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😳SHAASUIVG - and definitely not SAMSUNG - is my new favourite tech brand! 55-inch 4K TV for ¥388 (≈ $57) on Chinese online store Pinduoduo! That logo though... 🚀@PerspectiveIX

📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ The average U.S. adult now spends more than 6 hours a day watching video, an 11 minute increase from Q4 2017. (Source: Nielsen) INSIGHT 👶 How Alexa could be better at responding to toddlers: prs.pctvix.co/2Ok92p4 OTHER NEWS 😶 Snapchat monitors Infowars as Alex Jones promotes “Censorship” gag AR filter: t.me/iXNews/31102 🤖 This robot uses AI to find Waldo, thereby ruining Where’s Waldo: t.me/iXNews/31103 🚕 New York City Council votes to cap licenses for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft: t.me/iXNews/31110 🍻 Heineken is still worried about Snapchat’s age-gating policies: prs.pctvix.co/2KDtT4F 🌽 Your vegetables are going to be picked by robots sooner than you think: t.me/iXNews/31113 🐠 Microsoft’s undersea data center now has a webcam with fish swimming past 27.6 petabytes of data: t.me/iXNews/31122 | 📺 Watch Live: prs.pctvix.co/2KGArzz — "If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting." ― Jeff Bezos Ben, @iXNews 🚀@PerspectiveIX

📰 Today's #BigThought by Martin Bryant: https://prs.pctvix.co/2KD25xd 🚀@PerspectiveIX

​​🇬🇧London Is the World's Airbnb Capital 10 years ago, in early August 2008, the website Airbedandbreakfast.com went online, marking the birth of #Airbnb. Back then the three founders, Brian Cheky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk wanted to help short-term travelers find affordable accommodation and provide renters with an opportunity to make an extra buck by renting out spare rooms or even just the namesake airbed on the floor. Now, it's about 10 years later and their little venture is valued at nearly $30 billion. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2OhGNra

​​🎧Social Media & Music 9 out of 10 #SocialMedia users do a #Music-related activity on their social media apps. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via Billboard: prs.pctvix.co/2nn4t1G

📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ 9 out of 10 social media users do a music-related activity on their social media apps (Source: Billboard) INSIGHT ❓ What do Reddit’s new media partnerships mean for publishers - and its future? prs.pctvix.co/2M3BLlw OTHER NEWS 🥉#Facebook's app is now the third-most popular browser in the U.S: prs.pctvix.co/2nmmKwl 🤳 ‘Stories’ was #Instagram’s smartest move yet: t.me/iXNews/31044 #️⃣ Slack is raising $400M+ with a post-money valuation of $7B or more: t.me/iXNews/31034 🚘 Elon Musks explains why taking Tesla private is ‘the best path forward’: t.me/iXNews/31015 EXTRA: Snap's Q2 Report 📉#Snapchat shrinks by 3M users to 188M despite Q2 earnings beat: t.me/iXNews/31019 👑 Snapchat gets $250M investment from Saudi prince for 2.3%: t.me/iXNews/31021 😖 Why Snapchat is shrinking? t.me/iXNews/31030 🤯 Hacker Leaked Snapchat Source Code On GitHub: prs.pctvix.co/2nlc40Q — ❓Do you prefer to receive #iXDailyBrief everyday at the same time or as soon as it's ready? ⏲ At the same time ⏳ As soon as it's ready Ben, @iXNews

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

​​👻Has Snapchat already stopped growing? Snap reports its Q2 results today after the market close. And the consensus from analysts is that Snap’s audience will grow by just 1 million daily active users, according to FactSet. That’s surprising, considering that #Snapchat added 21 million new users in the same period two years ago. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via Recode: prs.pctvix.co/2Mqa5mZ

​​📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ Only about 2% of the people with devices that use Amazon’s Alexa intelligent assistant — mostly Amazon’s own Echo line of speakers — have made a purchase with their voices so far in 2018 (Source: The Information) More on this later on today's #BigThought INSIGHT 🎼 The definitive timeline of #Spotify’s critic-defying journey to rule music: prs.pctvix.co/2KE3H9Q OTHER NEWS 🥧#Android 9 Pie is available for Google Pixel phones, but some key features won’t ship until the fall: t.me/iXNews/30913 👩‍⚕️#Google plans to roll out digital wellness features in Pie but #Apple’s already got ’em: t.me/iXNews/30933 🚖 India’s Uber rival Ola is headed Europe with ride-hailing launch in the UK: t.me/iXNews/30952 💳#Facebook wants financial data from America’s largest banks: t.me/iXNews/30919 (but they're denying it: prs.pctvix.co/2KzFxNG) — Got a question? Feedback? Suggestion? Get in touch: @iXContactBot ❓ Have you tried iX Alien Snapchat lens? Ben, @iXNews

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

​​🇬🇧Britain's favourite websites That #Google affiliated webpages have been visited by nearly 100 percent of all Britons with an online connection comes as no surprise. However, websites of the Wikimedia Foundation, only seem to be known by every second British citizen. The most visited native British sites are BBC related webpages, some 86 percent have visited one of their internet presences. 🚀@PerspectiveIX 📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2KvIZJe

😍Retro Games The 'Internet Archive' just released their #HandheldHistory Collection. It's chock-full of your fav pocket LCD games from the 80's & 90's. 🚀@PerspectiveIX