Posts made in July, 2017

on Jul 28, 2017

By John Glenday Animal rights campaign group Peta has honoured some of the world’s leading homeware brands for their efforts to embody vegan design in their products at the organisation’s inaugural Vegan Homeware Awards. Ikea, Habitat and Monsoon are among those to be recognised for ending, as far as is possible, all forms of cruelty and exploitation to animals in the creation of their goods. In this vein Ikea was recognised for its faux-sheepskin rug while Rockett St George was recognised for its vegan sofa and Monsoon picked up a nod for their feather-free cushion. Established Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 28, 2017

By Jessica Davis As it continues to expand its services and international footprint, digital performance agency DAC Group has appointed Kelly McCoy Williams as vise president of enterprise business development. Williams will be based in the DAC Group’s Chicago office, working with the senior leadership team to build new business through outreach to enterprise level marketers across the US. Williams has over 20 years’ sales experience in digital marketing and advertising and has held senior accounts at companies including IgnitionOne, 360i and iCrossing. Her latest role was vice president of business development at Leapfrog in Chicago. “Kelly’s experience and talent for Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 28, 2017

By John Glenday Facebook has cemented its status as undisputed king of the social media jungle in a new survey that shows not only that the social media network itself has more monthly views than anyone else – but that its stablemates WhatsApp and Messenger do too. The figures, compiled by Statista and laid out on a handy graph, show that Facebook owns four of the world’s largest social media and messaging services with only China’s WeChat big enough to spoil the party by ousting Instagram into fifth place. Judged solely Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 28, 2017

By Shawn Lim Malaysia announced today that it has legalised ride-sharing after its parliament passed two bills, allowing ride hailing services companies Grab and Uber to operate on an “intermediation business license”. The changes to the country’s Land Public Transport Act and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board (CVLB) Act means the bills will regulate “the business of facilitating arrangements, bookings or transactions of an e-hailing vehicle whether for any valuable consideration or money’s worth or otherwise.” The two companies were previously deemed as “illegal operations” by CVLB and this latest move comes as taxi drivers in the country protest the decision made by Prime Minister Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Jul 28, 2017

By John Glenday BuzzFeed is branching out from meme aggregation to smart cooking with the media platforms unveil of a Bluetooth-enabled smart cooking device and accompanying iPhone app. Tasty One Top marks BuzzFeed’s debut foray into the world of connected household gadgets after being made available for pre-order for the princely sum of $149. An induction cooker with a difference, it can connect with an accompanying Tasty app for iPhone which comes pre-installed with 1,700 video recipes. Dovetailing with the second anniversary of BuzzFeed’s Tasty division the gizmo illustrates BuzzFeed’s growing clout as a foodie haven, describing itself as Read full story › Source: The Drum...