๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ In a recent survey of 595 VR and AR professionals, 24% reported strong sales in the enterprise market but only 18% showed strong sales in the consumer market. When asked about the barriers to entry, 52% said a lack of content is the biggest barrier, although this is down from 62% the previous year. (Source: VR Intelligence & SuperData)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MneaLU
OTHER NEWS
โฝ๏ธ Facebook joins forces with LaLiga ๐ช๐ธ to livestream matches in the Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ subcontinent: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Mk2Joj
๐ป How IGN is using Fortnite and Marvel to grow on Snapchat Discover: https://t.me/iXNews/31386
๐ Ethereumโs falling price splits the crypto community: https://t.me/iXNews/31380
๐ค The FDA OKโd an app as a form of birth control: https://t.me/iXNews/31376
๐ธ๐ฆ In the Tesla drama, Saudi Arabia reminds Silicon Valley of its weight: https://t.me/iXNews/31372
โ
We're coming to you from a train, going back to Manchester after a client meeting this morning. Next stop: Manchester Piccadilly!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ In a recent survey of 595 VR and AR professionals, 24% reported strong sales in the enterprise market but only 18% showed strong sales in the consumer market. When asked about the barriers to entry, 52% said a lack of content is the biggest barrier, although this is down from 62% the previous year. (Source: VR Intelligence & SuperData)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MneaLU
OTHER NEWS
โฝ๏ธ Facebook joins forces with LaLiga ๐ช๐ธ to livestream matches in the Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ subcontinent: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Mk2Joj
๐ป How IGN is using Fortnite and Marvel to grow on Snapchat Discover: https://t.me/iXNews/31386
๐ Ethereumโs falling price splits the crypto community: https://t.me/iXNews/31380
๐ค The FDA OKโd an app as a form of birth control: https://t.me/iXNews/31376
๐ธ๐ฆ In the Tesla drama, Saudi Arabia reminds Silicon Valley of its weight: https://t.me/iXNews/31372
โ
We're coming to you from a train, going back to Manchester after a client meeting this morning. Next stop: Manchester Piccadilly!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ง Shock of the old
It struck me yesterday that I havenโt started using a new app or piece of technology in months. This is highly unusual for me, and itโs got me wondering โ have I changed or have the kinds of tech I need in life just become more stable? Iโve noted before inโฆ
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ Nearly half of over 65s in Great Britain are now shopping online. The percentage of over 65s using the internet to shop has trebled since 2008, rising from just 16% to 48% in 2018. (Source: Office for National Statistics)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGAGl6
OTHER NEWS
๐ฃ New Apple patent hints that Siri could offer multiuser support: https://t.me/iXNews/31406
๐ Apple's Group FaceTime isnโt arriving in September: https://t.me/iXNews/31410
5๏ธโฃ Sprint and LG will release a 5G smartphone in the first half of 2019: https://t.me/iXNews/31433
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Alphabet invests $375 million in Oscar Health: https://t.me/iXNews/31434
๐ฐ Square Cash expands bitcoin support to all 50 US states: https://t.me/iXNews/31446
๐น Instagram published a note about the recent jump in the number of hacked accounts: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGDizq
โ
"You never fail until you stop trying" โ Albert Einstein
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ Nearly half of over 65s in Great Britain are now shopping online. The percentage of over 65s using the internet to shop has trebled since 2008, rising from just 16% to 48% in 2018. (Source: Office for National Statistics)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGAGl6
OTHER NEWS
๐ฃ New Apple patent hints that Siri could offer multiuser support: https://t.me/iXNews/31406
๐ Apple's Group FaceTime isnโt arriving in September: https://t.me/iXNews/31410
5๏ธโฃ Sprint and LG will release a 5G smartphone in the first half of 2019: https://t.me/iXNews/31433
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Alphabet invests $375 million in Oscar Health: https://t.me/iXNews/31434
๐ฐ Square Cash expands bitcoin support to all 50 US states: https://t.me/iXNews/31446
๐น Instagram published a note about the recent jump in the number of hacked accounts: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGDizq
โ
"You never fail until you stop trying" โ Albert Einstein
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ค Whatโs the deal with HQ Triviaโs VC funding?
