The Weekly Widget - 16.10.20

Quick Bytes????

Borat does TikTok. I like. ??

E’ry day! ??

How it’s really going. ??

#Priorities ??

1 minute of Trump rally contradictions ??

Daaaaamn. ??

Things You Should Know?? 

CDP’s have more buzz than Lindsay Lohan in Mykonos, as Twilio buys Segment for $3bn

Twilio want to expand the functionality of a CDP, merging it into their customer data infrastructure.

Excuse me sir, have you got a moment to talk about e-commerce & the future of retail? Sir?!

YouTube are jumping on the bandwagon, trying to turn YouTube into a shopping destination

Cool Stuff??

Mind bending AI from Nvidia. Now this is something your mum would put on the fridge.

This neural network is trained with one million open source images & understand 180 objects.

Just what we need in a global lockdown from a pandemic! An augmented reality experience.

Snap is still betting big on augmented reality, with it’s latest iteration of a Local Lens down Carnaby street

What We’ve Learned??

A business newsletter rumoured to be purchased for $75m. I’ll be taking offers of $100m+ for the Widget.

The Morning Brew is in talks with Business Insider on a sale. Their database must be juicy.

‘Don’t make ads, make TikToks.’ Bold claims from the new kid has awoken the Ritson.

“But look at what it did for Ocean Spray!”. Is it new? Or just a different skin?

The Nerd Corner??

Could Google Chrome become the first casualty of the anti-trust probe?

This could throw a spanner in the works for Google’s ad ecosystem, let’s see how it pans out.

“What does WAP mean?”…Be careful what you Google, they may share with the po po

An interesting report from the US around ‘keyword warrants.

And Finally???♀?

Now this is pretty ugly. Test & Trace data being sold off in the UK. Yuck!

It was only a matter of time to be honest, how many more will fall?