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β€‹β€‹πŸ† Watch-out doggo, Cheetah's coming!

Just after our last post about Boston Dynamics' dog-like #robot, SpotMini, MIT unveiled the newest version of its robotic cheetah, which can jump almost 3 feet in the air and climb stairs littered with obstacles!

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β€‹β€‹πŸ“± Apple Regains the Global Best Selling Smartphone Spot
With the iPhone 8

According to Counterpoint’s Market Pulse, #Apple regained the top spot in the global best selling #smartphone list with the #iPhone 8. Seems like strong promotions (β€œHow to shoot on iPhone”) running up to the FIFA World Cup helped the tech giant trigger buyer interest in Europe and other markets. iPhone 8 sales were steady in the US postpaid channels.

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πŸ“– via CounterPoint: prs.pctvix.co/2zgwMrv
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⚑️ Super Processors!

#Graphene could soon make your computer 1000 times faster while using only 1% the energy.

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​​Dear iX Friends,

We are super excited to let you know that Martin Bryant, former Editor-in-Chief of international technology publication The Next Web, has accepted our offer and will be joining @PerspectiveIX as a contributor. We are convinced that he will add another layer of success to our quality efforts.

Martin is a world-renowned consultant, speaker, writer, and educator in the fields of technology and media. In addition to his time at The Next Web as the Editor-in-Chief, he has been the Community Editor at Tech North and has interviewed top technology executives onstage at some of the world’s biggest technology conferences like the Web Summit, SXSW, and LeWeb. He also often appears on TV and radio and gives insight into technology news stories on the likes of BBC Breakfast, Sky News, You & Yours, and Good Morning Wales.

We are thrilled to have Martin with us. We've planned to learn a lot from him; hope you do too.

You can learn more about Martin on his website (martinbryant.net) and Twitter (twitter.com/martinsfp).

Ben,
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​​Your future surveillance state

In China, cameras and facial recognition are used to identify criminals and – more importantly, perhaps – scare people into staying in line.

In the West, we hear stories of technology like this being tested from time to time, but there's nothing as comprehensive as the Chinese system.

Civil liberties organisations in the West would baulk at any government that tried to roll this out... for now.

Authoritarianism is on the rise in parts of the West, and even in more liberal states, we may sleepwalk into total government surveillance.

If you’re thinking 'that all sounds very Orwellian,’ remember that surveillance in '1984’ extended into the home, with cameras and microphones installed to monitor citizens’ private time.

We’re already helping to set that up by rushing to buy smart speakers and internet-connected security cameras.

The surveillance state of the future will be partly our fault.

Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2zokYDI

Martin Bryant,
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πŸ“° #iXDailyBrief

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⚑️ More than 1.3 billion users of Google-owned YouTube regularly watch music videos, making it the biggest music service in the world. However, artists receive only 67 cents per user annually in royalties. (Source: The Guardian)


INSIGHT
β›“ Will Blockchain Diminish Facebook’s Advertising Dominance? prs.pctvix.co/2u5lEZJ

OTHER NEWS
😍 #Apple’s Shortcuts will flip the switch on Siri’s potential: t.me/iXNews/28934

πŸ“ˆ Facebook moves on from data scandal as stock reaches all-time high: prs.pctvix.co/2u41YFs

πŸ¦‚ Drake’s Scorpion pulls in over 1 billion streams in its first week: t.me/iXNews/28933

😬 Timehop discloses July 4 data breach affecting 21 million: t.me/iXNews/28937

⚽️ Cristiano Ronaldo in talks over US$10m Facebook series: prs.pctvix.co/2u3mzcO

πŸ† Technology has changed my World Cup watching for the better: t.me/iXNews/28927

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❓ How has technology (VAR, Goal Line Technology, etc) changed your World Cup watching experience?
πŸ‘ I think they're great!
πŸ‘Ž I think they're terrible!
😐 I don't watch football

Ben, @iXNews
β€‹β€‹πŸ‘ Engagement With Social Media is Changing

Sharing and #SocialMedia are often seen as synonymous, but in this chart, we take a look at how sharing on social increasingly takes place alongside other, more β€œpurposeful” activities.

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πŸ“– via GWI: prs.pctvix.co/2ugFvEp
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🦍 It's Donkey Kong's Birthday!

