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โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ“ฑ Facebook vs. Snapchat
Which one is the most popular among Millennials?

โ—๏ธ Social Media Savvy #Millennials: the top 20% of all Millennial #SocialMedia and communications users (in the U.S., ages 18-35), based on the amount of time they spend per month with social media and communication brands.

Stickiness is how Verto measures user engagement with a particular digital property, by comparing daily users to monthly users. Our analysis of the stickiest social media and communications brands among Social Media Savvy Millennials shows which social media platforms this subset of Millennials use on a regular (even daily) basis. Among Social Media Savvy Millennials, the stickiest social media platforms are still dominated by Facebook-owned properties: Facebook (90% stickiness rating) and Facebook Messenger (61% stickiness rating). And while Snapchat earns a 60% stickiness rating, its user numbers still lag well behind those of Instagram (55% stickiness rating).

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๐ŸŽง Do you remember Sony Walkman?

On this day (1 July) in 1979: #Sony Walkman was released!

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โ“ Remember it?
๐Ÿ˜ Yes! Of course!
๐Ÿ˜ณ No! What the hell is this?
๐Ÿ“ฐ #iXDailyBrief

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โšก๏ธ Initial market reception of the IGTV release is optimistic - Instagram is expected to earn $5.48 billion in U.S. ad revenue in 2018 and Facebookโ€™s share price was up over 2.2% Thursday to nearly $202. (Source: eMarketer)

INSIGHT
๐Ÿค– 156 slides on the state of #AI and recent progress: prs.pctvix.co/2NiMvJQ

OTHER NEWS
๐Ÿ™„ #WhatsApp copies #Telegram to add one-way โ€˜broadcastโ€™ mode to group chats: t.me/iXNews/28581

โ‰๏ธ #Instagram may let you ask questions in Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2tLizgX

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ #Facebook hires Spiegel exec (and sometimes critic) to strengthen relations with publishers in Europe: prs.pctvix.co/2NjYpTo

๐Ÿ“บ #YouTubeโ€™s picture-in-picture mode is live for all U.S. Android users: t.me/iXNews/28560

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EXTRA

๐Ÿ“— #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC

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โ€œYou're never too important to be kind to other people.โ€ โ€• Tim Fargo

Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
๐Ÿฆ„ Unicorn are no longer extraordinary
There are over 200 startups valued at or above $1 billion in Silicon Valley

And Bird is the fastest ever to reach a $1 billion valuation.

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๐Ÿ“ฑ 45 Years of the Cell Phone

The first cell phone was created in 1973. It took 10 years before the first cell phone was sold for $3,995.

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STAT
โšก๏ธ 72 percent of respondents to a recent Pew Research survey believe social media companies actively censor political views that disagree with their own. (Source: Pew Research Center)

INSIGHT
๐Ÿ’ผ Learn to Become - Find Your Career: prs.pctvix.co/2tQ63x3

OTHER NEWS
๐Ÿคฌ Some #Samsung users say their phones randomly sent photos to contacts: t.me/iXNews/28698

๐Ÿค– A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk to spread the word: t.me/iXNews/28703

โœ‹๏ธ #Instagramโ€™s Do Not Disturb and โ€œCaught Upโ€ deter overgramming: t.me/iXNews/28654

๐Ÿ‘Š Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to โ€˜low usageโ€™: t.me/iXNews/28690

๐Ÿคซ Federal investigators want to know if #Facebook lied about #CambridgeAnalytica: t.me/iXNews/28688

๐ŸŽง #Spotify is testing a data-friendly โ€˜Liteโ€™ app for Android: t.me/iXNews/28651

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EXTRA

๐Ÿ“— #Instagram Creators Handbook - #IGTV (PDF): prs.pctvix.co/2MGEehC

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โ“ What do you like about our channel? What don't you like? What do you want us to share? Join the discussion group: t.me/joinchat/ACtN6EJ2YNbLsZyziZzNEA

Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
๐Ÿ“ฑ Top Apps by All-Time Worldwide Downloads

๐Ÿ”ต 1. Facebook
๐Ÿ”ต 2. Facebook Messenger
๐Ÿ”ด 3. YouTube
๐Ÿ”ต 4. Instagram
๐Ÿ”ต 5. WhatsApp

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๐Ÿ˜ฑ The Saviour!

