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📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ According to a January 2018 survey by Fluent LLC, many US internet users (55%) own some form of smart-home technology. The most common device is a smart TV (38%), followed by lighting (17%), thermostats (16%) and security systems (14%). Kitchen appliances had the lowest level of ownership (7%) among those mentioned. (Source: eMarketer) INSIGHT 🎬 The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS OTHER NEWS 👨‍⚖️#Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po 🇪🇺 EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800 🤖#AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786 🇨🇳 Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799 🚫 Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt — "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll Have a great day! Ben, @iXNews

📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ UK travel advertisers anticipate spending 42% of their paid social budget on Facebook in 2018. Meanwhile, 53% of UK respondents cited the performance of social compared to other forms of advertising as their greatest challenge this year (Source: Marin) INSIGHT 👀 How to hear (and delete) every conversation your Amazon Alexa has recorded: prs.pctvix.co/2L1vJgk OTHER NEWS 🎭 London launches world’s first contactless payment scheme for street performers: t.me/iXNews/26152 🚔#YouTube deletes 30 music videos after Met link with gang violence: prs.pctvix.co/2L47QEV 💸#Facebook and #Google racked up $8.8 billion in lawsuits from one day of #GDPR: t.me/iXNews/26078 👂#Snapchat launches its first Lens that reacts to sound: prs.pctvix.co/2L64Ac7 🔞 WhatsApp has now blocked millions of UK users from accessing the chat app: prs.pctvix.co/2L1Yn0K 🚥 Post-Facebook, publishers are seeing an increase in direct traffic: prs.pctvix.co/2L1YvgK — "A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." ―William Shakespeare Ben, @iXNews

📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ 9% of leading companies agree that they can attribute value to dark social compared to just 21% of mainstream companies (Source: eMarketer) INSIGHT 🇪🇺#GDPR, Europe’s new privacy law, is officially here: t.me/iXNews/26061 OTHER NEWS 👻#Snapchat launches less creepy Send and Request Location features: t.me/iXNews/26052 📱#Apple wins $539 million from #Samsung in latest patent trial verdict: t.me/iXNews/26054 💼 Twitter unveils new political ad guidelines set to go into effect this summer: t.me/iXNews/26038 🇺🇸#Facebook and #Instagram launch US political ad labelling and archive: t.me/iXNews/26024 💻#Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey doesn't own a laptop: prs.pctvix.co/2GO72Bp 💛 Snapchat’s ‘Yellow’ is a $1.5 million accelerator program for mobile content creators: prs.pctvix.co/2GO64VH — Got feedback about our channels? Please share it with @iXContactBot🙂 Ben, @iXNews

📰#iXDailyBrief STAT ⚡️ In 2017, a total of 10,932 complaints were made about 9,951 online ads, while 9,466 complaints were made about 4,666 TV ads, resulting in 7,099 ads either being amended or withdrawn – 47% more than in 2016 ASA: prs.pctvix.co/2rvIisN INSIGHT 🔐 What #GDPR means for brands, publishers and users (Infographic): prs.pctvix.co/2rtj7qQ OTHER NEWS 🔍 The 10 biggest announcements from Google I/O 2018: prs.pctvix.co/2IncAHQ 👥#Facebook is shuffling its executive team: prs.pctvix.co/2rqk43d ⏪#Facebook Adds New Tools to #FacebookLive, Including Live Rewind: ⛓ Facebook is creating a mysterious #blockchain division: t.me/iXNews/24982 📫#Instagram adds new business tools, including improved inbox management options: prs.pctvix.co/2rxcZhh 👻#Snapchat hosts first Creators Summit after years of neglect: t.me/iXNews/25001 — Have a fantastic day! Ben, @iXNews