What’s happened this week:
- Facebook will allow businesses to privately communicate with customers through its messaging app
- Adidas have acquired fitness app Runtastic
- Samsung Pay now available through their smart TVs
What we have learned:
- Instagram advertising engagement rates have increased 108% YOY, according to a report by eMarketer
- Twitter has now rolled out its ‘buy now’ button to over 100,000 merchants
- Apple Music has signed up 11m users globally since launch
Cool stuff:
- This holographic window display that never sleeps
- Forever 21 recreates users Instagram pictures with thread screen in real-time
- #NotAnotherBrother – anti-ISIS YouTube campaign aiming to combat Islamic States social propaganda
Where to find more:
- Twitter has released a Customer Service Playbook for brands
- Why Google buying Twitter would make sense, from TNW
- Does Facebook have a video problem? YouTube video producer Hank Green calls Facebook ‘cheaters and liars’ over their video view claims and Recode analyses their perceived lack of efforts to take down copyrighted material