I wasnโt surprised to see that HQ Triviaโs user numbers are spiraling downwards. It was always going to be a fad. But the real question is how did the company behind this briefly mega-popular online quiz raise VC funding at all? HQ Trivia is largely a contentโฆ
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ The influencer marketing space is currently valued at ยฃ3.9bn globally. 54% of that is being spent on A-list celebrities. Meanwhile millennials remain the most receptive generational audience, followed by Gen Z. (Source: Zine)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2wcX4WQ
OTHER NEWS
๐ Google releases a searchable database of US political ads: https://t.me/iXNews/31535
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Motorolaโs latest phone looks exactly like an iPhone X with a Huawei paint job: https://t.me/iXNews/31539
๐ธ Uber reportedly lost $891 million in the second quarter of 2018 as growth slows: https://t.me/iXNews/31540
๐ค Tesla whistleblower tweets photos of allegedly damaged batteries: https://t.me/iXNews/31549
๐ฐ Crypto firm Pantera Capital is looking to raise up to $175 million for a new venture fund: https://t.me/iXNews/31560
โ
Do you listen to podcasts and audiobooks?
Try ๐ป @iXRadio - it's like Perspective IX, but you can listen to it!
Have a great day!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ The influencer marketing space is currently valued at ยฃ3.9bn globally. 54% of that is being spent on A-list celebrities. Meanwhile millennials remain the most receptive generational audience, followed by Gen Z. (Source: Zine)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2wcX4WQ
OTHER NEWS
๐ Google releases a searchable database of US political ads: https://t.me/iXNews/31535
๐คฆโโ๏ธ Motorolaโs latest phone looks exactly like an iPhone X with a Huawei paint job: https://t.me/iXNews/31539
๐ธ Uber reportedly lost $891 million in the second quarter of 2018 as growth slows: https://t.me/iXNews/31540
๐ค Tesla whistleblower tweets photos of allegedly damaged batteries: https://t.me/iXNews/31549
๐ฐ Crypto firm Pantera Capital is looking to raise up to $175 million for a new venture fund: https://t.me/iXNews/31560
โ
Do you listen to podcasts and audiobooks?
Try ๐ป @iXRadio - it's like Perspective IX, but you can listen to it!
Have a great day!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ฆ A future for third-party Twitter apps
What now for third-party Twitter apps? Twitter is today switching off the APIs that let them offer a decent experience to their users. For an idea of just how much worse theyโll be as a result, hereโs Tweetbotโs latest changelog
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ 60% of 16-24-year-olds claim to notice ads more if they deal with important issues, compared to 55% of 35-44-year-olds and 37% of those aged 45 and older. (Source: Channel 4)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MXnDXv
OTHER NEWS
โฝ๏ธ Facebook secures deal to stream Champions League matches in Latin America: https://t.me/iXNews/31612
๐ Adidas kicks off Twitter live streaming partnership with high school football: https://prs.pctvix.co/2waxfGR
๐ฐ Coinbase now supports buying and selling Ethereum Classic: https://t.me/iXNews/31647
๐ค As demand for Instagram Stories ads heats up, some early adopters turn to Facebook Stories: https://t.me/iXNews/31643
๐ Update: New whistleblower claims against Tesla allege drug trafficking, theft and phone hacking coverup: https://t.me/iXNews/31634
โ
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." โ Bill Gates
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ 60% of 16-24-year-olds claim to notice ads more if they deal with important issues, compared to 55% of 35-44-year-olds and 37% of those aged 45 and older. (Source: Channel 4)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MXnDXv
OTHER NEWS
โฝ๏ธ Facebook secures deal to stream Champions League matches in Latin America: https://t.me/iXNews/31612
๐ Adidas kicks off Twitter live streaming partnership with high school football: https://prs.pctvix.co/2waxfGR
๐ฐ Coinbase now supports buying and selling Ethereum Classic: https://t.me/iXNews/31647
๐ค As demand for Instagram Stories ads heats up, some early adopters turn to Facebook Stories: https://t.me/iXNews/31643
๐ Update: New whistleblower claims against Tesla allege drug trafficking, theft and phone hacking coverup: https://t.me/iXNews/31634
โ
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." โ Bill Gates
