By John McCarthy The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) is the latest venue in the sports industry to clamp down on the use of selfie sticks at its venues. As a result of the decision, the sticks which enable users to take longer-than-arm-length self-portait images, will no longer be permitted for use within Wimbledon. A ticketholders’ guide for Wimbledon 2015 said: “In common with many other major sports and entertainment events and cultural attractions, the Championships will not allow ‘selfie sticks’ into the ground.” An AELTC spokesperson told the Sunday Times that the ban was implemented because of then selfie stick’s “nuisance value” and Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Nesh Pillay Apple Pay will be adding Discover to the list of credit card providers it supports. As it stands, the payment service already supports cards from Visa, American Express, and MasterCard. The new addition means that Apple Pay now supports all major US financial brands. Apple Pay Discover users will be able to take advantage of the same benefits as those using the service with other cards. The service can be used on iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and the Apple Watch. Next, Apple will be looking to expand its pay services internationally, beginning with Canada in November. Sign up for The Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Direct Marketing News Two thirds of brands and agencies will shift budget away from TV to fund the 43% YOY increase. Read full story › Source: DM News...
Read MoreOperation Elveden – CPS blasted after dropping nine cases against reporters accused of bribing public officials
By John McCarthy Journalists accused of bribing public officials as part of Operation Elveden have lashed out at police for how they were treated following the dismissal of nine cases last week. Following a brief hearing, former Sun managing editor Graham Dudman, whose case was dropped, said on his arrest three years ago police treated him like “a murderer or terrorist”, according the BBC News. Cases against Ben O’Driscoll, Greig Box Turnbull, Clive Goodman, Andy Coulson, Vince Soodin, Lucy Panton, Stephen Moyes, Graham Dudman and Ryan Sabey were canned. As a result, only three trials remain from the Metropolitan police’s £20m investigation – which Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Nesh Pillay Freelancer.com has paid $7.5m in cash to acquire Escrow.com. Escrow.com works with e-commerce sites by holding onto payments for services until an exchange has been fully completed. Previously it has counted brands including GoDaddy, AutoTrader, and eBay among its customers. The acquisition is part of Freelancer.com’s effort to make payments between its 15 million users more secure and timely. “It’s a strong cornerstone for entering the payments space,” said Freelancer.com’s chief executive Matt Barrie. Its current escrow service, Milestone Payments, has received multiple complaints from users, mostly regarding its lack of protection and slow timing. To date, Escrow.com has successfully processed $2.2bn in transactions. <a target=_blank Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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