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MG OMD FWD 16TH JUNE

Hello and welcome to another weekly dose of FWD, working from home edition 14 and counting!

WhatsApp launches a digital payments service
Snap launches plan to take on Google and Apple
Facebook’s purchase of Giphy to be investigated
Apple facing two anti-competition probes of their own
Twitter is working to bring back verificatio n

1 in 4 of all digital ad complaints are directed to influencer posts
Are we now using Instagram as our preferred social news source?
Search trends infographic that covers COVID-19 anyone?
Disney+ is already in 4,3million UK homes

Amazon find a practical use for AR in social distancing
Check out the new features on Instagram to celebrate Pride
The PlayStation 5 – officially detailed

Facebook shares results of its first detection research into Deep Fakes
Collapsing the purchase funnel (and shoppable AR)
How the Australian Government is attempting to get Facebook to pay news publishers (and failing)

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Rethinking Needs Part One: The mid-to-long-term impact of COVID-19 lockdown

Within the space of three months, COVID-19 has undeniably changed the world, with unprecedented global disruption to markets, economies and personal freedoms. James Rawlings and Matthew Philip highlight six emerging trends and behaviours that they believe have the most potential to endure over the course of the next 6-18 months.