Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, has switched on its game-changing advertising API (application program interface), enabling mobile marketers to conduct campaigns in a more automated and efficient way.

The latest frivolous internet time-waster to come to our attention is a site that allows you to locate the movie that was No 1 at the box office on the day you were born.

To help creatives handle their first voice bookings like a pro, Envy Studios executive producer Samantha Jukes spoke with six of Auckland’s busiest voice artists – three new to the market and three of the top brass – and asked them what helps them deliver their best.

Ogilvy & Mather has won July’s Newspaper Ad of the Month award with another of their Rebel Sport National Pride ads. Judges Rob Longuet-Higgins (Barnes, Catmur & Friends) and Peter Wujkowski (Geometry Global) agreed it “immediately stood out on the judging table with its strong visual lead idea”, but its success was ultimately because “it was topical on two fronts”.

Facebook has unveiled new communication features for Pages, making it easier for people and businesses to connect through private messaging.

NZME has refreshed The Weekend Herald – and will relaunch the new-look broadsheet this Saturday (8 August).

Spikes Asia has named the juries for the Creative Effectiveness, Innovation, Healthcare and Integrated categories, which complete the line-up for the 2015 Festival. Just one from NZ this time – but Colenso BBDO ceo Nick Garrett (soon to be ceo at Clemenger BBDO Melbourne) is a jury president (on Creative Effectiveness).

NBR Online is to eliminate all advertising spots on its home page – with the sole exception of the banner that runs across the top of the site – from Monday 31 August.