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​​📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ Mobile search is still Google’s kingpin. For the second-quarter of 2018, Alphabet’s total revenue was $32.7 billion with mobile search leading the way. That’s up 26% from the year prior. (Source: Alphabet) INSIGHT 🤖 What stands in the way of all-powerful AI isn’t a lack of smarts: it’s that computers can’t have needs, cravings or desires: https://prs.pctvix.co/2Oxexkt OTHER NEWS 🚫 Amazon to be told to ditch 'guaranteed next-day delivery' claim: https://prs.pctvix.co/2OxWoTG 🤳 With news-feed user growth slowing, Facebook revs its pitch for Instagram Stories: https://t.me/iXNews/31313 😂 Hacking the websites responsible for election information is so easy an 11 year-old did it: https://t.me/iXNews/31304 👻 Snapchat expands Shoppable AR to its top creators: https://prs.pctvix.co/2OAr8DF 😬 The DNC’s lawyers subpoena WikiLeaks with a tweet: https://t.me/iXNews/31315 😮 The Turkish lira is so volatile it’s making Bitcoin look tame by comparison: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KKWEw5 — We're launching a new newsletter and are looking for a small group of engaged members. If you're interested, please message @iXContactBot. Thank you, and have a great week! Ben, @iXNews 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​⌚️Apple vs Samsung: The Smart Watch Edition Based on IDC estimates, #Samsung has a lot of ground to make up if it wants to challenge #Apple’s dominant position in the #smartwatch market. In 2017, the Cupertino-based company shipped 17.7 million watches compared to Samsung’s 3.6 million. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2Ou1tfC ❓ Do you own a smartwatch?

🤖Meet Kengoro: The Exercising Robot Kengoro is A Japanese #robot that can do push-ups, play badminton, and could help us better understand our bodies. 🚀@PerspectiveIX This is...

​​🎶Music in the Day in the Life of a Music Lover A breakdown of Music Lovers activity based on streaming music service and screen reveals: - On smartphones, #Google Play Music, #AppleMusic, #Pandora Radio, and #Spotify are the most popular streaming music services. - On PCs, Spotify, Zune, #iTunes, and Pandora Radio are the most popular streaming music services. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via VertoAnalytics: prs.pctvix.co/2OxkPk9

 Design is Never Done the Apple website Edition ✏️ by Luke Wroblewski: prs.pctvix.co/2Mboib9 🚀@PerspectiveIX

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🧠 Today's #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KHJq3t 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​📈#Ad on Instagram grows by 44% in first half of 2018 A report published by Buzzoole found that Fashion (33%) Beauty (13%) and Food & Drinks (13%) brands were the most mentioned, accounting for almost 60% of global sponsored content production. Globally, more than 559K creators were involved and produced an overall engagement of almost a billion interactions (988 mm), showing an average engagement per post of over 1K. In 2017, 1.5 million #ad posts were shared on #Instagram, 58% of them in H2, the time of year when brands invest most of their online marketing budget. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via TheDrum: prs.pctvix.co/2Os4Xz8

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​​📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ The use of #ad and #sponsored posts on Instagram grew by 44% in the first six months of this year, compared to the same time frame in 2017. (Source: Buzzoole via TheDrum) INSIGHT 🎙 Reddit CTO On Fake News, QAnon, Harassment, And Running 'The Front Page Of The Internet': prs.pctvix.co/2On1e63 OTHER NEWS 💸 Facebook now deletes posts that financially endanger/trick people: t.me/iXNews/31198 👫 Emoji couples might come in 55 gender and skin tone combinations next year: t.me/iXNews/31209 🤳 Google launches Cameos, a video Q&A app aimed at celebs: t.me/iXNews/31145 🤮 New Panasonic device sucks up your shoe smells, if you have five hours: t.me/iXNews/31144 EXTRA: Samsung 📱 Samsung Galaxy Note 9: t.me/iXNews/31156 🔈 Galaxy Home speaker with Bixby smart assistant: t.me/iXNews/31169 ⌚️ New Galaxy Watch: t.me/iXNews/31163 ✏️ New and more powerful S-Pen: t.me/iXNews/31157 🎶 Spotify as its go-to music partner: t.me/iXNews/31175 — Happy Friday! Ben, @iXNews 🚀@PerspectiveIX

🧠 Today's #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KGAECw 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​💰Digital tech and industrial IoT startups raised $2.3bn in H1 2018 This is almost triple what was raised in April or May, and was driven by significant raises in industrial cybersecurity companies. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via BloombergNEF: prs.pctvix.co/2M11f31