😳 SHAASUIVG - and definitely not SAMSUNG - is my new favourite tech brand!

55-inch 4K TV for ¥388 (≈ $57) on Chinese online store Pinduoduo! That logo though...

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​​💰 Digital tech and industrial IoT startups raised $2.3bn in H1 2018

This is almost triple what was raised in April or May, and was driven by significant raises in industrial cybersecurity companies.

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🧠 Today's #BigThought
by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KGAECw

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​​📰 #iXDailyBrief

STAT
⚡️ The use of #ad and #sponsored posts on Instagram grew by 44% in the first six months of this year, compared to the same time frame in 2017. (Source: Buzzoole via TheDrum)


INSIGHT
🎙 Reddit CTO On Fake News, QAnon, Harassment, And Running 'The Front Page Of The Internet': prs.pctvix.co/2On1e63

OTHER NEWS
💸 Facebook now deletes posts that financially endanger/trick people: t.me/iXNews/31198

👫 Emoji couples might come in 55 gender and skin tone combinations next year: t.me/iXNews/31209

🤳 Google launches Cameos, a video Q&A app aimed at celebs: t.me/iXNews/31145

🤮 New Panasonic device sucks up your shoe smells, if you have five hours: t.me/iXNews/31144

EXTRA: Samsung
📱 Samsung Galaxy Note 9: t.me/iXNews/31156

🔈 Galaxy Home speaker with Bixby smart assistant: t.me/iXNews/31169

⌚️ New Galaxy Watch: t.me/iXNews/31163

✏️ New and more powerful S-Pen: t.me/iXNews/31157

🎶 Spotify as its go-to music partner: t.me/iXNews/31175
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🤬 Ouch!
#TweetOfTheDay

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​​📈 #Ad on Instagram grows by 44% in first half of 2018

A report published by Buzzoole found that Fashion (33%) Beauty (13%) and Food & Drinks (13%) brands were the most mentioned, accounting for almost 60% of global sponsored content production.

Globally, more than 559K creators were involved and produced an overall engagement of almost a billion interactions (988 mm), showing an average engagement per post of over 1K.

In 2017, 1.5 million #ad posts were shared on #Instagram, 58% of them in H2, the time of year when brands invest most of their online marketing budget.

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📖 via TheDrum: prs.pctvix.co/2Os4Xz8

🧠 Today's #BigThought
by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KHJq3t

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🗳 How many posts per day do you prefer?

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 Design is Never Done
the Apple website Edition

✏️ by Luke Wroblewski: prs.pctvix.co/2Mboib9

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​​🎶 Music in the Day in the Life of a Music Lover

A breakdown of Music Lovers activity based on streaming music service and screen reveals:

- On smartphones, #Google Play Music, #AppleMusic, #Pandora Radio, and #Spotify are the most popular streaming music services.

- On PCs, Spotify, Zune, #iTunes, and Pandora Radio are the most popular streaming music services.

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📖 via VertoAnalytics: prs.pctvix.co/2OxkPk9

🤖 Meet Kengoro: The Exercising Robot

Kengoro is A Japanese #robot that can do push-ups, play badminton, and could help us better understand our bodies.

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This is...

​​⌚️ Apple vs Samsung: The Smart Watch Edition

Based on IDC estimates, #Samsung has a lot of ground to make up if it wants to challenge #Apple’s dominant position in the #smartwatch market. In 2017, the Cupertino-based company shipped 17.7 million watches compared to Samsung’s 3.6 million.

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📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2Ou1tfC

❓ Do you own a smartwatch?

​​📰 #iXDailyBrief

STAT
⚡️ Mobile search is still Google’s kingpin. For the second-quarter of 2018, Alphabet’s total revenue was $32.7 billion with mobile search leading the way. That’s up 26% from the year prior. (Source: Alphabet)


INSIGHT
🤖 What stands in the way of all-powerful AI isn’t a lack of smarts: it’s that computers can’t have needs, cravings or desires: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Oxexkt

OTHER NEWS
🚫 Amazon to be told to ditch 'guaranteed next-day delivery' claim: https://prs.pctvix.co/2OxWoTG

🤳 With news-feed user growth slowing, Facebook revs its pitch for Instagram Stories: https://t.me/iXNews/31313

😂 Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11 year-old did it: https://t.me/iXNews/31304

👻 Snapchat expands Shoppable AR to its top creators: https://prs.pctvix.co/2OAr8DF

😬 The DNC’s lawyers subpoena WikiLeaks with a tweet: https://t.me/iXNews/31315

😮 The Turkish lira is so volatile it’s making Bitcoin look tame by comparison: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KKWEw5
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🧠 Today's #BigThought
by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KK6r5L

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 50 Shades of Gray

#Apple's current line up! Apparently, they can't decide on what Space Gray really is!

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📖 via Reddit: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nwcIsu

📰 #iXDailyBrief

STAT
⚡️ 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
🧠 Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MneaLU

OTHER NEWS
⚽️ Facebook joins forces with LaLiga 🇪🇸 to livestream matches in the Indian 🇮🇳 subcontinent: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Mk2Joj

👻 How IGN is using Fortnite and Marvel to grow on Snapchat Discover: https://t.me/iXNews/31386

📉 Ethereum’s falling price splits the crypto community: https://t.me/iXNews/31380

🤔 The FDA OK’d an app as a form of birth control: https://t.me/iXNews/31376

🇸🇦 In the Tesla drama, Saudi Arabia reminds Silicon Valley of its weight: https://t.me/iXNews/31372

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​​📰 News Networkers

A profile of those who use #SocialMedia to stay up-to-date with current events and follow journalists or news/media organizations on social media.

- 46% of internet users use social media to stay up-to-date with current events.

- 51% of this group buy from brands they see advertised.
- 58% say having the latest tech products is very important.
- 73% have talked about a product online.

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📖 Download #Infographic via GWI: https://prs.pctvix.co/2MKKEwz

📱 Jony Ive
Chief Design Officer for the entire smartphone industry

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📖 via Neil Cybart: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nBhbKm

📰 #iXDailyBrief

STAT
⚡️ 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
🧠 Today #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGAGl6

OTHER NEWS
🗣 New Apple patent hints that Siri could offer multiuser support: https://t.me/iXNews/31406

😑 Apple's Group FaceTime isn’t arriving in September: https://t.me/iXNews/31410

5️⃣ Sprint and LG will release a 5G smartphone in the first half of 2019: https://t.me/iXNews/31433

👩‍⚕️ Alphabet invests $375 million in Oscar Health: https://t.me/iXNews/31434

💰 Square Cash expands bitcoin support to all 50 US states: https://t.me/iXNews/31446

👹 Instagram published a note about the recent jump in the number of hacked accounts: https://prs.pctvix.co/2nGDizq

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🔉 When Peter Rahal was trying to find early investors for RXBAR, he went to his father for a little help...

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