The Weekly Widget ~ 8.11.19

Things You Should Know  

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‘Like having a haircut to get rid of bad breath.’ Will consumer sentiment dwindle after this change?

Google extends shoppable ads to YouTube in a bid to steal those Amazon $$’s

YouTube can be fantastic for discovery, so yes, all makes sense.

Cool Stuff

Is there anything worse than Jet lag? Channel 7’s line up for 2020 maybe? Jk.

Timeshifter is a new app that helps you avoid waking up at 2am for weeks after. Gold.

Need some ideas? Only have $20k to spend? I got you fam.

A very kind person has shared 200 past creative ideas for under $20k to get the brain going!

What We’ve Learned

More fallouts than a girls trip to Bali. More scrutiny to Facebook with the political ad furore

This time a former employee blows the heavily-used whistle.

The Nerd Corner

Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers. No wait, come back! This article is great.

Google launches its neural network-based technique for natural language processing to improve search results.

Your Alexa or Google Home are more vulnerable than you at a Friday lunch with 9 missed calls & 21 emails from the client.

A very interesting/nerdy article on the susceptibility of Smart devices in your home.

And Finally

How much has Digital actually changed in 5 years? The tech has, but is the product evolving as fast as many claim?

Great article from Jerry Daykin. Highly recommend following him on Twitter & Linkedin.