Posts made in July, 2016

on Jul 22, 2016

By John McCarthy Former Sun editor and current columnist, Kelvin MacKenzie says he is standing by comments he made in the paper around Fatima Manji presenting Channel 4 News’ coverage during the Nice attacks while wearing a hijab – which he argued was insensitive to viewers as the attacker was reportedly also a Muslim. His column date sparked 1700 complaints to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) – including one from Manji herself and another from ITN chief John Hardie. Manji also responded in the Liverpool Echo days later accusing him of trying to “intimidate Muslims out of public life” with his column, Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 22, 2016

By Minda Smiley Outbrain is working with publishers including CNN to help them launch chatbots on popular messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and Kik in an effort to bring its personalization and content discovery chops to a space that is growing at a fast clip. While historically known for helping publishers and brands increase traffic to their websites through its ‘We Recommend’ and ‘From Around the Web’ links, the company is now betting big on messaging apps as many of them continue to grow their user bases: just this week, Facebook announced that more than one billion people now use Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 22, 2016

By Gillian West Nintendo has revealed a suitably 80s ad to celebrate the return of the NES. Announced one week ago, the NES Classic Edition is expected to hit shops in time for Christmas. It looks like a NES but fits in the palm of your hand and comes with 30 classic games pre-installed. Cranking up the nostalgia, the ad starts with original NES footage from Nintendo classics including Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong. Metroid and more, before inviting fans to ‘revisit retro gaming’s greatest icons in HD’. Available from November the NES Classic Edition will no doubt be topping many 30-somethings Christmas lists. To keep Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 22, 2016

By John McCarthy Apple has offered up a trinket almost as appealing as an Olympic medal, a line of limited edition Apple Watch straps. In celebration of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the special edition Apple Watch bands include the flags of 14 competing nations. However, they are only available for sale at the Apple Store in Village Mall in Barra da Tijuca, Rio, in a bid to capture the footfall of patriotic Olympic fans and tech enthusiasts. Currently available are flags for USA, Great Britain, The Netherlands, South Africa, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan, Jamaica, Canada, China, Brazil, Australia, Germany, and France, according GQ. US sprinter Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 22, 2016

By John McCarthy The competition regulator has given the green light to Sainsbury’s £1.4bn acquisition of Home Retail Group, first submitted in February. The group owns Argos, Habitat and Heart of House having sold DIY retailer Homebase to Wesfarmers for £340m earlier this year, greatly expanding Sainsbury’s offering. On Friday morning (22 July), The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ruled that the transaction did not substantially lessen competition in the UK. It released a statement reading: “The CMA has decided, on the information currently available to it, not to refer the following merger to a Phase 2 investigation.” Each company issued a joint statement reading: Read full story › Source: The Drum...