🧠 This MIT student can surf the internet with his mind.
He silently #Google questions and hears the answers through vibrations transmitted through his skull and into his inner ear.
#Future
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He silently #Google questions and hears the answers through vibrations transmitted through his skull and into his inner ear.
#Future
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ The 2018 World Cup is expected to add $2.4bn to global ad spend this year, and in the UK it will account for an additional £40m. (Source: Zenith)
INSIGHT
😈 Study calls out ‘dark patterns’ in Facebook and Google that push users towards less privacy: t.me/iXNews/28399
OTHER NEWS
👍 #Facebook makes Stories another Like contest with emoji reactions: t.me/iXNews/28398
💰 #Google invests $22 million in the OS powering Nokia feature phones: t.me/iXNews/28421
☠️ #Twitter says it’s identifying and suspending more bots and spam accounts: prs.pctvix.co/2tCXUf9
👂 #Facebook seeks patent on tech that turns on your smartphone microphone: prs.pctvix.co/2N3gAga
📺 For creators, Instagram’s #IGTV won’t replace YouTube, but it could complement it: t.me/iXNews/28419
📷 #Instagram Lite quietly launches to find a billion more users abroad: t.me/iXNews/28401
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STAT
⚡️ The 2018 World Cup is expected to add $2.4bn to global ad spend this year, and in the UK it will account for an additional £40m. (Source: Zenith)
INSIGHT
😈 Study calls out ‘dark patterns’ in Facebook and Google that push users towards less privacy: t.me/iXNews/28399
OTHER NEWS
👍 #Facebook makes Stories another Like contest with emoji reactions: t.me/iXNews/28398
💰 #Google invests $22 million in the OS powering Nokia feature phones: t.me/iXNews/28421
☠️ #Twitter says it’s identifying and suspending more bots and spam accounts: prs.pctvix.co/2tCXUf9
👂 #Facebook seeks patent on tech that turns on your smartphone microphone: prs.pctvix.co/2N3gAga
📺 For creators, Instagram’s #IGTV won’t replace YouTube, but it could complement it: t.me/iXNews/28419
📷 #Instagram Lite quietly launches to find a billion more users abroad: t.me/iXNews/28401
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💪 Fitness Fanatics Value On-the-Go Entertainment
#Music streaming services and #podcasts are more popular among #Fitness Fanatics. They’re over 20% more likely than average to be consuming both on mobile. This trend holds across the age groups and regions, highlighting a clear link between exercise and audio-based media.
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#Music streaming services and #podcasts are more popular among #Fitness Fanatics. They’re over 20% more likely than average to be consuming both on mobile. This trend holds across the age groups and regions, highlighting a clear link between exercise and audio-based media.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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📵 Mobile Free Mondays!
In a pub in Wales, they lock your phone in a box when you sit & won't let you open it till the bill is paid!
What do you think?
👏 Great idea
😬 Who's gonna Instagram my food?
In a pub in Wales, they lock your phone in a box when you sit & won't let you open it till the bill is paid!
What do you think?
👏 Great idea
😬 Who's gonna Instagram my food?
📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ 20% of smart-speaker owning Brits use them to boil an egg. Only 7% have used them to buy anything. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
💡 Ad Council creates story-driven mobile chat to combat teenage drinking and driving: prs.pctvix.co/2N5v2Em
OTHER NEWS
🤦♂️ Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users: t.me/iXNews/28485
🕵️♀️ #Facebook and #Twitter Expand Peek Into Who’s Behind Their Ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NaCttZ
🐉 This flying ‘dragon’ #drone can change shape in midair: t.me/iXNews/28507
🍎 #Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from #LG to reduce reliance on #Samsung: t.me/iXNews/28503
🤖 #SpaceX is sending an #AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station: t.me/iXNews/28495
🏫 #Instagram may soon let college students list their schools: t.me/iXNews/28486
📺 #YouTube kills some creators’ custom-made thumbnail images in latest experiment: t.me/iXNews/28481
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“Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.” ― Unknown
And I'm off to London 👋
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
⚡️ 20% of smart-speaker owning Brits use them to boil an egg. Only 7% have used them to buy anything. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
💡 Ad Council creates story-driven mobile chat to combat teenage drinking and driving: prs.pctvix.co/2N5v2Em
OTHER NEWS
🤦♂️ Maker of popular quiz apps on Facebook exposed personal data of 120 million users: t.me/iXNews/28485
🕵️♀️ #Facebook and #Twitter Expand Peek Into Who’s Behind Their Ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NaCttZ
🐉 This flying ‘dragon’ #drone can change shape in midair: t.me/iXNews/28507
🍎 #Apple to reportedly get its OLED displays from #LG to reduce reliance on #Samsung: t.me/iXNews/28503
🤖 #SpaceX is sending an #AI robot ‘crew member’ to join the astronauts on the space station: t.me/iXNews/28495
🏫 #Instagram may soon let college students list their schools: t.me/iXNews/28486
📺 #YouTube kills some creators’ custom-made thumbnail images in latest experiment: t.me/iXNews/28481
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“Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.” ― Unknown
And I'm off to London 👋
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⚡️ OUCH!
