Sep 20, 2020

📡 The secret 🤫

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🗞 NEWS

Defamation case against Tesla is out [link], Trump says he approves of Oracle’s bid for TikTok [link], and Homeland Security issues rare emergency alert over ‘critical’ Windows bug [link]
WeChat goes with TikTok, Tesla drivers goes to bed, and Apple goes to India [link]
Trump, Zucks, Facebook, and TikTok [link]
iPhoneless Apple Event, TikTok, and Twitter’s election hub [link]
TikTok goes with Oracle, YouTube launches its TikTok rival, and almost a class action suit [link]
Instagram link in caption, Twitter edit button, and feds’ screw up [link]
China saving face, App Store saving games, and Crypto [link]

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🧠 INSIGHTS

Secret - Credit: Kristina Flour on Unsplash

The Secret Is Who Not How

Matt Mullenweg, the CEO, and founder of Automattic (the parent company of WordPress, which runs like, a quarter of the Western world’s websites) says he spends most of his time not running the company, but talking to potential new hires. The latter is basically his day job!

Here’s why — from GapigVoid.

super interesting-but-not-surprising short read.

📊 STATISTICS

Gen Z: Still Actively Talking About Brands, Offline and Online, as They Weather These Challenging Times

Today’s teen talk about brands 14x each day – 39% more offline conversations vs. to adults 21+. They talk offline more now than they did 2 years ago (+5%).

Read more on Apptopia.

blog.apptopia.com

Pandemic Gives Streaming Another Boost

This chart shows the estimated revenue change of TV & video products in 2020 compared to 2019 (in percent).

www.statista.com

🧵 “Twitter from Home” trend report 👇

Twitter Data

@TwitterData

More time = new hobbies!
⭐️The yoga/meditation 🧘emoji grew 161% from 2019
⭐️Knitting became cool again w/ the yarn 🧶emoji growing 67%
⭐️The camping 🏕emoji jumped 93% and there was a 24% increase in Tweets about National Parks as summer road trips replaced exotic vacations

3:02 PM - 15 Sep 2020

📱 TOOLS & APPS

NoCode Portal: A resource for no-code/low-code development

Brandy: Free brand asset management tool for teams

Letterstack: Resources for building, growing and monetising a newsletter

🔍 SPOTTED

Twitter is working on a feature called “Audio Space”, a room where you can talk to anyone or just the people you follow or mention [link]
Twitter is starting to work to support Fleets (or their responses in DM) on the webapp [link]
Twitter is working on the possibility of changing the background of the Fleets [link]
Twitter is working on the possibility of logging in with the Security Key on the app for macOS [link]
Instagram is working on a Frequently Asked Questions feature for Business accounts [link]

🎧 AUDIO STIMULATION

Wish You Were Here

1975, but never gets old.

open.spotify.com

🐦 TWEETS of the WEEK

Ben Rosen

@ben_rosen

MARCH COMMERCIAL: during these uncertain times, we’re thinking of you and your family

AUGUST COMMERCIAL: look you might as well catch it at burger king

4:18 AM - 5 Aug 2020

jø mårius

@jo_hauge

sometimes i remember that if a clown wants to trademark their makeup they have to paint it on an egg that is stored in a special clown egg warehouse and then i have to go lie down https://t.co/5ltP6aQzL5

9:22 AM - 16 Sep 2020