🎧 Spotify and the future of… news?
I was impressed this morning when I went to Twitter’s search tab in its mobile app and scrolled through the recommended tweets. If you’ve never done this, it’s a great way of finding things you’ll probably be interested in that don’t make it into your main feed. Today, Twitter recommended a bunch of tweets about some new Aphex Twin activity in London.
Twitter knows I follow Aphex Twin, and knew there was a flurry of tweets about him from outside my network, so it showed them to me. And I was very glad it did.
Algorithms are getting better than ever at giving us what we’ll definitely like. Critics of this approach rightly point out that it isn’t always positive, as people aren’t exposed to new and different viewpoints. But maybe there’s hope on that front if we look at Spotify.
When it comes to music, I’ve pretty much entirely deferred my discovery of new artists and songs to Spotify. Its Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists have introduced me to more new music than any radio station or the music press over the past few years.
The music it recommends doesn’t always sound like things I already like. I’ve had my listening expanded to weird, experimental hip-hop; krautrock from the 70s I’d never have listened to without a nudge; Indian music that’s somewhere between electronica and a mantra, and also some of what have turned out to be my favourite artists of the past few years.
Good quality recommendation tech is now learning how to expand your world view, a little at a time, and Spotify is leading the way. Maybe there’s something news apps can learn from its approach, to help make us better informed by nudging our filter bubbles ever larger.
Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2vhDqIZ
Martin Bryant,
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
I was impressed this morning when I went to Twitter’s search tab in its mobile app and scrolled through the recommended tweets. If you’ve never done this, it’s a great way of finding things you’ll probably be interested in that don’t make it into your main feed. Today, Twitter recommended a bunch of tweets about some new Aphex Twin activity in London.
Twitter knows I follow Aphex Twin, and knew there was a flurry of tweets about him from outside my network, so it showed them to me. And I was very glad it did.
Algorithms are getting better than ever at giving us what we’ll definitely like. Critics of this approach rightly point out that it isn’t always positive, as people aren’t exposed to new and different viewpoints. But maybe there’s hope on that front if we look at Spotify.
When it comes to music, I’ve pretty much entirely deferred my discovery of new artists and songs to Spotify. Its Discover Weekly and Release Radar playlists have introduced me to more new music than any radio station or the music press over the past few years.
The music it recommends doesn’t always sound like things I already like. I’ve had my listening expanded to weird, experimental hip-hop; krautrock from the 70s I’d never have listened to without a nudge; Indian music that’s somewhere between electronica and a mantra, and also some of what have turned out to be my favourite artists of the past few years.
Good quality recommendation tech is now learning how to expand your world view, a little at a time, and Spotify is leading the way. Maybe there’s something news apps can learn from its approach, to help make us better informed by nudging our filter bubbles ever larger.
Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2vhDqIZ
Martin Bryant,
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
🔥 A hot take on hot takes
Over the weekend I read an article about the effect on our brains of making everything on Twitter a lightning-fast joke. Instead of taking time to understand something, we race to react and then move on.
This ‘quick judgment’ and move on attitude is everywhere now. When evidence of underpowered MacBook Pros emerged recently, people raced to give their hot take on what they believed was happening, without waiting for Apple’s explanation. Apple fixed the problem days later via a software update, but only after people had rushed to accuse them of deliberately under-powering Macs, or having abandoned the pro market entirely via a mistake that supposedly showed they didn’t care.
Meanwhile, images purporting to show the Google Pixel 3XL smartphone appeared yesterday. Judging by the reaction from some quarters, the fact it had a large notch was enough to doom it entirely. Never mind we haven’t seen how Google might be using that notch or what it might do with the screen space either side…
These are largely inconsequential examples maybe, but I’d argue they apply to how many people process big stories like Brexit, too. 'There was a referendum, let’s just get on with it,’ they say, while failing to engage with anything that indicates that maybe things won’t be too rosy after the UK leaves the EU. There’s just too much news these days for people to take it all in.
Being constantly bombarded with new information forces us to process it only lightly, applying and sharing a quick opinion based on our prejudices and past experiences. After all, there’ll be another news story to think about in a minute.
And if we don’t think about what’s happening around us in depth, then it’s easy to miss truly important trends happening just below the surface. And it’s frightening to think who might take advantage of that… and who already has.
Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2uYzzRJ
Martin Bryant,
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
Over the weekend I read an article about the effect on our brains of making everything on Twitter a lightning-fast joke. Instead of taking time to understand something, we race to react and then move on.
This ‘quick judgment’ and move on attitude is everywhere now. When evidence of underpowered MacBook Pros emerged recently, people raced to give their hot take on what they believed was happening, without waiting for Apple’s explanation. Apple fixed the problem days later via a software update, but only after people had rushed to accuse them of deliberately under-powering Macs, or having abandoned the pro market entirely via a mistake that supposedly showed they didn’t care.
Meanwhile, images purporting to show the Google Pixel 3XL smartphone appeared yesterday. Judging by the reaction from some quarters, the fact it had a large notch was enough to doom it entirely. Never mind we haven’t seen how Google might be using that notch or what it might do with the screen space either side…
These are largely inconsequential examples maybe, but I’d argue they apply to how many people process big stories like Brexit, too. 'There was a referendum, let’s just get on with it,’ they say, while failing to engage with anything that indicates that maybe things won’t be too rosy after the UK leaves the EU. There’s just too much news these days for people to take it all in.
Being constantly bombarded with new information forces us to process it only lightly, applying and sharing a quick opinion based on our prejudices and past experiences. After all, there’ll be another news story to think about in a minute.
And if we don’t think about what’s happening around us in depth, then it’s easy to miss truly important trends happening just below the surface. And it’s frightening to think who might take advantage of that… and who already has.
