As Twitter numbers soar, Google spares your blushes by helping you find your parked car, whilst Amazon Echo tells you what it really thinks of your outfit. You can even chew the fat with Albert Einstein on Messenger and once you’re done, learn how to give your brain a much-needed digital detox.
HEADLINES
- Twitter sees a welcome growth spurt in Q1, with 9 million new users in the last 3 months and announces a content streaming partnership with Bloomberg
- Channel 4’s launches personalised VOD ads that will call out your name
- Founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales launches an online newspaper in a bid to combat fake news.
INSIGHTS
- Mobile drove 99% of new online advertising money in 2016
- GenXers spend more than millennials on smart home devices
- Is it time for a digital detox?
COOL
- Chat to Albert Einstein on Messenger with National Geographic’s brilliant chat bot
- Help the northern white rhino find a mate by swiping right on Tinder.
DEEP READS
- Never lose your parked car (or your rag) again with the help of Google Maps
- You may regret asking, “how do I look?” as Amazon’s $200 Echo Look judges your outfit
- Watch Elon Musk’s TED talk about underground roads and self-driving cars.
