Top 100 Tech Trends in April – From Zero-Waste 3D-Printed Decor to Phygital NFT Sneakers (TOPLIST)

(TrendHunter.com) The April 2022 tech trends consist of a wide variety of innovations ranging from gimmicky gadgets designed to improve day-to-day life to groundbreaking technologies set to introduce entirely new…

Three reasons to enter the Ad Age Small Agency Awards

The Ad Age Small Agency Awards honor shops with 150 or fewer employees, and this year new people categories have been added.

Twitter Acquires Mobile Push Notification Platform OpenBack

Twitter said Tuesday that it acquired mobile push notification platform OpenBack, and its team will join the social network’s Bluebird product team to focus on its notifications product. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but Twitter said OpenBack will wind down its existing business as the team brings its “expertise and core competencies” to…

The Speed of Culture Catches Up With Community Commerce

In today’s inaugural episode of The Speed of Culture, a part of the Adweek Podcast Network, Suzy founder and CEO Matt Britton talks with Sofia Hernandez about her own personal journey and how that factors into the global phenomenon that is TikTok. Sofia shares why her love of people and mentorship is the very foundation…

Red Bull: The Tunnel Pass Project

On September 4th, 2021 in Istanbul, World-famous Red Bull Athlete Dario Costa accomplished a hair-raising stunt in his racing plane. The daredevil aerobatic pilot took on his greatest challenge yet, defying all odds to become the first person ever to fly a plane through a tunnel and setting 5 World records in the process. Dario and Red Bull brought the guts and creative agency Wien Nord Serviceplan together with brand partnership specialist Now Serviceplan provided the right backup for him to turn a dream into a success story.

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Disneyland Paris: Magic Momentum

Disneyland Paris turns 30 years old on April 12th. 30 years old of wonderful moments of joy and happiness shared with family, of emotions and children’s dreams that become true …

For this once-in-a-lifetime celebration 30 magical years in the making and with festivities that started on March 6th, BETC created the “Magic Momentum” film, bringing to life the magical experience of Disneyland Paris.

Produced by Wanda and Digital District, this advert that will air all over Europe features a young boy and his father watching the parade in 1992 when the park first opened its doors. Eyes filled with wonder, the kid witnessed a moment, frozen in time, that stays with him forever as a magical moment.

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One or two days in the office is the ‘sweet spot’ of hybrid work

Report comes as companies are nudging workers back to the office without a sense of the ideal balance between remote and in-person schedules. 

LinkedIn: How to Add Your Pronouns to Your Profile

LinkedIn allows users to add their pronouns to their profile on the professional social network. Our guide will show you how this is done. Note: These screenshots were captured in the LinkedIn mobile application on iOS. Step 1: On your LinkedIn profile, tap the pencil icon to the right of your profile picture. Step 2:…

Introducing the Adweek Podcast Network

We are excited to announce the launch of the Adweek Podcast Network, the first-ever podcast network for advertising and marketing professionals, brand enthusiasts and anyone curious about what the heck that ad they saw was about. The Adweek Podcast Network will initially feature 12 shows: five brand-new podcasts, four existing Adweek podcasts and three existing…

TikTok Opens Effect House Beta to All Creators on Its Platform

TikTok said Tuesday that its Effect House beta is now open to all effect creators on its platform. The early beta of Effect House resulted in more than 450 effect creators publishing effects on the platform, inspiring the creation of over 1.5 billion videos that were viewed more than 600 billion times globally. TikTok explained…

Royal Bank of Canada: Dustin Johnson sees things differently, and so do we

Battery, the Los Angeles, Toronto and Chicago-based creative agency, delivers another round of visually innovative advertising for the Royal Bank of Canada. Airing in the U.S. on broadcast and digitally throughout 2022, and featuring Team RBC ambassador and professional golfer Dustin Johnson, the campaign draws strong parallels between DJ’s golf game and another high-stakes endeavor – wealth management.

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New York Lottery: Meet a New Breed of Scratch-Off Game

New York Lottery Film Ad - Meet a New Breed of Scratch-Off Game

Get your dog paws ready. The New York Lottery is launching the new $1,000,000 Lucky Dog Scratch-Off Series. McCann New York helped develop and create both the product and the campaign, which asks the question, how would your dog spend a million dollars?

