01.03.22
Happy Tuesday!
Your Tech, Art & Culture fix, this week featuring SpaceX, Donald Trump’s new social platform, a bumper year for VC investment and how Chipotle is raising the ESG bar.
With a special on Zngly, the no-code media platform, making its digital showcase debut this week, all ready for you to view ‘on-demand’.?
Our playlist this week is a fitting collection of tunes celebrating Music, Film & Fashion, ahead of a?final ticket call?for Campfire on March 3rd?in London, Shoreditch.?
ditto's Weekly Update
Delighted to share with you Zngly’s first digital showcase. Learn how you can make your B2B marketing content work harder, shorten the sales cycle, and personalise your market outreach, all with ‘no-code’ and just a click.
?Many thanks to Mike Richardson, Marketing Manager at?Legerity Financial, and Clodagh Donal, Market Executive,?Enterprise Ireland, and all our clients and partners for your support. Hugely exciting times for us all.?
Watch On-Demand: Zngly Showcase: The Future of B2B Marketing
Catch up on the February 23rd show where we explored the benefits of Zngly and the future of B2B Marketing.?
We sat down with?Mike Wilson?CEO & Founder,?Zngly?and?Clodagh Dolan, Market Executive at Enterprise Ireland on the launch of?Zngly. Mike Richardson, Marketing Manager of Legerity discussed how Legerity are using?Zngly?to win mindshare and clients in B2B fintech sales & marketing.
Upcoming Campfire: Thursday March 3rd, 2022
ditto presents... Innovators, Disruptors & Creatives in?Music-Film-Fashion.
Welcome to an evening with?Ashley Beedle, Chris Carr, Mark Dowds?and?Taylor May Woolsey van Maasdijk.
We are delighted to be hosting four amazing speakers… from seed investors in Uber & Twilio to launching the world’s first embedded finance platform in fashion, a recipient of an Ivor Novello, and an award-winning maker of spy films!
THIS WEEK IN...
Tech:
‘Get ready! Your favourite President will see you soon!' - Donal Trumps first post on his new self-made social media platform;?Truth Social.?The former President was banned from Twitter in January 2021 following the US Capitol riots; violating the platforms rules regarding the glorification of violence. Now, he has constructed his very own service that aims to be a ‘censorship-free experience.’ Get all the details here.
SpaceX’s rocket is not the rocket destined to crash into the moon next month - A few weeks ago, Astronomer Bill Gray announced that one of Elon Musk's?Falcon 9 rockets?was headed for the moon, and would crash on March 4th. It was later theorised that he was mistaken, and the rocket noted rocket debris most likely belongs to China’s Chang’e 5-T1 rocket, launched in October 2014. This error supposedly highlights the growing problem of all the junk we, as a planet, shoot into space.?
Art:
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We’ve all heard the term ‘Imitation is the greatest form of flattery’ - well, Istanbul based artist Murat Y?ld?r?m, took it to a?whole new level?- recreating Classical artworks using colourful faux-fur! The ‘Furry Artworks’ series gives 6 of the world’s greatest masterpieces a hairy makeover - our personal fave being ‘Furry Lisa’.
Dive into a world where a single life can last a thousand years and see things no eye has ever seen. David Attenborough and BBC’s latest earthly drama?‘Green Planet’, centres around the beautiful and dramatic plant life on Earth, offering a unique perspective on how plant life survives and thrives in nature.
Culture:
15 year old?Russian figure skater Kamila Velieva has tested positive for TMZ amid the?2022 Winter Olympics?- a drug seen to help endurance and prevent fatigue. Despite the Olympics being at the forefront of several doping scandals,?this particular instance is provocative as Velieva was still permitted to compete. People are asking - Why has Velieva been pardoned? & Is it fair to target a 15 year old?
Investor activism?is set to reach new heights in 2022, both in and out of the boardroom. 2021 saw shareholder activists teaming up with environmental and socially-minded investors in record numbers. More aggressive efforts are now being made by investors as they press big companies to reallocate capital and shrink carbon footprints.
IN THE MARKETS...
Welcome to our brand new 'In the Markets' section, where we highlight news, features and client activities that have caught our eye this week. If you have a story to tell or would like to comment on market news,?please get in touch.?
Irish companies raise record €1.65bn from?VC firms
Irish companies secured a record $1.87 billion (€1.65 billion) in venture capital investment across 287 deals last year,?new figures show.?The trend seems set for the year ahead with healthtech and fintech companies continuing to secure deals in 2022, along with more investment in sustainability focused companies and businesses at the cutting edge of the shift in lifestyle trends, like e-mobility.
TikTok wants longer videos - chasing the lucrative long-video market
Since TikTok extended the maximum video length from one to three minute the app has conducted?widespread testing?of five-minute-long videos between August 2021 and February 2022, and has even tried 10-minute videos among a small group of beta testers. Last year, TikTok rolled out smart TV apps worldwide, suggesting it sees a future in people dwelling on videos, similar to the way they watch TV shows.
The IRS said Monday it won't use facial recognition to verify the identities of users of its site.?The announcement?follows the agency saying in November it would make use of?ID.me's facial recognition services to verify identities on the IRS website by new users submitting a photo of themselves. This raised concerns over privacy in giving a third-party company access to personal information.
??ditto's Jukebox:
With Campfire just a week away, we've got all things Music, Film and Fashion on our minds...
????????ditto, where Tech, Art?& Culture collide
We created Campfire from the very inception of?ditto?partly to reflect the diverse cultural leanings of our creative technology company and partly just because. In the world of emerging technology Campfire offers a surprisingly candid view into the DNA of a leading digital communications agency.