Welcome to FWD, coming to you in a week that bought us the #dollypartonchallenge
- Google has updated their algorithm again, and have also been active in the acquisition space, buying a start that helps bricks and mortar retailers make the most of online
- Tinder to add a panic button
- Instagram is adding a new way to find and share stories that mention you?
- A new social network wants you to interact with others IRL
- Remember Vine? It’s back as Byte
- What you need to know about shopping on Pinterest
- How retailers are using Tik Tok to attract younger customers and how brands might want to get involved
- Google’s Wing is quietly winning in the drone delivery game
- The state of mobile 2020 from:
- Google’s new Dataset search tool is here!
- Google celebrates Black History Month surfacing most searched for icons and pioneers in the US
- Pokémon Go events are still a ‘thing’ and Niantic drive $249 million in tourism spend with them last year
- A cheeky tribute to the Fyre Festival organiser who’d ‘do anything for Evian’
- Shopify, the biggest power in ecommerce that consumers have never heard of
- ‘Podfasters’ are people who listen to their favourite podcasts at 1.5x, even 2x speed
- Tik Tok/Byte Dance is just the start, a profile of AI in China
- Technology is anthropology