The tickets themselves are elegantly designed with bright colors and twelve different dogs begging to be scratched. The campaign launches on National Pet Day (April 11th) with a spot called, “Road Dogs.” Directed by JJ Adler of Ruckus, the piece features a pack of dogs hitting the road in winning style. It leans into the joy that every dog feels when they stick their head out of a car window. But in this case, the car is limousine. Delightfully shot, it’s full of wind-swept hair, flopping tongues, and little bit of drool.

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Lifology: The Rescue Code

1 in 7 kids experiences physical or sexual abuse at home by their parents due to sudden rage. But don’t know or have the courage to get out of it. Kids also find gaming more enriching than their real life. We introduced a covert way of rescuing kids by introducing a new gaming slang that can be understood only by kids.

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AT&T: Push What's Possible

Creative studio Nice Shoes has provided the colour grade for AT&T’s comedic new campaign, which celebrates 2022’s Masters Tournament with a host of famous faces – all lamenting their lack of golfing ability.

The ‘Push What’s Possible’ campaign from BBDO promotes AT&T’s impressive network benefits in a variety of sporting situations, which sees the likes of Nick Jonas get distracted by spam callers and Charles Barkley enlisting the help of David Robinson to improve his skills. Viewers also witness Jordan Spieth take advantage of Colin Jost and Ralph Macchio’s enthusiasm to learn, and Maria Fassi call on golfing legends Nancy Lopez and Ben Crenshaw to help Eva Longoria.

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Comcast names Comscore as Nielsen alternative

Deal with Comcast’s Effectv covers 66 local markets, 35 million subscribers and supports shift toward selling custom audiences during pandemic. 

Droga5 London Creative Boss David Kolbusz to Depart

One of the ad industry’s most esteemed creative leaders, Droga5 London chief creative officer (CCO) David Kolbusz, is leaving the Accenture Interactive-owned agency after more than six years. Kolbusz will depart in mid-May and it is expected that his next role will see him relocate to a U.S.-based business. A spokesperson for the agency explained:…

Reddit Updates Its Community Drawer

Reddit detailed some updates to the Community Drawer that Redditors can use to organize communities that they belong to within its application. The platform said in a blog post that it returned the Create a Community button to the profile menu and moved it to the top of the community list within Community Drawer. A…

An-Nahar Newspaper: The Elections Edition

Lebanon, pushed past the brink of collapse, is suffering from historically high inflation that has thrown 75% of its population under the poverty line. Necessities such as food, petrol, medicine and even ink and paper are scarcer every day. Lebanon’s predicament is primarily attributed to a political class that has dominated parliamentary elections since the 1990s. A nation in pain hangs on to the frail hope that the upcoming election will bring critical stability and pave the way towards real change.

Xgeva: The Story in their Bones

Xgeva Print Ad - The Story in their Bones
Xgeva Print Ad - The Story in their Bones
Xgeva Print Ad - The Story in their Bones

The bones are the foundation of everything we do. And as such, they tell a story about who we are, what our dreams are, and what keeps us going. For a person battling cancer, those things are so incredibly important. They provide the motivation to get up and fight every day.

Prime Video: Staraoke

Prime Video and Ogilvy Italy together created an unprecedented experience in the sky above Rome to launch the new Original movie Laura Pausini – Piacere di conoscerti, available on Prime Video from April 7, 2022.

To do so, Amazon Prime Video and Ogilvy Italy left the stage to her fans’ voice. On April 6, in the sky above Rome, 500 drones flew over the Archeological Park of Colosseum, reaching 100 mt height and creating an unique show. The drones synced with ‘Scatola’, the original film song, to create a karaoke show all over the city, making the sky as the biggest karaoke screen ever, with 130mt large and 60mt tall lyrics. 2000 fans were invited to take part in the stunt to sing together with the talent: Laura Pausini herself joined the crowd for a one in a lifetime singalong.

The experience that combined the latest trend technology with a unique cultural environment was created after more than 3 weeks of programming by Roman innovation agency agency T3kne, in collaboration with Artech and Dronisos, a French agency specialized in automatic drones technology.

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