Instagram Stories is growing about 6 times faster than Snapchat’s whole app!
#Instagram Stories has 400 million daily users, up from 300 million in November and 250 million a year ago. That means #InstagramStories is growing about six times faster than #Snapchat’s whole app, which only added 13 million daily users over the 6 months of Q4 2017 and Q1 2018 to reach 191 million.
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Instagram Stories is growing about 6 times faster than Snapchat’s whole app!
#Instagram Stories has 400 million daily users, up from 300 million in November and 250 million a year ago. That means #InstagramStories is growing about six times faster than #Snapchat’s whole app, which only added 13 million daily users over the 6 months of Q4 2017 and Q1 2018 to reach 191 million.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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📱 Facebook vs. Snapchat
Which one is the most popular among Millennials?
❗️ Social Media Savvy #Millennials: the top 20% of all Millennial #SocialMedia and communications users (in the U.S., ages 18-35), based on the amount of time they spend per month with social media and communication brands.
Stickiness is how Verto measures user engagement with a particular digital property, by comparing daily users to monthly users. Our analysis of the stickiest social media and communications brands among Social Media Savvy Millennials shows which social media platforms this subset of Millennials use on a regular (even daily) basis. Among Social Media Savvy Millennials, the stickiest social media platforms are still dominated by Facebook-owned properties: Facebook (90% stickiness rating) and Facebook Messenger (61% stickiness rating). And while Snapchat earns a 60% stickiness rating, its user numbers still lag well behind those of Instagram (55% stickiness rating).
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Which one is the most popular among Millennials?
❗️ Social Media Savvy #Millennials: the top 20% of all Millennial #SocialMedia and communications users (in the U.S., ages 18-35), based on the amount of time they spend per month with social media and communication brands.
Stickiness is how Verto measures user engagement with a particular digital property, by comparing daily users to monthly users. Our analysis of the stickiest social media and communications brands among Social Media Savvy Millennials shows which social media platforms this subset of Millennials use on a regular (even daily) basis. Among Social Media Savvy Millennials, the stickiest social media platforms are still dominated by Facebook-owned properties: Facebook (90% stickiness rating) and Facebook Messenger (61% stickiness rating). And while Snapchat earns a 60% stickiness rating, its user numbers still lag well behind those of Instagram (55% stickiness rating).
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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🎧 Do you remember Sony Walkman?
On this day (1 July) in 1979: #Sony Walkman was released!
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❓ Remember it?
😁 Yes! Of course!
😳 No! What the hell is this?
On this day (1 July) in 1979: #Sony Walkman was released!
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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❓ Remember it?
😁 Yes! Of course!
😳 No! What the hell is this?
📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebook’s share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
🤖 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ
OTHER NEWS
🙄 #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way ‘broadcast’ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581
⁉️ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX
🇪🇺 #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo
📺 #YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560
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EXTRA
📗 #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
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“You're never too important to be kind to other people.” ― Tim Fargo
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
⚡️ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebook’s share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
🤖 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ
OTHER NEWS
🙄 #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way ‘broadcast’ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581
⁉️ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX
🇪🇺 #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo
📺 #YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560
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EXTRA
📗 #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
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“You're never too important to be kind to other people.” ― Tim Fargo
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
🦄 Unicorn are no longer extraordinary
There are over 200 startups valued at or above $1 billion in Silicon Valley
And Bird is the fastest ever to reach a $1 billion valuation.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
There are over 200 startups valued at or above $1 billion in Silicon Valley
And Bird is the fastest ever to reach a $1 billion valuation.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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📱 45 Years of the Cell Phone
The first cell phone was created in 1973. It took 10 years before the first cell phone was sold for $3,995.
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The first cell phone was created in 1973. It took 10 years before the first cell phone was sold for $3,995.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ 72 percent of respondents to a recent Pew Research survey believe social media companies actively censor political views that disagree with their own. (Source: Pew Research Center)
INSIGHT
💼 Learn to Become - Find Your Career: prs.pctvix.co/2tQ63x3
OTHER NEWS
🤬 Some #Samsung users say their phones randomly sent photos to contacts: t.me/iXNews/28698
🤖 A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk to spread the word: t.me/iXNews/28703
✋️ #Instagram’s Do Not Disturb and “Caught Up” deter overgramming: t.me/iXNews/28654
👊 Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to ‘low usage’: t.me/iXNews/28690
🤫 Federal investigators want to know if #Facebook lied about #CambridgeAnalytica: t.me/iXNews/28688
🎧 #Spotify is testing a data-friendly ‘Lite’ app for Android: t.me/iXNews/28651
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EXTRA
📗 #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
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Have a great week!
