Tag: partnership
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parkrun and Fitbit Partner to Promote Every Day Activity
Public run organisers parkrun (intentional small p) have teamed up with fitness wearable maker Fitbit in a new scheme to encourage activity beyond the weekly run scene. parkrunners are normal every day folk who gather every Saturday morning in hundreds of locations up and down the country to complete a 5 kilometre circuit. Some do…
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Nintendo Enters Mobile Gaming Alliance with DeNA
Nintendo characters will officially be making a leap to smartphones and tablets after a business and capital alliance was struck with Japanese mobile games company DeNA Co., Ltd. We received an email from Nintendo PR this morning announcing the exciting news that it will be employing DeNA’s world-class expertise in mobile games to develop Nintendo’s globally…
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Spider-Man Coming To New Marvel Movies
Marvel’s Cinematic universe is the catch all term for the massive amount of already released, upcoming and planned superhero films which are all interconnected into one huge narrative – main heroes include The Avengers (Hulk, Thor, iron Man, Captain America) as well as the Guardians of The Galaxy. However, several of Marvel’s best loved characters…
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Netflix May Lose BBC Programming at End of January
It looks increasingly likely that Netflix will be dropping its BBC programming in all world regions after the contract with the broadcaster finishes at the end of this month. The deal concludes on January 31st and if renewal terms between Netflix and the Beeb can’t be agreed on before then popular telly including Doctor Who,…
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UK Shops Allowing Mobile Payments In 2015
With the upcoming Apple Pay service arriving in the UK for the iPhone 6 in 2015, as well as the pre-existing NFC payments with certain debit cards, the UK is already on its way to embracing wireless payments next year. But if that wasn’t enough, we’ve recently heard that several big high street retailers will…