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