Welcome to the first edition of FWD for 2017. Included this week are some 2016 wrap-ups, 2017 forecasts and some help for achieving your new year’s resolutions.
HEADLINES
- Facebook launches Live Audio to help publishers tell stories with words instead of video
- Twitter launches 360-degree video live streaming
- CES – the world’s largest tech expo – launches this Thursday, so here’s what to expect (a CES wrap-up will follow next week)
INSIGHTS
- Adding 100million in the last 6 months alone, Instagram ended 2016 by hitting the 600million user mark
- Ad tech funding decreased by 17% in 2016 due to the dominance of Google and Facebook
- Boxing Day footfall saw a 7% decline due to Brexit fears and users opting to shop online
COOL
- Amazon files patent for ‘flying warehouses’
- Watch Honda’s VR sleigh ride experience that took hospitalised children out into a winter wonderland
- Ensure you achieve your New Year resolutions by using these helpful apps
DEEP READS
- Music streaming is heralded as the industry’s saviour as record labels see biggest revenue growth for a decade
- One app to rule them all: how China’s WeChat app became the country’s most valuable company
- 5 key tech trends that will change your life in 2017
