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1. Instagram reaches 1 billion monthly users

2. YouTube introduces channel memberships, merchandise and premieres

3. Facebook expands fact-checking program adopts new technology for fighting fake news

4. Amazon launches an Alexa system for hotels

5. Apple slapped with $6.6M fine in Australia over bricked devices

6. Football matches land in your table thanks to augmented reality

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1. For the World Cup, live-streamed online video is threatening to score the equalizer on traditional TV

2. US podcast ad revenues hit record $314 million in 2017

3. Twitter wants to inject live events into every area of the app

4. Instagram plans June 20th launch event for long-form video hub

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1. Apple Podcasts now hosts more than 550,000 active shows - WE ARE ONE!

2. Facebook cuts downs annoying “now connected on Messenger” alerts. - THANK GOD

3. Apple introduces the AI phone

4. Google’s new ‘AI principles'

5. How Instagram’s algorithm works

6. Facebook gets rights to World Surf League.

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On this episode, Dan, Ryan AND Nick talk about...

1. iOS App store has seen over 170B downloads, over $130B in revenue since July 2010.

2. ‘People who suck at media use the duopoly as an excuse’ - Digiday

3. Facebook didn’t see Cambridge Analytica breach coming because it was focused ‘on the old threat’

4. Lufthansa Branding - What makes a good rebrand?

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Nick and Ryan chat about:

1. Instagram now lets you mute accounts

2. Netflix wants to have total ownership over its original programming

3. Facebook stories reveal 150M daily viewers and here come ads

4. Is Digital payment the future of fundraising for charity organisations?

5. Patron is seeing more than 6,000 sessions a month for its Alexa skill!

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1. Facebook’s issue ads policy adds a barrier to brands jumping on social movement

2. Twitter latest effort to curb trolling and abuse on the site takes some of the burdens off users and places it on the company’s algorithms.

3. Instagram is jumping into the time well-spent movement, following the unveiling ofGoogle’s new time management controls last week.

4. Amazon is looking to open more of its cashier-less Go stores across the USA.

5. Advertisers are more concerned that they are wasting money on Facebook.

6. Google AI NOOOO. https://www.axios.com/google-ai-demo-questions-9a57afad-9854-41da-b6e2-5e55b619283e.html

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We missed uploading last week!

Today, Dan and Ryan talk about:

1. Google just gave a stunning demo of Assistant making an actual phone call https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17332070/google-assistant-makes-phone-call-demo-duplex-io-2018

2. Sources say Adidas has paused its video ads on Facebook https://digiday.com/marketing/sources-say-adidas-paused-ads-facebook-reviews-efficacy/

3. Instagram adds Emoji slider stickers to spice up polls https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/10/instagram-emoji-poll-stickers

Plus,

Google's 'Wellbeing' site: https://wellbeing.google/

You Tube: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/11/youtube-rolls-out-new-tools-to-help-you-stop-watching/

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- Instagram quietly launches payments for commerce

- Facebook announces dating feature for meeting non-friends

-You should change your Twitter password right now

- Cambridge Analytica shuts down

- Snap's Q1 $$$

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Podcast Topics

1. Twitter beats expectations with $665M in revenue amid its turnaround hopes.

2. NBA Virtual Reality - Is this the future of sports spectating?

3. The Kanye West guide to social media.

4. Spotify bolsters free service in defence against Apple Music.

5. iOS vs Android.

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1. Walmart to launch a more personalized, redesigned website in May

• What makes a good website?

• Favourite website layouts/designs?

• Least favourite?

2. Sports teams and leagues chase online ad budgets

“While clubs like Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain tout their follower counts, behind closed doors, their commercial bosses accept there’s little value in those numbers alone.”

• Why is engagement more important than the number of followers?

• How do you increase engagement?

3. WTF is the CONSENT Act?

• “In a word: consent. Publishers, platforms, brands and anyone else collecting people’s information online would need to obtain a person’s explicit consent before they can use, share or sell certain information about that person.”

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