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Reading Time: 1 minute Peepy and Mother Lee take influence to the next level Yet another way of landing the same Burger King message: Burger King’s flame-grilled glasses are too hot to handle | Creativepool This Adobe marketing gimmick was going around a lot of the people that I know – Creative Types Great economic analysis on China from … Read moreFive for Friday | 五日（星期五) | 금요일에 다섯 가지
Reading Time: 1 minute Judy Asks: Is Brexit Bad for Europe? – Carnegie Europe – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – interesting takes 5G Deployment State of Play in Europe, USA and Asia | European Parliament ITRE Committee – (PDF) Microsoft worked with Chinese military university on artificial intelligence | Financial Times – US worried about dual use of … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 8 minutes Wonks clearly saw parallels. Hence the short form ‘Facebook pivots to WeChat’. The first thing I’d advise you to do is read Mark Zuckerberg’s notes on how he is planning to move Facebook as a business. There’s a link at the bottom of this post to it, I’ll still be here when you come back. … Read moreThe Facebook pivots to WeChat post
Reading Time: 3 minutes Swedish technology could make geothermal energy as mainstream as wind and solar | Quartz – interesting because it deals with the lumpy supply issue of wind and solar in the energy mix UK cash system ‘on the verge of collapse’, report finds | Money | The Guardian – putting the Queen on debit cards anyone? … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 1 minute BMW’s X7 advert about the Legend of Old McLanden has been cited as a piece of feminist advertising. I won’t spoil it for you watch the clip and you’ll see why. I think that its part of something different which has been less heralded: a return to craft in advertising. We’re starting to see a … Read moreFive for Friday | 五日（星期五) | 금요일에 다섯 가지