{"id":20243,"date":"2019-01-31T11:36:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.phdmedia.com_\/usa-hq\/?p=20243"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:32:19","slug":"this-week-in-digital-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/this-week-in-digital-162\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Robot postmen from Amazon, gravy candles from KFC, and Barclaycard taking local business seriously&#8230;even the most unusual ones! The announced merger of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-47001460\">WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger<\/a>\u00a0takes centre stage this week, with mixed reactions from both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/jan\/28\/eu-data-watchdog-raises-concerns-facebook-integration\">regulators<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/1\/25\/18197228\/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-merge-messaging-services-mark-zuckerberg\">users<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>HEADLINES<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>How is Amazon changing the face of the postman?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/jan\/24\/amazon-puts-delivery-robots-on-streets-with-a-human-in-tow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">By removing it.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Key influencers swiftly adhered to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlive.co.uk\/article\/leading-influencers-promise-greater-transparency-payment-brands\/1523644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new declarations<\/a>\u00a0imposed on brand-funded posts.<\/li>\n<li>Here&#8217;s a more speculative look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/facebook-messenger-whatsapp-instagram-chat-combined-encryption-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018WhatsInstager\u2019<\/a>\u00a0merge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>INSIGHTS<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2018Mobile\u2019 spend is set to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warc.com\/content\/paywall\/article\/warc-datapoints\/mobile_adspend_is_set_to_top_tv_across_key_markets_this_year\/124815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overtake TV advertising<\/a>\u00a0in certain markets.<\/li>\n<li>Millennials are set to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/bloomberg\/scared-by-facebook-wait-till-millennials-are-selling-their-data-7d950f68b89d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">name their price<\/a>\u00a0for their own data share.<\/li>\n<li>How Netflix is increasing \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/01\/22\/netflix-now-lets-you-share-a-favorite-title-directly-to-instagram-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">programme chat propensity\u2019<\/a>\u00a0with deeper social integration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>COOL<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Barclaycard supports all sorts of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lbbonline.com\/news\/barclaycard-embraces-even-the-weirdest-businesses-like-the-crystal-barn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local business<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Not content with finger licking, KFC launches their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/lifestyle\/foodanddrink\/kfc-gravy-candle-a4044581.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own scented candle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/future-of-staying-in-touch-4455504-Jan2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hologram calling<\/a>? How Facebook is attempting to shape our correspondence in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>DEEP READS<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The future of advertising in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/jan\/19\/from-whatsapp-to-alexa-why-the-ad-free-era-is-over\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increasingly \u2018IoT\u2019 era<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Social media is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/jan\/25\/social-media-inspiring-children-to-save-natural-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">making children more concerned<\/a>\u00a0with the natural world.<\/li>\n<li>How to survive as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/profitable-growth-is-the-north-star-bloomberg-media-ceo-justin-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital publisher<\/a>, according to Bloomberg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robot postmen from Amazon, gravy candles from KFC, and Barclaycard taking local business seriously&#8230;even the most unusual ones! The announced merger of\u00a0WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger\u00a0takes centre stage this week, with mixed reactions from both\u00a0regulators\u00a0and\u00a0users. &nbsp; HEADLINES How is Amazon changing the face of the postman?\u00a0By removing it. Key influencers swiftly adhered to the\u00a0new declarations\u00a0imposed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[492],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}