Month: July 2022

Snapchat’s Snap Map is rubbing off on Instagram, as the Meta-owned photo- and video-sharing platform unveiled an updated map experience Tuesday with much of the same functionality available on its counterpart. Instagram’s new map experience allows users to discover new places by tapping location tag in feed posts or Stories; by searching for a city,…

Shark Week will run July 24-July 31, featuring never-before-seen footage of “walking” sharks among other big “reveal” videos. New sponsors include Airbnb, Morey’s, Nautica, PNC Bank, Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers and Brews, and Sport Clips, adding to the returning list of sponsors. Promotions include Jeep’s network sweepstakes and the return of last year’s “Shark Week Slush” at Sonic Drive-In.

In its 105th year of operation, Grey Group continues the transformation of its C-Suite, naming Laura Maness the agency’s global CEO. Maness joins from Havas, where she led the agency as the New York CEO, and previously held U.S. chief growth officer and managing director of Chicago roles at the agency. She becomes just the…

The government body of the European Union, the European Commission, is facing a lawsuit over an alleged data breach related to transferring personal data from Europe to the U.S. The lawsuit–now admitted by the General Court of the European Union (EGC)–alleges the use of Amazon Web Services, the use of Facebook login on a Commission…

On this week’s episode of To Dine For, host Kate Sullivan is joined by Ramona Ortega, a serial entrepreneur with professional experience that spans journalism, the nonprofit world, corporate law and financial planning. Today she is a leading figure in diversifying the financial services industry, and her life journey is one of hard work, resilience…

Rick and Morty, the stars of the self titled animated Adult Swim show, front a global campaign from Adidas to launch the sports apparel firm’s new X Speedportal soccer boots. Created by TBWANeboko, the multi-dimensional 90-second spot features the duo entering into partnership with the brand–as well as strikers Vivianne Miedema, Mohamed Salah, Karim Benzema…

Acceptance of remote work has led to a more diverse workforce at Meta, according to the company’s 2022 Diversity Report, which was released Tuesday. Chief diversity officer Maxine Williams said in a Newsroom post that the pandemic resulted in the company hiring people who are fully remote and working in locations where Meta does not…

Consumers view loyalty programs favorably and willingly enroll to receive rewards from their favorite brands. However, if the program is not easily accessible and intuitive, it will inevitably lead to a lag in member participation, rendering the program less effective. In fact, the average consumer belongs to 14.8 loyalty programs but is only active in…

WhatsApp released a sticker pack inspired by Netflix series Stranger Things. This sticker pack contains animated stickers that users can send in conversations. Our guide will show you how to use the WhatsApp sticker pack. Note: These screenshots were captured in the WhatsApp application on iOS. Step 1: Open a WhatsApp conversation and tap the…