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STAT
⚡️ 72 percent of respondents to a recent Pew Research survey believe social media companies actively censor political views that disagree with their own. (Source: Pew Research Center)
INSIGHT
💼 Learn to Become - Find Your Career: prs.pctvix.co/2tQ63x3
OTHER NEWS
🤬 Some #Samsung users say their phones randomly sent photos to contacts: t.me/iXNews/28698
🤖 A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk to spread the word: t.me/iXNews/28703
✋️ #Instagram’s Do Not Disturb and “Caught Up” deter overgramming: t.me/iXNews/28654
👊 Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to ‘low usage’: t.me/iXNews/28690
🤫 Federal investigators want to know if #Facebook lied about #CambridgeAnalytica: t.me/iXNews/28688
🎧 #Spotify is testing a data-friendly ‘Lite’ app for Android: t.me/iXNews/28651
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EXTRA
📗 #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC
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❓ What do you like about our channel? What don't you like? What do you want us to share? Join the discussion group: t.me/joinchat/ACtN6EJ2YNbLsZyziZzNEA
Have a great week!
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📱 Top Apps by All-Time Worldwide Downloads
🔵 1. Facebook
🔵 2. Facebook Messenger
🔴 3. YouTube
🔵 4. Instagram
🔵 5. WhatsApp
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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🔵 1. Facebook
🔵 2. Facebook Messenger
🔴 3. YouTube
🔵 4. Instagram
🔵 5. WhatsApp
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😱 The Saviour!
🇩🇪 Engineering student, Philip Frenzel, has created a case that senses when your phone is in free fall and...
#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
😍 I Want one!
😒 Nah; BS!
🇩🇪 Engineering student, Philip Frenzel, has created a case that senses when your phone is in free fall and...
#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
😍 I Want one!
😒 Nah; BS!
📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)
INSIGHT
✋️ ‘Addictive’ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh
OTHER NEWS
🎆 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758
🎾 #Snapchat’s new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo
🤖 DeepMind’s #AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766
🇪🇺 Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764
🕵️♂️ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760
💵 #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE
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"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." — Satchel Paige
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
STAT
⚡️ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)
INSIGHT
✋️ ‘Addictive’ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh
OTHER NEWS
🎆 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758
🎾 #Snapchat’s new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo
🤖 DeepMind’s #AI agents exceed ‘human-level’ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766
🇪🇺 Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764
🕵️♂️ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760
💵 #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE
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"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." — Satchel Paige
Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
👀 VPN Users: A Profile
#VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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❓ Do you use a VPN at least once a week?
👍 Yes
👎 No
#VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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❓ Do you use a VPN at least once a week?
👍 Yes
👎 No
📜 Below the Surface
The city of Amsterdam has been building a tunnel under the city for a new underground metro line over the past decade. Drilling through an old river bed, they found hundreds of interesting things, from 90s Alcatel phone to human bones! Every single piece of them has been documented on this website: prs.pctvix.co/2tWdwdR
Definitely worth taking a look.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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The city of Amsterdam has been building a tunnel under the city for a new underground metro line over the past decade. Drilling through an old river bed, they found hundreds of interesting things, from 90s Alcatel phone to human bones! Every single piece of them has been documented on this website: prs.pctvix.co/2tWdwdR
Definitely worth taking a look.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
☕️ prs.pctvix.co/2M8AAOb
📰 #iXDailyBrief
STAT
⚡️ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
🎬 The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS
OTHER NEWS
👨⚖️ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po
🇪🇺 EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800
🤖 #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786
🇨🇳 Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799
🚫 Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt
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"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll
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Ben, @iXNews
STAT
⚡️ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer)
INSIGHT
🎬 The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS
OTHER NEWS
👨⚖️ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po
🇪🇺 EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800
🤖 #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786
🇨🇳 Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799
🚫 Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt
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"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll
Have a great day!
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📺 Netflix Is Americans' Platform of Choice for TV Content
Having long surpassed the largest pay-TV providers in the 🇺🇸 in terms of subscribers, #Netflix is now the most popular source of TV content among U.S. consumers. According to a recent survey conducted by the research arm of investment banking firm Cowen & Co., 27% of Americans prefer Netflix over any other platform, including basic cable and broadcast TV.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2tZx7d2
Having long surpassed the largest pay-TV providers in the 🇺🇸 in terms of subscribers, #Netflix is now the most popular source of TV content among U.S. consumers. According to a recent survey conducted by the research arm of investment banking firm Cowen & Co., 27% of Americans prefer Netflix over any other platform, including basic cable and broadcast TV.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2tZx7d2
