There’s been much debate over the move to an algorithmic timeline on Instagram, Apple Pay continues to roll out across the mobile web and holoportation becomes a reality.
Headlines
- Instagram users have spurned the platform’s shift to an algorithmic timeline and sharper content focus twinned with spend could now be needed for brands
- Tumblr revamps to encourage more interaction and conversations
- Apple Pay is coming to mobile web. Very welcome news for mCommerce providers
- Snapchat buys Bitstrips – the maker of the cartoon-like Bitmoji
- Google’s AdWords gets a redesign and here’s the first look
Insights
- We’re more honest with our phones than with our doctors and how this could help
- Facebook’s Basketball game notched up 300 million plays in its first week, suggesting it’s a huge potential avenue for the platform
- An interesting article exploring the issues facing AI after Microsoft’s artificially intelligent chat-bot was closed down for bad behaviour
Cool
- Yes, holoportation is now ‘a thing’ and it’s very sci-fi
- The BBC is handing out microbit computers to 11-12 year olds to encourage children to learn code
- We could be using Facebook Messenger to pay for goods in-store very soon
Deep Reads
- Here’s a full round-up of the first Oculus Rift reviews
- How the death of creative and tech companies can lead to positive cycle
- Top publishers on the platforms that matter to them
