🦅 [ perspective ix ]

📈S Curves And how technology is connecting everyone. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Benedict Evans.

😐Perfect Internet 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Reddit/u/ElectedTulip462.

🥊Facebook vs. Instagram Each of them offers a unique advantage for brands: #Facebook: the biggest audience #Instagram: the most engaging 🚀@PerspectiveIX via SocialBakers. ❓Which one do use more often?

📱Unfold: Create beautiful stories for Instagram Unfold is a toolkit for storytellers. Users can create beautiful and engaging stories for social media with minimal, easy-to-use templates. 🔗Website ⬇️ Download now for free: iOS | Android #TopApps 🚀@PerspectiveIX

📌the State of Pinterest 29% of US Adults Use #Pinterest. Of the other social platforms, it’s fourth in popularity, behind #YouTube, #Facebook and #Instagram. However, the metric has been slowly climbing. According to Pinterest’s own demographic data, more than half of Pinners are international and more than half of new signups are men. This means that even if US audiences aren’t gaining as quickly, there’s potential for an international audience to take off. Bonus: 💰 Pinterest delivers $2 in profit per $1 spent on ads. 📌 70% of Pinners will search, save or click on a Pin. 📱 85% of Pinterest searches happen on mobile. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via SproutSocial. ❓Have you used Pinterest in the last month?

Which OS (Operating System) do you use on your desktop/laptop computer? anonymous poll Windows – 145 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 54% Linux – 54 👍👍👍 20% Ubuntu – 34 👍👍 13% macOS – 32 👍👍 12% Others – 2 ▫️ 1% ChromeOS – 1 ▫️ 0% 👥 268 people voted so far.

🎥Stan Lee's Billion-Dollar Legacy Stan Lee, the legendary comic book writer and former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, has passed away. Born in 1922, Lee was involved in the creation of some of the most iconic comic characters in the world, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man and Hulk. Lee eventually became the figurehead of Marvel, known and beloved by comic book fans around the world. Despite the decade-spanning popularity of Marvel Comics, it wasn’t until the 21st century that Lee’s work really became a money-making machine. The success of the first live-action Spider-Man movie in 2002 kicked off a comic book movie craze, creating billions of dollars in box office revenue across the globe. The following chart ranks characters/franchises (co-)created by Stan Lee in terms of their success at the box office. RIP Stan Lee 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Statista.

🔈Alexa Rules American Smart Homes Still capitalizing on its first mover advantage, #Amazon continues to dominate the smart speaker landscape in the United States. According to a survey conducted by research firm Strategy Analytics in July and August 2018, the e-commerce giant accounted for 63% of the U.S. installed base at the time, beating Google (17%) and Apple (4%) by quite a margin. Amazon had started the smart speaker craze in November 2014 with the release of the first Amazon Echo. The Consumer Technology Association expects smart speaker sales to amount to $3.2 billion in the U.S. this year, up 64% over the 2017 total. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Statista.

😂Marketer of the Year! 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Reddit/u/Nambypamby63.

🌎Facebook's Revenue by Geography #Facebook’s revenue in the Q3 2018 grew 33% YoY to $13.7 billion (35% on a constant currency basis). Despite mixed results, the Q3 earnings have shown yet again that for marketers, no other platform comes close to Facebook and its family of apps, in terms of scale and audience engagement. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via SocialBakers. ❓Do you use Facebook at least once a week?

🎮The Future! 🚀@PerspectiveIX via Reddit/u/PM_me_a_bad_pun.

🔈Smart Assistants Usages According to GlobalWebIndex, that functional activities are the leading use case for #Smartphone voice assistant, like asking for directions or for checking the weather. Home assistants, on the other hand, provide a more relaxing and interactive experience. The research also revealed that home assistant users perform a greater variety of behaviors on average, with an emphasis on content and entertainment, like streaming #Music. 🚀@PerspectiveIX via GlobalWebIndex. ❓ In the past month, have you used any Voice Assistants, such as Siri, Cortana, Alexa?