?? In Case You Missed It: June 2022
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There are now 12,871 subscribers who, just like you, want to know what's happening and what's next in the Tech Economy. Just in case you missed anything, here are the newsletters, posts and podcasts from June 2022.
You'll know from last week's Wiser! that I'm taking a short break from writing during July as I visit family and friends in the UK. In the meantime, you can still find all my content at rickhuckstep.com or on my Medium page . The Big Tech Little Tech podcast is here . And I'll still be responding to DMs, notifications and connect requests here on LinkedIn...that's just business as usual.
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Wiser! in June
When Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook, the social media giant was a $150 million a year business. Now it's a $118 billion business. This week Sandberg called time. Plus: Mastercard's facial recognition payments, Twitter is fined and Elon wants everyone in the office.
Budweiser is the latest big brand to venture into the Web3 metaverse. With Zed Run. Plus; eighteen months ago, a tech upstart called Clubhouse hit the headlines as the next big thing. That didn't last long! Elon's at it again. And Crypto confidence or carnage?
Apple's move into Buy Now Pay Later is all about improving the customer experience with frictionless payments. Plus the Crypto price collapse continues. It's good thing, right? And Lina Khan takes on BigTech.
Under 25s are playing, buying, living in the Metaverse...already. And brands that market to Gen Z and Gen Alpha are on to it! Plus, eSports is growing and a natural home for NFTs. Facebook revealed plans to be like TikTok. And the Big Tech Little Tech podcast is out!
Big Tech Little Tech Podcast
Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston discuss the addictive nature of TikTok, China’s influence, and the behavioural science around attention. Plus, Sheryl Sandberg’s Facebook legacy, home help robots, and how hard it is to read for pleasure after reading all day for work purposes
Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston welcome Charles Radclyffe to the show to discuss everything metaverse, including use cases, ethics, VR headset adoption, and the case for reducing your carbon footprint. Plus, we talk heatwaves, passkeys, Apple Pay Later, and Heartstopper.
Rick Huckstep and Shaun Weston discuss Amazon, Andy Jassy, Jeff Bezos, corporate overreach, Prime Day and drone deliveries. Plus, the leaked Facebook memo, the Apple AR-VR headset, and playing padel in Spain.
Insights And Information
After 14 years, Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Facebook. Are the rumours true of a breakdown between Zuckerberg and Sandberg? Or is it the pivot to the Metaverse with no role for Sandberg? Or, simply, it's just that time? Here's a collection of the best stories that the Internet is telling. (10 min read.)
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Budweiser is building brand assets in the Metaverse & the Crypto Economy: launching an NFT collection, joining a DAO, partnering with Zed Run, a blockchain gaming platform on Ethereum. Will it be worthwhile? Only time will tell, meanwhile, they're learning a lot about tomorrow's digital world. (7 min read.)
Apple's strategy is to layer frictionless services on top of exceptional products. The latest offering is Apple Pay Later, a Buy Now Pay Later product that enables users to buy more than can afford right now. But what does it really mean and why are they doing it? (8 min read)
Your one-stop-shop for insight and information about Web3, the collective term for the next generation of the Internet. It's a future that is decentralised, where monopoly platforms are replaced by democratised networks. (12 min read.)
Facebook defined how content would be served up to users. Then along came TikTok and rewrote the rules. Making it the most addictive social network on the planet, stealing Facebook's lunch along the way. Now, The Verge has got its hands on a memo that shows exactly how worried they are. (12 min read.)
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