What’s happened this week:
- Twitter have rolled out two updates their platform introducing native video and group messaging via DM
- Snapchat launched a ‘Discover’ feature with media companies such as Vice, CNN, Yahoo News, Comedy Central, and National Geographic to bring news to users in the form of Snapchat stories
- Google is rolling out a payment system that allows Gmail users to pay friends and family
What we have learned:
- Apple are enjoying strong profits, predominantly driven by iPhone sales, although iPad sales have slowed
- Facebook tests Bluetooth ‘Beacons’ as it looks to further localise content in users feeds
- Sundance is aiming to use data transparency to help improve pitch successes and demystify post box office success
Cool stuff:
- You may be a poet but just don’t know it, a new site turns your old tweets into poetry
- Forgotify aims to help us all discover a lesser known musical gem, randomly selecting one of the 4 million as yet unplayed songs on Spotify
- Visitors to Westfield can give themselves a starring role in new film Kingsman to promote their Mr Porter clothing collaboration
Where to find more:
- For millennials the technology is just as important as the brand name
- Brits lead the way in online shopping and consumer retail sales are expected to grow 16.2 this year
- Find out the top creative trends for 2015 in across the globe