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📱 TikTok is the 3rd Favourite Social Platform Among US Teens

When it comes to which #SocialMedia platforms resonate most with US teens, the battle between #Snapchat and #Instagram continues. But the latest report on #teens from Piper Sandler shows that a new player – #TikTok – has made its way onto the scene and is quickly becoming a favourite with teens.

Snapchat has remained the favourite among teens since 2016. However, Instagram, which is currently the favourite social platform for almost one-third (31%) of the 5,200 US teens surveyed.

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📰 Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 1


👉 #Intel unveils 10th-gen desktop CPUs, including 5.3GHz flagship (link)


👉 #Zoom admits it doesn't have 300M DAUs, quietly correcting the claim in its original blog post to 300M “daily Zoom meeting participants (link)


👉 #Telegram postpones the launch of its TON blockchain for a second time, pushing the go-live date to April 2021, and offers to return $1.2B to investors (link)


👉 Andreessen Horowitz raises $515M for its second fund dedicated to #cryptocurrency and #blockchain investments and holdings (link)


👉 #Apple Q2: $58.3B revenue, up 1% YoY; $44.9B from products, $13.35B from services; net income of $11.25B (link)


👉 #Amazon Q1: $75.5B revenue, up 26% YoY; net income of $2.5B, down from $3.6B in Q1 2019; $10.2B from AWS revenue, up from $7.7B YoY (link)


👉 #Twitter Q1: sales up 3% YoY to $808M; net loss of $8M due to COVID-19; mDAUs hit a record 166M, up 24% YoY (link)


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

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📊 iPad App Downloads See First Positive Quarterly Growth in Four Years

Driven by a surge in use and adoption of the device during the #COVID19 pandemic, quarterly first-time downloads of apps for #Apple’s #iPad surpassed 1.1 billion worldwide in Q1 2020, marking the first year-over-year growth in this metric since the Q4 2013 and a 40% increase from Q1 2019.

At the same time, quarterly global consumer spending in iPad apps saw its largest YoY increase since Q4 2014 at 16%, while crossing the $2 billion threshold for the first quarter ever.

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📰 Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 2


👉 In Q1, #iPad app downloads saw first YoY growth in four years, surpassing 1.1B worldwide; consumer spending in iPad apps crosses $2B (link)


👉 #Coronavirus causes worst #smartphone market contraction in history — global shipments down 13% (link)


👉 #Fortnite is hosting a Diplo concert in its new party mode (link)


👉 #Tesla's lost $14B in value after #ElonMusk tweeted its shares were overpriced (link)


👉 #JeffBezos is being called to testify before Congress over ‘misleading’ statements from #Amazon (link)



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🤯 Cut & paste your surroundings to Photoshop

Code: github.com/cyrildiagne/ar-cutpaste

#AR #Photoshop

All Credit: Cyril Diagne.
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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 3


👉 #Intel is in talks to acquire #Moovit for ~$1B (link)


👉 #Uber to require masks or face coverings for drivers and passengers in certain markets (link)


👉 Security lapse at #India’s #Jio exposed #coronavirus symptom checker results (link)


👉 #Amazon, #Flipkart, #Ola and #Uber begin to resume their services in #India (link)


👉 #UberEats exits seven markets (link)


👉 The 13-inch #MacBook Pro gets #Apple’s much-improved keyboard (link)


👉 Poynter Institute’s International Fact-Checking Network launches chatbot on #WhatsApp to debunk thousands of #coronavirus-related hoaxes (link)



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🤯 Jeff Bezos’ staggering Wealth
one pixel at a time

See it here: https://prs.pctvix.co/3flv3SM
Created by Matt Korostoff.

#JeffBezos #Amazon

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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 4


👉 #Amazon VP resigns after nearly six years, criticising the company on his blog for firing protesting workers (link)


👉 #Microsoft says there's been a 75% YoY jump in time spent in #Windows 10, and Windows 10X (link)


👉 #GoogleMeet shows up in #Gmail inboxes — a little too late (link)


👉 #India’s Glance tops 100 million daily active users in 21 months (link)


👉 #Amazon is launching Crucible: a free-to-play multiplayer game on May 20th (link)



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📈 TikTok’s US Adult Users Double Year-Over-Year
Here are Age & Income Breakdowns

#TikTok has already made its way into the heart of teens, with more than 1 in 10 (13%) declaring it their favourite #SocialMedia platform, behind only #Snapchat & #Instagram.

But what about adults? As it turns out, the number of unique US adults visitors to the app has more than doubled in a year, per data provided by Comscore. In March 2020, more than 28.8 million US adults (ages 18+) used the video-sharing app. This is compared to roughly 14.2 million who used the app in March 2019.

