Facebook recently announced that they will enable users to create and share Instagram Reels within the main Facebook app. In an attempt to halt TikTok’s momentum, Facebook has been testing Reels creation and sharing within Facebook over the past few months, which has also included an experiment with a new Stories/Reels/Rooms feed at the top of user feeds. […]
Red Seer Consulting recently published their research on MENA’s digital media environment. Following an era of Facebook and Youtube, and more recently the image phase in the form of Instagram and SnapChat, the strategic research consultancy experts deem short-form video content to be the next big thing. Last year, online users increased their time spent […]
KPMG and BrandsEye recently published a report that revealed that banks in the UAE have struggled to manage the sudden and widespread shift to online customer service over the last year. BrandsEye is a London-based specialist in social data and market insights. Teaming up with accounting and advisory firm KPMG, the two firms analysed over 40,000 […]
Marin Software, a digital marketing software provider for performance-driven advertisers and agencies, recently announced an integration with Criteo‘s Commerce Media Platform. The integration will allow brands to easily manage and optimise both Criteo Marketing Solution and Retail Media campaigns—from display advertisements on the open web to promoted products on leading retailer websites—all within the MarinOne platform. […]
invygo, a Middle East’s car subscription service, recently announced that it has raised $1.9 million (SAR7.12 million) from new and existing investors. The pre-series A round included participation from Signal Peak Ventures, JS Group, Wealth Well and once again from Knollwood Investment Advisory. This round also had participation from Saudi Arabia’s Dr. Faisal Al Kadi, […]
TrueData announces official support for Unified ID 2.0 within its Digital Identity Resolution Platform, allowing customers to connect unique Unified ID 2’s with mobile ad IDs, e-mails, household IPs and other digital identifiers. This connection helps users future-proof their addressability needs by further enabling data connections and precision. Unified ID 2.0 is a new common currency […]
Reuters Events Supply Chain research, in partnership with Blue Yonder, reveals the priority strategies and investments for supply chain execution and risk management. The State of Supply Chain Execution Report 2021 analysed responses of supply chain professionals and found that the COVID-19 pandemic, customer centricity, rising eCommerce complexity and costs, need for Direct-to-Consumer (D2C), and the risk […]
Sihaty, a Kuwait-based digital health company recently announced that it has closed over $1.3 million in a pre-Series A round. The deal includes participation from Rasameel Investments, Doha Tech Angels, and several prominent regional angels, as well as follow-on participation from The Taken Seat Fund. Founded in 2019 by The Taken Seat, a regional venture […]
Crazy Maple Studio, the publisher of immersive and interactive mobile serial fiction stories, announces the launch of Chapters Writing Room, an online writing and gamification platform any storyteller can use. Crazy Maple Studio develops a platform for writers to become narrative game creators by incorporating video, audio, graphics, and game choice into their stories. Prior […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled his next big project: a humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot that runs on the same AI used by Tesla’s fleet of autonomous vehicles, called Autopilot, the most-talked-about AI-based system. Though a functioning version of the robot didn’t appear during Musk’s reveal, a slightly bizarre dance by a performer dressed […]
