Hello and welcome to an emoji-filled FWD. Firstly, revel in some fascinating emoji stats here.
Then scroll through the latest and greatest from the world of digital.
HEADLINES
- It’s official, Facebook is trialling display ads in Facebook messenger
- Amazon is reportedly about to enter the competitive messenger domain
- Snapchat rolls out global self-service creative tool.
INSIGHTS
- A new FMCG trend report anyone? 20% of food searches are for those everyday items
- Presumably, Amazon plans to enter the ‘recipe box’ market as a result
- How emoji usage increases engagement for the most traditional of digital communications.
COOL
- Twitter and Royal Opera House combine to celebrate the emoji in a novel way
- A favourite, KLM has introduced a luggage tag that offers local tourist advice on the go
- Ocado is trialling online food shops being delivered by a robot
DEEP READS
- What Google is really telling us about our social and private prejudices
- Twitter attempt to help us tackle Game of Thrones social ‘spoilering’
- LinkedIn has immediately changed how video content is to appear on the platform