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Engineering student, Philip Frenzel, has created a case that senses when your phone is in free fall and...
#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!

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๐Ÿ˜ I Want one!
๐Ÿ˜’ Nah; BS!
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STAT
โšก๏ธ VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters. (Source: Global Web Index)

INSIGHT
โœ‹๏ธ โ€˜Addictiveโ€™ #Facebook may harm children, claim insiders: prs.pctvix.co/2Nr5ulh

OTHER NEWS
๐ŸŽ† 500 #Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force base for Fourth of July: t.me/iXNews/28758

๐ŸŽพ #Snapchatโ€™s new lens lets you play tennis against Serena Williams:
prs.pctvix.co/2NosmSo

๐Ÿค– DeepMindโ€™s #AI agents exceed โ€˜human-levelโ€™ gameplay in Quake III: t.me/iXNews/28766

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright: t.me/iXNews/28764

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ #Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your #Gmail: t.me/iXNews/28760

๐Ÿ’ต #Netflix tests 'Ultra' tier that could add a higher price option: prs.pctvix.co/2tWDZYE

โ€”
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." โ€” Satchel Paige

Have a great week!
Ben, @iXNews
โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‘€ VPN Users: A Profile

#VPN users are more likely to be young, male, and educated to university level. All of these demographic distinctions fit the profile of early adopters.

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โ“ Do you use a VPN at least once a week?
๐Ÿ‘ Yes
๐Ÿ‘Ž No
โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ“œ Below the Surface

The city of Amsterdam has been building a tunnel under the city for a new underground metro line over the past decade. Drilling through an old river bed, they found hundreds of interesting things, from 90s Alcatel phone to human bones! Every single piece of them has been documented on this website: prs.pctvix.co/2tWdwdR

Definitely worth taking a look.

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STAT
โšก๏ธ 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
๐ŸŽฌ The Guardian finds less polished video works better on #Instagram Stories: prs.pctvix.co/2u5ZmpS

OTHER NEWS
๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš–๏ธ #Facebook Called Itself a 'Publisher' in Court After Repeatedly Rejecting the Label in Public: prs.pctvix.co/2z8a5po

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ EU sends controversial internet copyright reforms back to the drawing board: t.me/iXNews/28800

๐Ÿค– #AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in #GDPR research project: t.me/iXNews/28786

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Huawei slams FCC proposal to bar funds for Chinese telecom gear: t.me/iXNews/28799

๐Ÿšซ Avengers' Thanos sparks biggest ban in Reddit history: prs.pctvix.co/2u6yNkt

โ€”
"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." โ€” Charles R. Swindoll

Have a great day!
Ben, @iXNews
โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ“บ Netflix Is Americans' Platform of Choice for TV Content

Having long surpassed the largest pay-TV providers in the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ in terms of subscribers, #Netflix is now the most popular source of TV content among U.S. consumers. According to a recent survey conducted by the research arm of investment banking firm Cowen & Co., 27% of Americans prefer Netflix over any other platform, including basic cable and broadcast TV.

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๐Ÿ“– via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2tZx7d2
โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ“š It's Amazon's Birthday!

On this day (5 July) in 1994, #Amazon was founded in Bellevue, Washington. It went public three years later and raised $54 million.
#History

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โšก๏ธ A survey conducted among more than 40,000 people shows #SocialMedia use โ€“ defined as those who visit online social networking sites โ€“ is highest in Jordan (75%) and Lebanon (72%), the only to surpass 70% adoption. The next-highest rates of social media adoption are in the US, Australia, and South Korea, each at 69%. These are the surveyed countries:
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช
(Source: Pew Research Center)


INSIGHT
๐Ÿ’ฐ How to Get Rich (without getting lucky) - A Twitter thread by Naval Ravikant: prs.pctvix.co/2u9HBWD

