This week on FWD we have the blocking of ad-blocking, a raft of Facebook product developments and how a good social profile could get you a loan (sort of).
HEADLINES
- EU has moved to block mobile networks’ ad-blocking ambitions
- All out of Nerf? Amazon launches Dash, the press-to-order product buttons in Europe
- Samsung recalls its latest smartphone due to concerns about the Lithium battery explosions
- Taking on Snapchat? How instant video messaging is now open to Facebook Messenger users
INSIGHTS
- Google will find the insights for you after injecting machine learning into their app analytics
- How to make the most of Instagram’s new zoom feature
- What to speculatively expect from Apple’s conference this Wednesday
COOL
- Nintendo aims to tap into gaming nostalgia by bringing back the cartridge for its new console
- Image recognition software Deepmask and Sharpmask (owned by Facebook) are being opened sourced
- Take yourself off Facebook? You can only find Snapchat on Snapchat moving forward
DEEP READS
- What Facebook is doing to address the ever increasing site load times
- In certain countries, social profiles are being used as a measure of loan eligibility
- How Facebook is readying itself to be a vertical video first platform and how YouTube is planning to be more than just a video platform