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ We canโt know
A poll on Twitter has got me mulling our arrogance about the future. Entrepreneur Marshall Kirkpatrick tweeted: โDo you agree with people who say that empathy, problem solving, communication skills etc will be the key workplace skills in a more automatedโฆ
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ New research suggests that six second linear television ads can generate good levels of engagement. In this research, despite six second ads accounting for just 3%, they actually drove 6% of attention. Interestingly, six second ads generated more attention per second than 15 or 30 second ads. They also yielded higher attention per second among all age groups, with adults aged 35 and over paying slightly better attention to six second ads than younger consumers. (Source: Advertising Research Foundation (ARF))
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Mym4Cj
OTHER NEWS
โฏ Netflix sets the record straight over plans to introduce ads: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MIgQ6O
๐ฐ Apple cracks down on gambling apps in China: https://t.me/iXNews/31756
๐ฆ Jack Dorsey admits Twitter hasnโt โfigured outโ approach to fake news: https://t.me/iXNews/31739
๐ฃ A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots: https://t.me/iXNews/31735
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ LinkedIn set to launch redesigned Groups platform by end of August: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nTpxgK
โ
"Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life." โ Ken Poirot
Happy Monday!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ New research suggests that six second linear television ads can generate good levels of engagement. In this research, despite six second ads accounting for just 3%, they actually drove 6% of attention. Interestingly, six second ads generated more attention per second than 15 or 30 second ads. They also yielded higher attention per second among all age groups, with adults aged 35 and over paying slightly better attention to six second ads than younger consumers. (Source: Advertising Research Foundation (ARF))
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Mym4Cj
OTHER NEWS
โฏ Netflix sets the record straight over plans to introduce ads: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MIgQ6O
๐ฐ Apple cracks down on gambling apps in China: https://t.me/iXNews/31756
๐ฆ Jack Dorsey admits Twitter hasnโt โfigured outโ approach to fake news: https://t.me/iXNews/31739
๐ฃ A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots: https://t.me/iXNews/31735
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ LinkedIn set to launch redesigned Groups platform by end of August: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nTpxgK
โ
"Success is to wake up each morning and consciously decide that today will be the best day of your life." โ Ken Poirot
Happy Monday!
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ A โboringโ problem still waiting to be solved
A โboringโ problem still waiting to be solved โSomeoneโs trying to solve business cards again,โ I tweeted yesterday, much to the amusement of my Twitter followers. Apps that aim to replace business cards with a better way of exchanging contact informationโฆ
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ People Spent 85 Billion Hours In WhatsApp In The Past 3 Months (Versus 31 Billion In Facebook).
85 billion hours is a lot of time. It's 3.5 billion days, or over nine million years -- 9,582,650 years, to be exact. And it's 11.425 hours for every human being on the planet. (Source: Apptopia)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2woglF9
OTHER NEWS
๐ Why Facebook needs a Supreme Court for content moderation: https://t.me/iXNews/31828
๐บ Lifestyle publisher Stylist quits IGTV in favor of Apple News: https://t.me/iXNews/31818
๐ Google created a fake pizza brand to test out creative strategies for YouTube ads: https://t.me/iXNews/31811
๐ฎ Amazon is ending its 20 percent Prime discount on video game preorders: https://t.me/iXNews/31803
๐ป๐ช Venezuela ties its currency to a state-run cryptocoin: https://t.me/iXNews/31799
๐ Tesla challenger Lucid Motors also in talks with Saudi Arabia for reported $1 billion funding: https://t.me/iXNews/31788
โ
Have you heard about Pulse? Check it out: https://prs.pctvix.co/2wj5dt3
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ People Spent 85 Billion Hours In WhatsApp In The Past 3 Months (Versus 31 Billion In Facebook).
