Month: September 2017

  • Digital News Report + more stuff

    Digital News Report by Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism latest findings discussed by Dr. Rasmus Kleiss Nielsen. This Digital News Report is based on a survey of more than 70,000 people across 36 countries. Economics The US gender wage gap is closing because women are making more and men are making less…

  • iPhone X launch + more things

    iPhone X launch In terms of the news agenda, the iPhone X launch dominated the news. I wrote about it here and here.  This image from the Chinese internet summed everything about the iPhone X launch up for me. We’re in a place of innovation stuckness at the moment – we’re celebrating incremental improvements in…

  • Gimlet Media + other news

    Gimlet Media WPP locks in minority stake in Gimlet Media podcast network | Mumbrella – podcasting as an advertising / sponsorship format seems to have got over its measurability barrier. Gimlet Media was founded in 2014 and has a range of factual and entertainment content franchises including investigative journalism, comedy and commentary on internet culture.…

  • FaceID

    Apple’s facial recognition aka FaceID has spurred a number of discussions about the privacy trade-offs in the iPhone X. Experts Weigh Pros, Cons of FaceID Authentication in iPhone X | Dark Reading – One concern about FaceID is in its current implementation, only one face can be used per device, says Pepijn Bruienne, senior R&D…

  • Apple retail special Event outtakes

    Key takeouts from the Apple special event with a little bit of analysis on Apple Retail.   Apple Retail First presentation by Angela Ahrendts. There is a question of why she hadn’t presented at previous keynotes.  My read on it is that that the revenue per square foot metric beloved of retail analysts will tumble. Apple…

  • Marketers: you are not a goldfish and neither is anyone else

    I have grown tired of a ridiculous statistic being used so frequently that it becomes marketing truth. It’s regurgitated in articles, blog posts, social media and presentations. The problem with it is that affects the way marketers view the world and conduct both planning and strategy. The picture below is a goldfish, his name is…

  • Planable + more news

    Planable Planable – Planable is an interesting social preview and scheduling tool, particularly for clients in highly regulated sectors such as pharma clients. I use Buffer rather than Planable China As many stats as you could possibly want if you have a passing interest in the Chinese internet ecosystem China Internet Report 2017 by Edith…

  • Voyager + other things

    Voyager Voyager probe – NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched some really cool posters to celebrate 40 years of the Voyager programme. You can download them here. The Voyager programme consisted of two probes that were launched in 1977. The original launch time was designed to take an advantage of an alignment of Jupiter and Saturn…

  • Amazon advertising + other news

    Amazon advertising This Amazon advertising pitch deck is interesting for a number of reasons They claim that Amazon advertising data taps into consumer purchase behaviour both on and off Amazon – that would be of interest to anti-trust regulators Otherwise the Amazon advertising seems to have both Facebook and Google advertising offerings squarely in its…