On this day (9 July) in 1981 Nintendo released Donkey Kong.
#History

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β€‹β€‹πŸ’» Surface Go: A posh netbook and a gateway drug

One phrase wouldn’t leave my mind after reading about Microsoft’s new Surface Go tablet: β€˜posh netbook.’

Ten years ago, the joy of having a tiny little PC you could carry anywhere, running full Windows XP (perfectly acceptable for the time!) was incredible. The novelty wore off, as netbooks simply weren’t powerful enough for sustained use.

The Surface Go updates that 'desirable, underpowered PC’ idea for 2018.

You certainly won’t be running high-end games on it, but as a way to carry a lightweight PC around wherever you go, it looks very tempting indeed.

But that 'netbook’ analogy just won’t go away. Will its slow processor end up frustrating users? We’ll have to wait for the first reviews, but for Microsoft, maybe it doesn’t matter.

Surface Go has another purpose – it’s the perfect 'gateway drug’ for Windows 10 for dipping your toe back into Windows 10 if you're a Windows-curious Mac user.

Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2N1A4ks

Martin Bryant,
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πŸ₯€ Behind the Design: Coca-Cola Curves

The iconic Coca-Cola bottle was born in Terre Haute, IndianaπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ in 1915 as the result of a national contest to fight off the copycats!

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β€‹β€‹πŸ’° Rich beyond reason

Yesterday, news broke that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now not only the richest man in the world, but a whole $50bn ahead of second-place Bill Gates. Quite frankly, that kind of accumulation of wealth in an individual is unsettling.

Bezos’ $143.1 billion net worth isn’t all cash he can spend whenever he wants, but why should it sit on his balance sheet when there’s so much that needs improving about the world?

People should be able to do well from the businesses they build, and that means that some people who run particularly successful companies will become incredibly wealthy. But there comes a point where you look at that kind of wealth and think about what could be done with it if it was being put to use to make the world better.

Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2NGANZC

Martin Bryant,
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πŸ“° #iXDailyBrief

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⚑️ The β€˜Gareth Southgate’ effect? M&S’ suit sales have been boosted so far for the 2018 World Cup with sales of waistcoats up by 35% YOY. (Source: Marks and Spencer)


INSIGHT
πŸ“Œ #Pinterest's rudimentary consultancy gives retailers advice on in-store merchandising: prs.pctvix.co/2NJIVs3


OTHER NEWS
πŸ“ˆ Olio, the app that lets you share unwanted food items with your neighbours, picks up Β£6M Series A: t.me/iXNews/29108

πŸ“± HTC’s blockchain-powered Exodus #smartphone is a risky bet that needs to pay off: t.me/iXNews/29106

πŸ‘Š #YouTube is fighting fake news with $25M to promote journalism and more context in search results: t.me/iXNews/29001

🀝 #Snapchat moves beyond traditional publishing brands with latest partnerships: prs.pctvix.co/2NJzzN5

πŸ‘» Snapchat and #Amazon will team up on in-app shopping: prs.pctvix.co/2NIPag6

πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ House Republicans demand answers from Alphabet following Gmail privacy scandal: t.me/iXNews/28988

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Sorry about missing the Daily Brief yesterday. I was on a couple of flights with no internet access. And today, I'm trying to catch up πŸ™ƒ
Ben, @iXNews
​​πŸ₯‡ The apps with the most days as the No.1 free iPhone app since 2010

Messaging apps in general spent the most time at the top across all the App Store territories, accounting for seven of the top 10 in the ranking. Chief among them was the now Facebook-owned #WhatsApp, which was one of four apps in the top five under the social giant’s auspices, the other three being Messenger, #Instagram, and the core #Facebook app itself.

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πŸ“– via SensorTower: prs.pctvix.co/2N77232
πŸ—£ Old solutions to modern problems!
by Dougal Shaw: prs.pctvix.co/2NGR2Wo

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β€‹β€‹πŸ” Rage against the burger maker

The Verge has an in-depth look at the burger-making robots that are the main attraction at San Francisco restaurant, Creator. The piece offers a balanced approach to the idea that these machines will replace human jobs, but there’s no escaping the fact that β€˜burger bots’ are a very real frontline face of automation.

Optimists love to say that automation is nothing new, and that it only ever offers new opportunities for humans by giving us new roles.

But technological progress accelerates ever onwards, and the coming wave of automation may happen so fast that we can’t find enough jobs to replace those it devours. And what happens then?

