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Snap Inc. As An AR Company

Zach Fuller

17 Mar 2017

augmented reality

Whilst those uneasy by the company's IPO may feel vindicated by the stock’s falling price, it may not be wise to completely write-off Snap Inc. just yet. Snap Inc. is ‘a camera company’. If we momentarily...

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Facebook’s ‘Disputed News’ Shows Intent But Does Not Solve The Fake News Problem

Karol Severin

7 Mar 2017

Last week Facebook started to roll out a feature which allows users to flag content as ‘disputed’, in a bid to mitigate the circulation of fake news on the site. Stories flagged by users will then...

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Snapchat Imitations Are a Red Herring - Tencent Is Who Facebook Truly Want to Emulate

Zach Fuller

2 Mar 2017

Snapchat has gone public, yet investors are still cagey on the company's IPO in response to Facebook’s regular copying of the ephemeral image-based app. Such is the extent of this that in response to...

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Quick Take: Tilt’s Acquisition By Airbnb Is A Major Coup For Social Commerce

Zach Fuller

23 Feb 2017

As ad-supported online content becomes the arena for the rise of fake news (and privately turns into a duopoly market between Facebook and Google), social commerce is shaping up to be one of the next big...

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Change Is Afoot In Music Video

Mark Mulligan

9 Feb 2017

facebook music strategy

Music video’s two power players are both in the news for strategic resets. On the one hand YouTube has announced that it is mergingits YouTube Music and Google Play Music team s while on the other hand...

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YouTube Unleashes The Power Of Live Streaming

Tim Mulligan

8 Feb 2017

Yesterday YouTube announced that it was opening up live streaming to its creator community who have a following of 1,000 or more on the YouTube platform. The new service called “Super Chat” allows...

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Why Facebook Is Getting Serious About Native Video Content Creators

Tim Mulligan

3 Feb 2017

On Wednesday’s fourth quarter earning’s call , Facebook’s CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg made a point of emphasizing the centrality of video to the future growth of the company and specifically...

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Why Snapchat’s IPO Invites Scepticism

Karol Severin

3 Feb 2017

Instagram stories

The IPO filing of Snapchat’s parent company, Snap, is one of the most anticipated moves of 2017. But as yesterday brought the opportunity for the public to review the prospectus, it reaffirmed existing...

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A Tale Of Two Technologies: The Narrative And The Numbers For VR And Voice

Zach Fuller

1 Feb 2017

In the tradition of effective storytelling, the technology industry’s romantic narrative often involves two basic troupes: a garage and a dream. This alluring chronology is so embedded in start-up folklore...

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What Ad Tests On Messenger Tell Us About Facebook’s Plan To Monetize Messaging

Karol Severin

27 Jan 2017

ads on messenger

Facebook has begun testing the integration of ads into Messenger. It allows advertisers to place banners onto the users’ home screen on the instant messaging service. Ads on Messenger have been a long...

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Social Commerce: Facebook’s Next Act?

Zach Fuller

26 Jan 2017

Discussions abound in tech circles over where Facebook will go next. Much in the same way as Apple’s definitive strategy in the past two decades can be interpreted through their services embellishing...

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Amazon’s Latest VR Play: Commerce Over Content?

Zach Fuller

19 Jan 2017

Google Daydream

As the world’s largest e-commerce retailer increasingly flexing its content muscle, following a notable presence at the Golden Globes, Amazon has announced it is hiring a ‘Creative Director of Virtual...

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Obama’s Farewell Speech Frames Filter Bubbles as a Personal Responsibility

Zach Fuller

11 Jan 2017

‘For too many of us, it has become safer to retreat into our own bubbles, whether in our neighborhoods or college campuses or places of worship or our social media feeds, surrounded by people who look...

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Facebook The Media Company: If It Looks Like A Duck

Mark Mulligan

22 Dec 2016

Facebook Media Company

facebook media strategy

Yesterday Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally confirmed that Facebook is a media company , not a traditional one, but a media company nonetheless. This is something we've been thinking about a lot at...

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Mad Men, Video Advertising And Transparency

Tim Mulligan

20 Dec 2016

The news last week that yet another major Advertising Agency has been contacted by the US Department of Justice “concerning video production and post-production practices in the advertising industry”...

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The Second Coming Of Silent Cinema

Tim Mulligan

16 Dec 2016

digital behaviour

89 years ago The Jazz Singer was released and the moving image industry went through one of its periodic transformative moments. The jazz singer was the first “talkie”; a film with sound. At a stroke,...

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MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform

Mark Mulligan

13 Dec 2016

Access Industries

Following an 84% success rate for our 2016 Predictions report, we today launch our 2017 predictions report: ‘ MIDiA Research Predictions 2017: The Year Of The Platform’. The report is immediately available...

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Could Facebook Spell Trouble For Snapchat’s IPO?

Karol Severin

2 Dec 2016

messaging platforms

Snapchat is gearing up for its IPO which, if successful, could provide enough capital to finalize the company’s pivot from a trendy social messaging app into a full-fledged mobile platform. With new...

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Sony Downgrade Playstation VR Sales Projections – What Next for VR?

Zach Fuller

2 Dec 2016

Following a much-hyped global release only a few months ago, Sony announced earlier this week they were downgrading their Playstation VR sales projections for 2016. Although many had predicted earlier...

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Why Only Now Are eSports Taking Off?

Zach Fuller

18 Nov 2016

Although organised competitions featuring video gamers have existed since the medium’s rise throughout the 70s, it is only recently that the concept of lucrative E-Sports Leagues has become a mainstream...

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