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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 5


👉 #Apple will host a virtual #WWDC this year — starts on 22 June (link)


👉 #Twitter tests a warning message that tells users to rethink offensive replies (link)
👉 #Twitter rolls out changes to threaded conversations following tests in its prototype app, #twttr (link)

👉 #Airbnb cuts 1,900 jobs, around 25% of its global workforce (link)


👉 #Bitcoin is set for ‘Halving’ this month (link)


👉 Leaked videos show #Lenovo’s first gaming #smartphone (link)

👉 #Android 11’s public beta to launch with 3 June via live stream (link)
👉 #Google’s #Stadia controller will finally work wirelessly with computers starting this week (link)


👉 #Microsoft launches #SurfaceBook 3 (link) and #SurfaceHeadphones 2 (link)
👉 #Microsoft offers $100,000 to hack its custom Linux OS (link)


👉 #Uber lays off 14% of its workforce in COVID-19-related cost-cutting (link)


👉 #Pinterest Q1: revenue of $272M, vs. $270M est., up 35% YoY; user base grew to 367M MAUs, up 26% YoY (link)


👉 #EA Q4: revenues of $1.39B, beating expectations of $1.19B, up 12% YoY (link)


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 6


👉 #France is using #AI to check whether people are wearing masks on public transport (link)


👉 #Facebook's Oversight Board, who will focus on challenging content issues, such as hate speech and harassment, announces its first 20 members out of a total of 40 (link)


👉 Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and more Viacom channels coming to #YouTubeTV (link)


👉 #Zoom acquires #Keybase to get end-to-end encryption expertise (link)


👉 Liberty’s Virgin Media and Telefonica’s O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal (link)


👉 #Square Q1: revenue of $1.38B, up 44% YoY; net loss of $106M, up $68M YoY (link)
👉 #Square reports $528M in Q1 revenues from its Cash App, with $306M coming from #Bitcoin transactions, exceeding the app's fiat revenue of $222M for the first time (link)


👉 #PayPal Q1: misses estimates with revenue of $4.62B, up 13% YoY; net income of $84M, down from $667M YoY (link)


👉 #Shopify Q1: revenue of $470M, up 47% YoY; gross merchandise volume of $17.4B, up 46% YoY (link)


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

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📱 Top Apps Worldwide for April 2020 by Downloads

#Zoom was the most downloaded non-game app worldwide for April 2020 with close to 131 million installs, a 60x growth from April 2019.
The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India 🇮🇳 at 18.2% of its total downloads and the United States 🇺🇸 at 14.3%.

#TikTok was the second most installed non-game app worldwide last month with more than 107 million installs, a 2.5x increase from April 2019. The countries with the largest number of TikTok installs were India 🇮🇳 at approximately 22%, followed by the U.S. 🇺🇸 at 9.4%. #Facebook, #WhatsApp, and #Instagram rounded out the top five most installed non-game apps worldwide for the month.

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Daily roundup no. 7 👉 (link)

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​​📊 Biggest Gainers and Losers Among Online Service Categories During COVID19

Comparing January & March 2020 data to see which market categories saw increases or decreases in visitation and users (which is defined as “user reach” in the chart) as the #COVID19 pandemic developed, for each market category in the US, Verto calculated the percentage of growth in user reach (i.e. how many consumers out of the total online user base have used a service in its respective category during the month).

They then averaged these growth rates across all services in a given category and compared all the categories. The chart below illustrates the findings.

Biggest Increases
- News sites/apps have seen the most significant increase (55% more users on average).
- Law/government sources (which have showcased official information, instructions, and guidelines related to public health) have also spiked, gaining almost 40% more users.
- The health/fitness and education markets have also seen significant rises (21% and 19% respectively) in user reach. Remote work tools (including the productivity category) and the overall use of social media and messaging apps (including video conferencing) have also gained almost 10% more users, which is notable given that these markets have massive user bases even during normal times.

Biggest Decreases
- Gambling related sites/apps have seen the biggest decrease in user activity. (With professional sports suspended, there’s nothing for consumers to gamble on.)
- Sports apps/sites are also down, showing 14% fewer users.


Read more on Verto.
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Telegram's blockchain is dead, social networks are launching new features, and PS5 release is...
Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 11


👉 #Telegram shuts down its cryptocurrency operation — no more TON or Gram (link)


👉 #Twitter makes it easier to see quote retweets on #iOS (link)
👉 #Twitter says staff can continue working from home even after the pandemic passes (link)


👉 #PlayStation 5 still on track for holiday 2020 release (link)


👉 #Instagram adds bulk comment deletion & control for who can mention or tag you on iOS; also testing comment pinning (link)


👉 #Google tests iMessage-like emoji reactions for RCS Messages (link)


👉 #LinkedIn adds polls and live video-based events tools (link)


👉 Programmer hacked the #India's mandatory contact tracing app so that he always appear safe (link)



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🤯 OnePlus’ 8 Pro has X-ray Vision Filter
it sees through plastic & clothes

Well, firstly, it’s not actual X-ray, though, it's infrared.
This is not a new technology, but it's pretty cool to have it on your #OnePlus #smartphone.

Read more on The Verge.
Video Credit: Ben Geskin.
Watch more tests on UnboxingTherapy.

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