This week on FWD, Yahoo gets acquired, Pokémon Go welcomes brands, distinguish your VR from your AR and prepare to have a robot help you pick out your favourite outfit.
Headlines
- Verizon buying Yahoo’s core assets for $4.83bn
- Pokémon Go launches first official brand partnership with McDonald’s in Japan
- Unilever buys 4-year-old e-commerce and subscription business, Dollar Shave Club for $1bn
Insights
- 5 things to know about AR and VR
- How the world’s biggest eSports promoter uses Facebook Live
- Uber’s growth is still rapidly accelerating
Cool
- Three ways Pokémon Go is doing a lot of good
- Birchbox testing Snapchat for customer service
- Macy’s piloting in-store Artificial Intelligence to help with your shopping
Deep Reads
- 11 Video games trends that will change the future of industry
- How VR will be used to drive empathy
- How Dollar Shave club built a $1bn eCommerce and Subscription brand in 4 yrs
and finally…last one to check-in gets the middle seat
