What’s happened this week:
- Facebook moved into the wearables market with the acquisition of Moves, the fitness tracking app
- Pinterest launched Guided Search, a new visual way to search for images within the iOS and Android apps
- AOL have signed a video distribution deal with MSN, allowing them to deliver content across all of Microsoft platforms, from AOL brands such as TechCrunch and Huffington Post
What we have learned:
- Android’s share of ad traffic reached 42.8% in Q1 across all mobile devices, overtaking Apple for the first time, according to Opera Mediaworks’ Report
- Whatsapp has passed the 500m user barrier, with users send over 700 million photos and 100 million videos per day
- 85% of Millennials use their mobile devices to research products before making purchases, according to research by Merchant Warehouse
Cool stuff:
- Domino’s new iPad app allows you to design your pizza in 3D before you order
- The Coca Cola man-made rainbow in South Africa used digital wizardry to create natural beauty
- Google’s self driving cars are getting smarter, and understand cyclists gestures
Where to find more:
- Adobe’s Social Intelligence Report for Q1 2014 – lots of insights into organic and paid social media
- MIT have listed the Top 10 breakthrough technologies of 2014 – which ones do you think will take off?
- Could Tumblr be the real engagement hub of social TV chatter?
