This week features the exciting potential for VR music, how data is the new digital, Twitter and Russian propaganda and how to adopt a dog with the same music tastes as you!
HEADLINES
Automated retail is now here as Amazon’s checkout-free shop finally opens today
YouTube announces measures to earn back trust from advertisers and agencies
INSIGHTS
Twitter’s investigation reveals that 600k users interacted with Russian propaganda accounts
You can never have too many, so here’s eConsultancy’s marketing and digital predictions for 2018
Here’s Twitter’s best brand campaigns of 2017 and insights into why they worked
COOL
Are we about to see the launch of an ‘iTunes equivalent’ for VR music?
Barking mad? You can now adopt a dog with the same music tastes as you
This messaging app only works when you have less than 5% battery life, and you can only chat to strangers
DEEP READS
Tackling one of the industry’s big mysteries, BuzzFeed’s Publisher Dao Nguyen gives a TED talk on the secret to making content that people love
Is advertiser-funded dialogue in scripts the future of product placement?
Is CES’ ability to accurately show us the technology of the future starting to wane?