🔍 Google: The Most Popular Search on Bing

Poor #Bing. The beleaguered search engine with dreams of world domination never really had a chance against its all-conquering competitor, #Google. Adding insult to injury, analysis by SEO experts Ahrefs has revealed that in 2019, the search Bing is most often tasked with is pointing its disloyal users in the direction of 'google'.

As of July, the search engine dealt with 44.4 million such queries from around the world, far more than the second most frequent - 'youtube' was searched for 33.3 million times. In another blow for Bing's owner #Microsoft, the fifth most common search was people looking for help with Windows 10.

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💸 Top Fintech Apps Worldwide for October 2019 by Downloads

#GooglePay (Tez) was the most downloaded fintech app worldwide for October 2019 with close to 17 million installs, which represented a 24% increase from October 2018. The country with the most installs of the app during this period was India🇮🇳 at 99% of its total downloads.

#PhonePe was the second most installed fintech app worldwide last month with close to six million installs, which represented a 23% increase from October 2018. The country with the largest number of PhonePe installs was also India🇮🇳 at 99%.


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📊 The Difference in Engagement

According to Socialbakers, with similar audience sizes on #Instagram & #Facebook, the engagement is clearly different between the two Facebook-owned platforms.

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🔋 The Smartphones With the Longest-Lasting Batteries

Every #smartphone users know the dilemma: It doesn’t matter how great your latest-generation smartphone is or which cutting-edge features it contains - the device still runs on old-fashioned electricity it draws from its battery, often the weakest part of the phone. With the number of apps people use and time they spend on their smartphone increasing, battery woes are all too common - the prevalence of powerbanks and charging stations popping up in different places certainly tell that story.

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👓 The proper use of Virtual Reality

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​​💻 A Quarter of Computers Still Run on Windows 7

On Tuesday, #Microsoft officially ended an era when updates and support for #Windows 7 were discontinued.
Although the operating system will continue to be available, the company stopped offering technical support, software and security updates and fixes. Microsoft recommends replacing Windows 7 with Windows 10 because the lack of security updates makes systems more vulnerable to viruses and cyber-attacks.
According to data from analytics website Net Market Share, Windows 7 is still used on 26.6% of the world’s computers. This means many users now have to either look for other options or deal with the negative consequences of using the outdated software.
Windows 7 has been available since 2010. Windows 10 followed in 2015. While there are obviously many upsides to using a more recent operating system, some users have deliberately hung on to Windows 7 citing problems with compatibility of third-party programs or older hardware, that is slowing down resources-heavy Windows 10.

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📊 Top Apps Worldwide for December 2019 by Downloads

#WhatsApp was the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for December 2019 with close to 112 million installs, which represented a 30% YoY increase from December 2018. The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India 🇮🇳 at 32% of its total downloads and Brazil 🇧🇷 at 9%.

#TikTok #Facebook #FacebookMessenger #Instagram #Snapchat #Netflix #YouTube

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📺 Video Streaming Stats from Nielsen

A new age of media is upon us. As a number of powerful media companies enter the streaming video marketplace in a very big way, choice in this promising arena has never been greater.

The Nielsen report notes that 60% of Americans subscribe to more than one paid #VideoStreaming service. Better still—especially for platforms entering the streaming market—is that 93% of U.S. consumers say they will either increase or keep their existing streaming services.

#Netflix #Hulu #Amazon #YouTube

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🤔 Hard to argue with that!

#AI

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💌 A Cleaner Inbox for You!

I've recently come across a set of apps/services that help me declutter my email inbox by creating a feed/inbox dedicated to my newsletter subscriptions.

Apparently, they have also improved the newsletter experience for the subscribers of my own weekly newsletter Pulse.

There are three of them I can recommend:
- Stoop Inbox
- Inspiratio
- Inoreader

I think you'll find at least one of them useful.

If you've tried any of them, let me know what you think; if you're using something else, let us all know what you use in the comments!

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📊 How Tech Companies Impact Society
The Verge Tech Survey 2020

Americans believe that #Google, #Amazon, #Apple, #Microsoft, #Netflix, and #YouTube have an overall positive effect on society. They’re more likely to think that #Twitter, #Slack, #Instagram, and #Facebook have an overall negative effect.

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​​⌚️ Smart Devices Are Eating the Accessible Watches Market (under £500)

- While luxury’s moat remains, watchmakers have struggled to build hype for accessibly priced timepieces as consumers increasingly abandon them for smart devices.

- Popular upstart brands like Mvmt and Daniel Wellington signal that success in this price category is possible with the right marketing.

- Brands need to focus on their history and heritage: reissues of iconic watches like the original G-Shock have performed well with consumers.

A drop in demand for cheaper watches is causing trouble for Switzerland’s manufacturing base and Swiss watch companies specialising in watches under £500. Since 2015, the number of Swiss watches being exported has declined by a third, per the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry, and most of that shrinkage has been in watches that cost under 200 CHF (£164). Exports are approaching the lows seen in the mid-1980s when Japanese quartz technology brought a raft of cheaper competitors for established brands.

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