Earlier this summer, the Information reported that Facebook is planning to add the words “from Facebook” to WhatsApp and Instagram‘s branding. From the perspective of a digital strategist, this may be a branding disaster.

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It’s becoming increasingly obvious to some of the bigger brands out there, that traditional TV advertising is no longer as effective as it used to be. The fact that more and more consumers are choosing to cut the cord and move to streaming services is partly to blame for this slump - and no one who uses streaming services want adverts on their platform; afterall, it’s part of the reason that they switched.

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The collapse of Thomas Cook has plunged governments across Europe and Africa into crisis-planning mode as they help with the repatriation of more than 500,000 stranded tourists and begin to count the cost of the holiday company’s demise on already-battered economies. About 50,000 holidaymakers are stranded in Greece, 21,000 in Turkey, 15,000 in Cyprus and 4,500 in Tunisia. Thousands of tourists are also stuck in the US and dozens of other countries. Most of the tourists are from the UK with an estimated 150,000 people, followed by Germany with about 140,000 holidaymakers.

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Yahoo is the pioneering web portal and search engine that helps hundreds of millions of users around the world find the information they need online. But it isn’t exactly a popular company these days. While it’s been down for a long time, it’s not out of the game yet. They have a new logo that practically screams out “we still exist!”.

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The Odeon Cinema, one of the few remaining Art Deco-style buildings in Kuala Lumpur, will soon make way for a multi-storey retail and service apartment project. Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has approved in principle for the project to go ahead and that the development order is in the process of being issued. However, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan said a portion of the building’s facade would be integrated into the development.

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What happens when the AI tells you to wear Prada?

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In an effort to beat traffic congestion and commuter fatigue, Shanghai has deployed its first bus routes guided by Alibaba’s artificial intelligence technology. Commuters can buy a bus ticket via Alipay, the mobile payments service run by Ant Financial, and then AI algorithms produced by Alibaba crunch the data and generate the number of buses needed and optimal route for the No. 9 service between Songjiang district and Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park.

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Ok, we’re not necessarily talking about a robot sat next to you in your cubicle, but more of a helping hand when you’re next struggling with you Word, Excel or (shudder) PowerPoint. There’s a possibility that intelligent algorithms could be helping you along with your work. How would you feel about that?

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Cops in the US could soon harness their inner-superhero as they consider including a new non-lethal, part-Batman, part-Spiderman weapon to their arsenal.

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What started as a joke might turn into a full-blown rave event at Nevada’s Area 51. From a marketing perspective, it’s the best kind of opportunity brands could never ask for. Beverages, fast food joints, and big brands have hopped on the extraterrestrial bandwagon to cater to (apparently) thousands of people who might show up to protest… or storm the gates… or party, or something to that effect this weekend.

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