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Q2 Digital Statshot 2019: TikTok peaks, Snapchat grows, and we can’t stop talking

Apr24
by on April 24, 2019 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


It’s only been three months since I published our first round of Digital 2019 reports here on TNW, but our new Q2 Global Digital Statshot – produced in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – shows that the connected world has already changed considerably during that time. You’ll find all the latest charts in the SlideShare embed below, but read on for my analysis of all the key trends. Highlights this quarter include some surprise numbers for Instagram and Snapchat, a new entry in our ranking of the world’s top social media platforms, and a closer look at what’s really…

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Q2 Digital Statshot 2019: TikTok peaks, Snapchat grows, and we can’t stop talking

Apr24
by on April 24, 2019 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


It’s only been three months since I published our first round of Digital 2019 reports here on TNW, but our new Q2 Global Digital Statshot – produced in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – shows that the connected world has already changed considerably during that time. You’ll find all the latest charts in the SlideShare embed below, but read on for my analysis of all the key trends. Highlights this quarter include some surprise numbers for Instagram and Snapchat, a new entry in our ranking of the world’s top social media platforms, and a closer look at what’s really…

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Or just read more coverage about: Snapchat

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This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

Apr24
by on April 24, 2019 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, augmented reality, virtual reality


I’m sitting at my laptop. The year is 2019, but the website I’m visiting feels oddly out of this time. It could’ve been built in the early days of the internet – or in a dystopian future where humans are desperately trying to resuscitate our once-thriving digital culture. The design is minimalistic – mostly black and white, with every shade of grey in between. Whenever I move my cursor, the site responds with a menacing synthetic sound, resembling the tonality of a broken theremin from the early 1900s. “Who built this thing?,” I ask myself, as I seek clues about…

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This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real products

Apr24
by on April 24, 2019 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, augmented reality, virtual reality


I’m sitting at my laptop. The year is 2019, but the website I’m visiting feels oddly out of this time. It could’ve been built in the early days of the internet – or in a dystopian future where humans are desperately trying to resuscitate our once-thriving digital culture. The design is minimalistic – mostly black and white, with every shade of grey in between. Whenever I move my cursor, the site responds with a menacing synthetic sound, resembling the tonality of a broken theremin from the early 1900s. “Who built this thing?,” I ask myself, as I seek clues about…

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JD.com says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for business

Apr24
by on April 24, 2019 at 1:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


China’s popular online retailer JD.com says sales of free-range chickens have doubled in the past two years, and blockchain technology has played a key role. Its initiative for putting chickens on the blockchain, called “Running Chicken,” sees professional breeders hired by JD.com to tend to chickens. Local farmers are also offered part-time jobs growing vegetables, fruit, and grain, as well as interest-free loans to spur growth. JD.com has tracked free-range chickens using distributed ledger technology (DLT) since early 2018. This allowed customers to scan labels with smartphones to access detailed supply chain information, including diet, rearing process, and origin. The system is designed…

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