HEADLINES
- Facebook are starting to rollout Live Video, their rival to Periscope
- Cardboard Camera turns the smartphone in your pocket into a virtual reality (VR) camera
- Google’s tech which allows you to stream app content before you download is coming to ads through their AdMob network
INSIGHTS
- Cyber Monday in the US was the biggest online sales day ever, with consumers spending over $3bn, according to Comscore
- Twitter sharing has dropped 11% after Twitter removed the share count
- On average, smartphone users use between 6 to 10 apps per week, although nearly a third of apps have a shelf life of less than a day, accord to collated research by eMarketer
COOL
- Rock Band embraces virtual reality, and come to Oculus Rift in 2016
- Secret Santa Sacrifice – nice digital campaign from Age UK, urging you to trade virtual Secret Santa gifts and to donate the spare cash to a good cause
- Amazon Prime Air – Jeremy Clarkson introduces Amazon’s next generation of delivery drones
DEEP READS
- TechCrunch have an interesting article on Apple TV and the continued trend of the disintermediation of media
- The Most Contagious 2015 report is a good read, focusing Snapchat’s rise, growth of mobile video and the rise of VR (registration required)
- 4G coverage, HDTV take up, OTT services –loads of great stats in Ofcom’s Connected Nations report
