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Parody advertising is a double-edged sword. It can be pretty effective, but it can also backfire spectacularly. To understand what works and what doesn’t, Communicate spoke to Jaison Ben, Creative Director at Publicis Middle East, who was behind the campaign for Nescafe 3in1’s new packaging, unveiled earlier in the year. How to know when parody […]

Khaled AlShehhi, Executive Director – Marketing and Communications for the Public Diplomacy Office at the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, on why Fortnite is taking on Apple and why it matters. It seems that people at Apple have a memory problem and have forgotten their classics. They don’t go as far back as […]

With only 14 days left until the end of the decade, Communicate decides to go back in time and look at all the marvelous innovations in tech that transformed the way we connect, commute and communicate. Sorry, couldn’t help it. Instagram What started in 2010 as a simple application for sharing photographs of your favorite moments […]

Snap Inc. has announced the launch of 3D Camera Mode on its application Snapchat. The company said that with  the new feature, Snapchatters can create Snaps that “change in perspective depending on how users view them on their phones.” “With the introduction of depth and interaction, Snaps can capture even more detail about how the […]

By Muriel Aboulrouss Everything I create or teach is based on my  personal experiences and my journey of self discovery. I do not pretend to set new definitions or rules as I do not believe in either. I am guided by pure intuitive impulse.  I believe that the road to move people is to provoke […]

Terry Kane is the Regional Head of Auto, Finance, Telco & Travel for MENA at Facebook. His work as he explains is to help businesses understand friction within their process and solve it.   “So the the industry [travel] is usually fragmented,” he said in an interview. One of the processes he describes is the […]

Auto enthusiast, movie buff and ardent Disney, Spielberg and Steve Jobs fan, Colin Gottlieb is also the CEO of Omnicom Media Group EMEA and Chairman of OMD Worldwide. When he visited Dubai last month, we caught up with him to talk advertising, business and movies.  On why he was in Dubai I am responsible for […]

Amazon is trying a new way to take its Alexa digital assistant mobile by developing wireless earbuds that mirror Apple’s popular AirPods. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant is readying earbuds with built-in Alexa access for as early as the second half of this year, according to people with knowledge of the plans. The headphones will look and act […]

Facebook and Apple are in another fight over privacy and data after reports surfaced last week that Facebook built a consumer research app that opened a backdoor to iPhones. The phonemaker, which disabled the app, has accused the social network of violating its app rules. Apple and Facebook have had a contentious relationship since Apple […]

This article first appeared on Communicate‘s sister site: AMEinfo.com Apple is a company that just reached $1 trillion in market cap and it is also getting ready for the new iPhone release. Samsung, on the other hand, just in time for the Note 9 release (August 9), is upping its ante by releasing adverts attacking […]

The rise of the Internet and smartphones – and their prevalence especially among the younger generation – has led to a multitude of consequences ranging from data privacy, election tampering to mental health disorders. The push to address the first two issues began much before the third but this year the momentum seems to be […]

Huawei Mobile’s latest video featuring two influencers, Mo Vlogs and Lana Rose, is receiving some harsh criticism – understandably so. The video stars the two Internet celebs with Mo playing the role of an over-enthusiastic customer who knows all about the phone’s features and Lana playing the role of the salesperson who doesn’t need to […]

By TJ Lightwala, head of Future Adaptive Specialist Team (FAST) and Performance, Mindshare MENA Telco data provides user level, location data married with contextual or interest data. Hence, it is now highly possible to target a GITEX participant, at a certain location, at the time the event is taking place with the desired ad of […]

As technological advancements spur the pace of change around the world, the advertising and media industry is naturally affected. One of the key areas impacting it will be Artificial Intelligence (AI). Therefore, Publicis Media’s data, technology and innovation’s practice has put together the top 10 AI terms that everyone should know or be aware of. Here they are: […]

Josh Partridge, vice-president of EMEA, LATAM and Canada at Shazam, on what the brand can offer advertisers Shazam, best known as the app that comes in handy when you hear a song you love but can’t remember its name, has actually been around as a SMS company since 1999. It wasn’t until the launch of […]

“Calling me the head of innovation is too far-fetched,” says UM MENA’s head of innovation, Rasha Rteil, rather modestly. Innovation is present across the agency because it is more of a philosophy than a discipline – although it is being developed as one at the agency. “It is a DNA that needs to be bred […]

Meltwater, the global media intelligence firm that offers tools for online news and social media monitoring, has now launched a mobile application. The app allows clients to monitor and access news, content and insights in real-time. The native mobile app is available for both iPhone and Android. Users can share content via text and email […]

Starting today, Twitter is introducing “Moments” on the platform. The new tab shows a glimpse of what’s happening on Twitter instantaneously. The company says that since a large number of tweets are shared on the platform, users can end up missing these conversations, especially if they don’t follow certain accounts. The new feature makes it […]

The power of Apple is rarely in the new technology it brings to the market, but the new behaviors it popularizes. From mobile payments to near-field communication, MP3 players to smartphones, Apple is rarely first to market — but with its brand, vast market share, swelling coffers and ability to make the complex seem simple, […]

As the digital media and advertising industries come to grips with the rise of ad blocking, so is one of the industry’s more prominent organizing bodies. A month before Apple revealed in June that later this year it would enable ad blocking on its mobile Safari browser, the Interactive Advertising Bureau broached the topic during its board […]