Posts made in August, 2017

on Aug 26, 2017

By Taruka Srivastav Hacker group Mr Smith claims to have accessed plot details around the Game of Thrones season seven finale. The collective sent an email to Mashable over the weekend, which the title says contained a data dump featuring plot summaries and outlines which appear to provide, in exact detail, just how this season will end. Mashable has chosen not to publish the explicit details, mentioning that Mr Smith said in an email: “Game of Throne [sic] is over. Wait for major waves!!! RIP HB-Old.” Earlier, in a note to employees HBO chairman Richard Plepler wrote: “As most of you have probably Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 26, 2017

By Taruka Srivastav Hacker group Mr Smith claims to have hacked the Game of Thrones season finale in an email sent to Mashable. Mashable has chosen not to post the explicit details. All they mentioned was that Mr Smith in its email said: “Game of throne is over. Wait for major waves!!! RIP HB-Old.” Earlier, in a note to employees HBO chairman Richard Plepler wrote: “As most of you have probably heard by now, there has been a cyber incident directed at the company which has resulted in some stolen proprietary information, including some of our programming.” The Game of Thrones opener <a target=_blank href="http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/07/21/game-thrones-opener-pirated-90m-times-three-days" Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 26, 2017

By Rebecca Stewart Amazon has opened up a self-service tool for YouTube influencers to join its highly-vetted Influencer Program. The web giant, which has been touted as a possible “third force” against the Google and Facebook duopoly by WPP boss Sir Martin Sorrell, quietly brought the Influencer Program out of a closed beta last Thursday, allowing YouTubers to put themselves forward for consideration. The program was initially launched in Spring to let influencers set up their own pages within Amazon’s walls to serve as a sort of ‘storefront’ for their favourite products. The move was first spotted by TechCrunch, with Amazon Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 26, 2017

By Taruka Srivastav Ahead of its season 7 finale, Game of Thrones (GOT) have rolled out an augmented reality (AR) camera effect exclusively on Facebook. Fans can transform themselves into Night Kings, a character in GOT who turns dead, alive by his touch, through the AR effect. The creatives are conceptualized by visual effects studio The Mill Fans need to update their Facebook app, tap the camera icon on the top left and swipe right now to turn themselves into the Night King. They can also open the camera app and click the mask icon to access the effect. The camera effect also Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 26, 2017

By Taruka Srivastav Spice brand Schwart partnered with The Apprentice Finalist, Nick Holzherr – and Spark Foundry to create a chatbot on Facebook. The chatbot will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) from Whisk’s Food Genome technology to advise people on personalised cooking recipes based on what is available in their fridge. NIck Holzherr, finalist of The Apprentice and Whisk’s founder said: “When a brand as innovative and ambitious as Schwartz comes to you with a challenge as big as this, it’s very exciting. Creating an AI powered chatbot to help inspire busy British cooks to try out new, delicious and Read full story › Source: The Drum...