In this week’s ‘this week in digital’ discover Facebook’s newest poll feature, the artificial intelligence bot that was granted residency in Tokyo and preview Amazon’s latest ‘AR View’ function.
HEADLINES
- Facebook’s Q3 earnings report shows ad revenue of $10.1bn with 88% of it coming from mobile users
- Snap are launching their ‘Snap Pixel’ allowing advertisers to measure post view actions
- Facebook launches polls with GIFs
- Automakers unite to create an electric vehicle charging network across Europe
INSIGHTS
- The tech that UK-based marketers will be implementing in 2018
- The one thing that most of us still refuse to buy online
- Holiday shoppers spend three hours reading online content before committing to a trip, with a quarter then booking their summer holiday on their smartphone
COOL
- Amazon introduces Augmented Reality product previews to its iOS app
- Virtual Artificial Intelligent character granted residency in Tokyo
- The future of storytelling? The BBC launches interactive fiction for Smart Speakers
DEEP READS
- Humans are still better than AI at StarCraft….for now
- 10 breakthrough technologies that are about to change the world (maybe)
- Google are pretty far down the line testing delivery drones via their ‘Project Wing’ arm