Read more in today's Big Revolution: prs.pctvix.co/2uYzzRJ
Martin Bryant,
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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👾 Game Boy's Birthday
Game Boy was first released on the 100th anniversary of #Nintendo in 🇯🇵 on April 21, 1989, in 🇺🇸 on July 31, 1989 & in 🇪🇺 on September 28, 1990.
#History
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Game Boy was first released on the 100th anniversary of #Nintendo in 🇯🇵 on April 21, 1989, in 🇺🇸 on July 31, 1989 & in 🇪🇺 on September 28, 1990.
#History
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🍎 Apple's Road to $1 Trillion
Despite the news that #Apple lost its second place in the smartphone market to #Huawei in the past quarter, the #iPhone maker is closer than ever to becoming the first trillion dollar company. Following the release of better-than-expected results on Tuesday, the company’s share price climbed almost 6 percent on Wednesday, bringing its market capitalization to $990 billion.
As our chart illustrates, Apple reaching a market cap of $1 trillion would have been unthinkable a decade ago. Back in 2008, the company had just released the iPhone, the iPad was still confined to its secretive labs and the financial crisis had brought Apple’s market value down to $76 billion. 10 years and 1.4 billion sold iPhones later, the company founded in a garage in Los Altos, California in 1976 could make history once again.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
Do you own any Apple product?
Despite the news that #Apple lost its second place in the smartphone market to #Huawei in the past quarter, the #iPhone maker is closer than ever to becoming the first trillion dollar company. Following the release of better-than-expected results on Tuesday, the company’s share price climbed almost 6 percent on Wednesday, bringing its market capitalization to $990 billion.
As our chart illustrates, Apple reaching a market cap of $1 trillion would have been unthinkable a decade ago. Back in 2008, the company had just released the iPhone, the iPad was still confined to its secretive labs and the financial crisis had brought Apple’s market value down to $76 billion. 10 years and 1.4 billion sold iPhones later, the company founded in a garage in Los Altos, California in 1976 could make history once again.
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Do you own any Apple product?
🗣 Top Genres of Podcasts Among Avid Fans
More than 61% of American households have a fan of #podcasts in the music genre.
- 37 million of these households identify as avid fans;
- 24 million consider themselves casual fans.
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❓ Do you listen to podcasts?
More than 61% of American households have a fan of #podcasts in the music genre.
- 37 million of these households identify as avid fans;
- 24 million consider themselves casual fans.
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❓ Do you listen to podcasts?
📰 #iXDailyBrief is back!
STAT
⚡️ VR-related Google search volumes were 44% lower in December 2017 than they were in December 2016. In contrast, interest in AR appears to be on the up as AR users in the US will reach 51.2 million this year - up 36% on 2017. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
👨🏫 The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley: prs.pctvix.co/2LVCGnW
OTHER NEWS
🌎 #GoogleMaps now depicts the Earth as a globe: https://t.me/iXNews/30868
🤷♂️ iPhone supplier TSMC shut down factories after virus attack: t.me/iXNews/30855
📺 All the key news on Apple’s upcoming streaming TV platform: t.me/iXNews/30853
📈 Boston-Area Startups Are On Pace To Overtake NYC Venture Totals: prs.pctvix.co/2OixAiv
EXTRA: Alex Jones & InfoWars
🍏 Apple removes Alex Jones podcasts from iTunes for hate speech: t.me/iXNews/30881
❌ Facebook removes Alex Jones pages, citing repeated hate speech violations: t.me/iXNews/30879
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⚡️ VR-related Google search volumes were 44% lower in December 2017 than they were in December 2016. In contrast, interest in AR appears to be on the up as AR users in the US will reach 51.2 million this year - up 36% on 2017. (Source: Econsultancy)
INSIGHT
👨🏫 The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley: prs.pctvix.co/2LVCGnW
OTHER NEWS
🌎 #GoogleMaps now depicts the Earth as a globe: https://t.me/iXNews/30868
🤷♂️ iPhone supplier TSMC shut down factories after virus attack: t.me/iXNews/30855
📺 All the key news on Apple’s upcoming streaming TV platform: t.me/iXNews/30853
📈 Boston-Area Startups Are On Pace To Overtake NYC Venture Totals: prs.pctvix.co/2OixAiv
EXTRA: Alex Jones & InfoWars
🍏 Apple removes Alex Jones podcasts from iTunes for hate speech: t.me/iXNews/30881
❌ Facebook removes Alex Jones pages, citing repeated hate speech violations: t.me/iXNews/30879
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Have a great week ahead!
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😍 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.
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The 'Internet Archive' just released their #HandheldHistory Collection. It's chock-full of your fav pocket LCD games from the 80's & 90's.
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🇬🇧 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.
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📖 via Statista: prs.pctvix.co/2KvIZJe
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
📰 #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)
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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)
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👻 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.
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📖 via Recode: prs.pctvix.co/2Mqa5mZ
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
⚡️ 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
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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
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🎧 Social Media & Music
9 out of 10 #SocialMedia users do a #Music-related activity on their social media apps.
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📖 via Billboard: prs.pctvix.co/2nn4t1G
9 out of 10 #SocialMedia users do a #Music-related activity on their social media apps.
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
📖 via Billboard: prs.pctvix.co/2nn4t1G
🇬🇧 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
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
📰 #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
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"If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting." ― Jeff Bezos
Ben, @iXNews
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
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
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"If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting." ― Jeff Bezos
Ben, @iXNews
🚀 @PerspectiveIX
😳 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...
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55-inch 4K TV for ¥388 (≈ $57) on Chinese online store Pinduoduo! That logo though...
🚀 @PerspectiveIX