When we talk about automation taking jobs, it’s often in the context if artificial intelligence – 'invisible’ software replacing existing human roles. Burger-making robots show that, if automation causes significant unemployment, there will be plenty of real machines to rage against.

Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2NHvTeG

Martin Bryant,
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πŸ“° #iXDailyBrief

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⚑️ Snapchat usage and engagement has gone down 15-40% since the release of Instagram Stories. Top creators used to get around 330,000 views per day on Snapchat in 2015 up until June 2016. Nowadays, they only get around 205,000 to 250,000 views per day. (Source: TechCrunch)


INSIGHT
🎾 How Wimbledon is using #AI to enhance the fan experience: prs.pctvix.co/2mdR3EY


OTHER NEWS
πŸ’» Google’s #Chrome desktop browser is about to receive a major facelift: prs.pctvix.co/2mahE5D

🌱 This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head: t.me/iXNews/29209

πŸ”₯ #Google introduces machine learning ad tools and brands are hot for them:

πŸ‘ #Xbox One is getting Dolby Vision support: t.me/iXNews/29203

πŸ’€ Casper opens a storefront for $25 naps: t.me/iXNews/29191

πŸŒƒ #Facebook testing #AR ads in the News Feed and new tool to help brands create video ads: prs.pctvix.co/2mdjS4a

πŸ”Ž Dirt Protocol raises $3M for a decentralized, #blockchain-based approach to information vetting: t.me/iXNews/29189
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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." β€” Winston S. Churchill

Have great day!
Ben, @iXNews
​​⛔️ The Marketing Disconnect

There is a significant disconnect between what marketers post to #SocialMedia and what consumers want brands to post, according to recent research from Sprout Social.

Based on data from a survey conducted in April and May 2018 among 1,253 consumers and 2,060 social media marketers, this report shows that what consumers value the most is discounts/sales posts (72% say so) and posts that showcase new products/services (60%).

But marketers say the types of social content they share most are posts that teach something (61% say so) and posts that tell a story (58%).

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πŸ“– via MarketingProfs: prs.pctvix.co/2me0G6C
⬇️ Download the full report: prs.pctvix.co/2m9JEGB
β€‹β€‹πŸ—£ All Ears: Always-On Listening Devices Could Soon Be Everywhere

What the future of our voice-activated-everything world will feel like.
(illustrator: Peter Arkle)

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πŸ“– via WSJ: prs.pctvix.co/2ue9hKY
πŸ₯Š Winning the info-war

Yesterday, Facebook caused a stir by defending the fact that it hasn’t banned InfoWars from its platform.

People were rightfully annoyed by this. Infowars is a site that blatantly lies to its audience for financial and political gain. It said the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, it said Democrats in the US were planning to start a new civil war on Independence Day this year… it’s the very definition of fake news.

Facebook is right that some of what Infowars does is opinion and analysis based fundamentally in truth, but given its propensity for conspiracy theories, it’s indisputably a repeated and regular β€˜fake news’ offender.

Actions speak louder than all the contrite TV and billboard ads in the world. If Facebook is genuine about wanting to fight fake news, it needs to bite the bullet and tell sites like Infowars it doesn’t want their advertising dollars.

Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2uwwI1d

Martin Bryant,
πŸš€ @PerspectiveIX
πŸ“° #iXDailyBrief

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⚑️ PC sales are growing for the first time in six years. The PC market grew in the second quarter of 2018, with an increase of 2.7-1.4 percent. (Source: Gartner, IDC)


INSIGHT
πŸ€– Robot cognition requires machines that both think and feel: prs.pctvix.co/2Ne5Fzo


OTHER NEWS
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘¦β€πŸ‘¦ #Pinterest's new group boards are the most social feature on the platform: prs.pctvix.co/2N9ZQDm

πŸ’» Apple’s new MacBook Pros have the latest Intel processors and quieter keyboards: prs.pctvix.co/2NcifiB

❌ Chrome now uses more RAM because of Spectre security fixes: t.me/iXNews/29228

πŸ”¦ #Twitter is testing Promoted Trend Spotlight ads: prs.pctvix.co/2NeI2af

#️⃣ #Twitter released a hashtag-triggered emoji for the 2018 MLB all-star game: prs.pctvix.co/2Nfrvmn

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Have a great weekend!
Ben, @iXNews