Cheetos, the snack brand from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, is inviting fans to see the world in a whole new light – a dangerously cheesy one – thanks to the new ‘Cheetos Vision‘ app launching at SXSW 2018. Available on the App Store, Cheetos Vision is an artificial intelligence-powered camera that turns everything a mobile user […]
Spanish winemaker Barbadillo has launched an NFC (near field communication) campaign promoting a cash prize giveaway on bottles of its Castillo de San Diego wine. 126,000 bottles have been NFC-enabled, using Thinfilm’s SpeedTap tags and Brand Analytics. The connected bottles are being sold through 15 major supermarket chains and superstores in Spain, including El Corte Inglés, Carrefour, Hipercor, Alcampo, […]
With KFC and Huawei both celebrating their 30th anniversary in China in 2017, the brands have decided that collaborating for the commemoration is the way to go—and what better way to do this than produce a limited edition, KFC x Huawei 7 Plus smartphone. The gadget, which launched on 7 July, comes in KFC’s signature […]
Nescafé China, the world’s leading coffee brand, demonstrated its leadership in innovation with the beta launch of Moodlock, a phone case that, when activated by an app on another person’s smart watch, locks the screen. The brand hopes that this playful, social-by-design innovation, the centrepiece of a wider digital campaign highlighting the brand’s role in […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps for connecting artists and fans, and Nespresso, one of the world’s leading purveyors of high quality portioned coffee, announced Nespresso will use Shazam’s visual recognition for its advertising campaigns around the world. Nespresso will start this partnership by leveraging Shazam’s visual recognition technology for the launch of […]
Famous soda brand Pepsi has officially joined the tech gadget industry by releasing its first smartphone, which is named the ‘Pepsi P1’. Currently crowd-funding on China’s version of Kickstarter, JD Finance, the Pepsi P1 is marketed as a budget smartphone that had an early-bird price of US$78—however, with the early-bird units sold out, it would […]
You can now order and pay for your favorite Starbucks beverage by simply flashing the ‘Starbucks Touch’ smartphone case. Starbucks has teamed up with Uniform Experiment, a Japanese-based men’s clothing line, to create a phone case that will automatically order and pay for your drinks, through an accompanying app. The Starbucks Touch case is designed […]
Australian wine brand, Jacob’s Creek, has launched a smartphone app to give customers rewards if they scan their shopping receipts. Entitled the “Premium Drinks App”, Jacob’s Creek said the promotion has been designed to revolutionise the way in which customers can redeem promotional offers on the go, whatever their location. “The launch of the Premium […]
This is one invention that should appeal to craft beer enthusiasts. Made in Northern Ireland, the ‘Brewbot’ is an appliance that lets you brew your own beer at home via an integrated smartphone app. By automating the homebrewing process, hobbyists are free to set up their Brewbot in the morning and walk away. As their […]
Skittles has teamed up with the greatest fruit-slicing game in the world and, this July, is set to entertain its fans with a new on-pack promotion, telling avid gamers how to download new Fruit Ninja vs. Skittles to their Smartphone for free. The new and exclusive game, which launches in the UK next month, will […]