Featuring in this week’s ‘This week in digital’ Google updates YouTube’s logo, the 10 most-backed start-ups that failed and a new Where’s Wally? to keep you challenged for hours.
HEADLINES
- Uber picks former Expedia head to be new CEO
- Google updates the YouTube logo and redesigns the mobile and desktop experience
- ARCore is unveiled by Google, which will make 100m android phones into augmented reality-capable machines
INSIGHTS
- Funding isn’t everything. Here’s the 10 most-backed start-ups who failed in 2017
- 64% of UK mobile owners think the loss of the data held on their phones would be emotionally damaging, yet so few take out phone insurance
- Google has teamed up with an interactive visual data journalist to bring to life all of the ‘how to’ searches we make (and it’s a lot!)
COOL
- Lenovo’s augmented reality Star Wars glasses have just gone to the top of my Christmas list
- Now that the football transfer window has closed, have you ever wondered how long it would take you to earn a footballer’s salary? This very depressing tool will tell you
- Think you’re an ace at Where’s Wally? This 360-degree version just raised things up a few levels
DEEP READS
- There’s a Black Market of people paying for ‘blue tick’ verification of their Instagram accounts
- Data +/vs Creativity: Is Spotify changing the way that music is made?
- If data is the new oil, does it need stricter regulations?