OTHER NEWS
๐Ÿ’ณ Crypto visa card company Monaco just spent millions to buy Crypto-dot-com: t.me/iXNews/28847

๐Ÿ“‰ #Samsungโ€™s record profit run ends after reportedly slow Galaxy S9 sales: t.me/iXNews/28846

๐Ÿฆ Twitterific loses push notifications and live-updated tweets ahead of #Twitterโ€™s third-party API purge: t.me/iXNews/28842

โšฝ๏ธ #Facebook acquires ยฃ200m Premier League broadcast rights for south-east Asia: prs.pctvix.co/2tWNOWA

๐Ÿคณ Facebook patents hint at 'skin smoothing' and karaoke features for live video: prs.pctvix.co/2tUMxiT

โ€”
"Whether You Think You Can Or Think You Canโ€™t, Youโ€™re Right." โ€” Henry Ford

Enjoy the weekend!
Ben, @iXNews
โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ‘ฅ Social Media Savvy Millennials
Activity based on social media & communications brand and screen type

On #Smartphone โ†’ #Instagram, #FacebookMessenger, #Facebook, #Snapchat, and #Twitter are the most popular services.
๐Ÿ•™ Peak hours at 4:00, 16:00, 20:00, and 22:00.


On #Tablet โ†’ #Tumblr, #Gmail, #LIVEJOURNAL, #Discord - Chat for Games, Snapchat, and Facebook are the most popular services.
๐Ÿ•˜ Peak hours at 13:00, 15:00, and 21:00.


On #PC โ†’ Tumblr, Gmail, Facebook, Discord - Chat for Games, and Twitter are the most popular services.
๐Ÿ•˜ Peak hours at 4:00, 8:00, 15:00, and 21:00.

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๐Ÿ“– via VertoAnalytics: prs.pctvix.co/2u8i0gU
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๐Ÿ• Straight out of Black Mirror

Boston Dynamics shows off a new feature on its dog-like robot, SpotMini, which is now able to open up doors & let its buddies out.
#Robot

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โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ† Watch-out doggo, Cheetah's coming!

Just after our last post about Boston Dynamics' dog-like #robot, SpotMini, MIT unveiled the newest version of its robotic cheetah, which can jump almost 3 feet in the air and climb stairs littered with obstacles!

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โ€‹โ€‹๐Ÿ“ฑ Apple Regains the Global Best Selling Smartphone Spot
With the iPhone 8

According to Counterpointโ€™s Market Pulse, #Apple regained the top spot in the global best selling #smartphone list with the #iPhone 8. Seems like strong promotions (โ€œHow to shoot on iPhoneโ€) running up to the FIFA World Cup helped the tech giant trigger buyer interest in Europe and other markets. iPhone 8 sales were steady in the US postpaid channels.

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๐Ÿ“– via CounterPoint: prs.pctvix.co/2zgwMrv
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โšก๏ธ Super Processors!

#Graphene could soon make your computer 1000 times faster while using only 1% the energy.

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โ€‹โ€‹Dear iX Friends,

We are super excited to let you know that Martin Bryant, former Editor-in-Chief of international technology publication The Next Web, has accepted our offer and will be joining @PerspectiveIX as a contributor. We are convinced that he will add another layer of success to our quality efforts.

Martin is a world-renowned consultant, speaker, writer, and educator in the fields of technology and media. In addition to his time at The Next Web as the Editor-in-Chief, he has been the Community Editor at Tech North and has interviewed top technology executives onstage at some of the worldโ€™s biggest technology conferences like the Web Summit, SXSW, and LeWeb. He also often appears on TV and radio and gives insight into technology news stories on the likes of BBC Breakfast, Sky News, You & Yours, and Good Morning Wales.

We are thrilled to have Martin with us. We've planned to learn a lot from him; hope you do too.

You can learn more about Martin on his website (martinbryant.net) and Twitter (twitter.com/martinsfp).

Ben,
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