As the Olympics rolls into Rio, we see a raft of updates as publishers and platforms compete for their share of the sporting chatter.
Headlines
- Rio special: Facebook has launched filters, as of course has Snapchat
- Instagram launched Stories, a Snapchat-esque feature and uses a Facebook like algorithm to order content priority
- Twitter adds ‘Instant Unlock’ feature, offering users to option to Tweet to unlock content
- LinkedIn uses its 500 ‘influencers’ to launch 30 second in feed video
Insights
- The Economist dissects wechat and ponders what social channels can learn
- Six big bets for Digital Transformation for CIOs
- How The Guardian is using data to inform creative decisions
Cool
- The Financial Times partners with Google to explore hidden Rio
- The world’s first website went online just over 25 years ago
- Most shared Olympics ads, and how it’s playing out on Snapchat and Instagram
Deep Reads
- ‘Complementarity’ and the audacity of copying well
- The ten types of corporate innovation programme
- Digital detox goes mainstream.
