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  • The Rise of Generative AI and What It Means for the Communications Industry

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has surged into the spotlight in 2023 thanks to the emergence of generative tools such as ChatGPT, Bing Chat and Google’s Bard, alongside image creators DALLE-2 and Midjourney. We need only look at ChatGPT, which in January this year, passed 100 million active users , making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history, to understand the pace of AI growth. (By comparison, it took TikTok nine months and Instagram two-and-a-half years to reach that same 100 million milestone.). Generative AI is quickly filtering into many different sectors and industries,…

    Content PR & Marketing May 10, 2023
  • Mobile World Congress 2021: What’s Buzzing from Brands?

    Mobile World Congress (MWC), one of the world’s largest mobile technology conferences, returns this year with a hybrid format – a mix of virtual and in-person events. More than 100,000 attendees from over 200 countries are expected to attend conferences and seminars by industry trailblazers and companies, which have put out news on product launches and the latest technology innovations.  Capturing the latest MWC news is PR Newswire, which is the official media and communications partner for MWC Barcelona 2021. PR Newswire is hosting the official MWC21 Online Press Room, which houses MWC-related press releases, multimedia assets,…

    Content PR & Marketing June 25, 2021
  • The New Era of Immersive Journalism: Taking Advantage of Augmented Reality in 2018

    Augmented reality has benefited from recent advancements in smartphone technology, and is positioned to become an important factor in today’s media. As news continues to shift into a digital format, augmented reality (AR) offers new opportunities for in-depth reporting. The Concept AR is a technology that allows 3D virtual objects to be integrated into our real environment. Different from virtual reality, which uses 360° video to immerse the user in a virtual world, AR introduces a digital overlay into our existing reality. AR has only recently attracted mainstream attention, but…

    Content PR & Marketing March 27, 2018
  • Content We Love: “Yeah my son, he’s a… umm… He works in China!”

    LinkedIn takes a peek at some of the modern working world’s most misunderstood jobs [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1299"] Content We Love: LinkedIn looks at one way Singapore businesses are trying to bridge the generation gap[/caption] From Oct. 30, 2015 – http://en.prnasia.com/story/134861-0.shtml I’ve been at my current job for just short of a year, yet only last month did my grandma actually ask me, ‘so what is it you do Timothy (she always calls me Timothy)? Like, what are your day to day duties?’ As an editor working for a news…

    Asia Specials December 8, 2015
  • The Vagaries of Going Digital: Takeaways from Click Z Live

    When talking about going digital, experts use jargon such as native advertising, ROI, KPI, value proposition, synergy, etc. However, how do we all incorporate this into a coherent, efficient, and on-point digital strategy? The problem of digitizing is not only consumer-oriented; it’s also convincing management what we all know: that digital is an investment towards the future. But you know who gets put in the corner? That kid who doesn’t explain to non-industry professionals the importance of visual viewability or the correct synergy between syndication and distribution and instead, uses…

    Content PR & Marketing September 2, 2014
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