85 billion hours is a lot of time. It's 3.5 billion days, or over nine million years -- 9,582,650 years, to be exact. And it's 11.425 hours for every human being on the planet. (Source: Apptopia)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2woglF9
OTHER NEWS
๐ Why Facebook needs a Supreme Court for content moderation: https://t.me/iXNews/31828
๐บ Lifestyle publisher Stylist quits IGTV in favor of Apple News: https://t.me/iXNews/31818
๐ Google created a fake pizza brand to test out creative strategies for YouTube ads: https://t.me/iXNews/31811
๐ฎ Amazon is ending its 20 percent Prime discount on video game preorders: https://t.me/iXNews/31803
๐ป๐ช Venezuela ties its currency to a state-run cryptocoin: https://t.me/iXNews/31799
๐ Tesla challenger Lucid Motors also in talks with Saudi Arabia for reported $1 billion funding: https://t.me/iXNews/31788
โ
Have you heard about Pulse? Check it out: https://prs.pctvix.co/2wj5dt3
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ด Scooting into the emergency ward
BuzzFeed reports that US hospitals are seeing daily injuries through their doors as a result of the scooter boom there. In case itโs passed you by, scooters are a hit new mode of transport in a number of American cities. You book one with an app, and justโฆ
๐ฐ #iXDailyBrief
STAT
โก๏ธ Research involving 109,780 internet users, aged 16-64 in 42 countries, shows that 46% use social media to stay abreast of current affairs. Out of this group, 29% are people aged 24-35, while 22% are 35-44. (Source: GWI)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MJN5Te
OTHER NEWS
๐ธ Instagram is testing Recommended Posts in the feed: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MLexzW
๐ธ Netflix is testing a payment feature to bypass Appleโs App Store fees: https://t.me/iXNews/31885
๐ฃ Snapchat Users Can Activate Face Effects Using Voice Commands: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MPpYa9
๐ค There should be โconsequencesโ for platforms that donโt remove people like Alex Jones, Senator Ron Wyden says: https://t.me/iXNews/31929
โ๏ธ Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MJnv0N
๐ฎ Excitement brewing: Snap about to launch a game platform for Snapchat: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MGAmRb
โ
๐ https://prs.pctvix.co/2wj5dt3
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
STAT
โก๏ธ Research involving 109,780 internet users, aged 16-64 in 42 countries, shows that 46% use social media to stay abreast of current affairs. Out of this group, 29% are people aged 24-35, while 22% are 35-44. (Source: GWI)
INSIGHT
๐ง Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MJN5Te
OTHER NEWS
๐ธ Instagram is testing Recommended Posts in the feed: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MLexzW
๐ธ Netflix is testing a payment feature to bypass Appleโs App Store fees: https://t.me/iXNews/31885
๐ฃ Snapchat Users Can Activate Face Effects Using Voice Commands: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MPpYa9
๐ค There should be โconsequencesโ for platforms that donโt remove people like Alex Jones, Senator Ron Wyden says: https://t.me/iXNews/31929
โ๏ธ Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to one: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MJnv0N
๐ฎ Excitement brewing: Snap about to launch a game platform for Snapchat: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MGAmRb
โ
๐ https://prs.pctvix.co/2wj5dt3
Ben, @iXNews
๐ @PerspectiveIX
Telegraph
๐ฆ Death to unicorns. Please.
Work collaboration software company Slack is now worth $7.1bn. Thatโs following a $427m funding round. Just โ please โ donโt call it a โseven-times unicorn.โ In fact, letโs stop using 'unicornโ at all โ there are now too many $1bn+ companies for 'unicornโโฆ