rumours to that effect. Stating categorically that such reports ‘aren’t true’ Facebook reiterated that it would always request permission to run features such as making calls and sending photos, videos or voice messages. In a blog post Peter Martinazzi of the Facebook Messenger Team wrote: “If you want to send a selfie to a friend, the app needs permission to turn on your phone’s camera and capture that photo. We Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Barry Dudley Another week, and yet another surprise in the M&A space. This time it was Amazon who caught everyone on the hop, spending just under $1bn – $970m in cash, to be precise – on Monday (25 August). I say “on the hop” because virtually everyone had assumed that Google was as good as Twitch’s new owner. But at the very last minute, the search giant withdrew from the deal, abandoning its assiduous courtship of the games streaming start-up. Exactly why isn’t clear – Google is after all an extraordinarily rich company, and can shell out huge sums (£2bn for Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ishbel Macleod British American Tobacco (BAT) has promoted Andrew Grey to the role of group marketing director. Having previously been director for Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Grey will take up his new position on Monday 1 September. CEO Nicandro Durante said: “I’m pleased about Andrew’s appointment; he will bring his keen commercial acumen and significant group-wide experience to bear.” He will succeed Jean-Marc Levy, who will leave the company at the end of December, and has taken the role of director of special projects until then. Grey has worked at BAT for 27 years, and has sat on the management board for seven. Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John Glenday Apple has beefed up its privacy rules in relation to the burgeoning health app sector, ahead of the rumoured 9 September launch of the iPhone 6 and ‘iWatch’, by banning developers from selling on personal health data to advertisers. The move clears the way for Apple to market a wearable watch which is expected to place health monitoring at its heart using the Healthkit platform. It follows moves to introduce a standardised Health app which will monitor blood pressure, heart rate, diet and exercise and is clearly designed to pre-empt consumer concern at where this information may end up. Whilst developers will be Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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