What’s happened this week:
- Google released Accelerated Mobile Pages to speed up the mobile web
- Twitter launched Moments which curates Twitter content around popular topics
- Pepsi is making it’s very own Android-based phone
What we have learned:
- Programmatic tips mobile – eMarketer predicts 60% of programmatic display will be mobile by the end of 2015
- Searches for ‘baking’ on eBay rose 680% during the Great British Bake Off final, according to their own data
- 44% of product searches start with a search on Amazon, according to a US survey
Cool stuff:
- Order your handyman through Facebook Messenger, as it partners with Pro.com
- Best HoloLens demo we’ve seen so far – fighting drone robots with holographic weapons
- #OneBigTweet – donate Twitter followers to help African farmers with this charity campaign
Where to find more:
- What Facebook’s new expressive ‘Like’ emojis mean for marketers, courtesy of MG OMD’s Jack Rands
- ReadWrite looks at Amazon’s long-term TV play after they announced plans to stop selling Apple TV and Chromecast
- Everyone hates Peeple, that app that let’s people rate people as people – what do you think?
