Social Media, PR and Tech are constantly changing which means everyday there is something new to report. With loads of information released daily, I'm here to try to make it easy for you.
Here's the skinny: this week saw a lot of "new" tech with the MadeByGoogle launch. And by "new" I mean Google hardware that looks a whole lot like existing Apple, Amazon and Facebook hardware. Facebook has no room to complain, however, because they're using yet another one of their acquired apps to completely copy Snapchat again. If copying is a form of flattering, Snapchat is having a flattering year because a new app by Giphy has a certain Snapchat look. Snapchat meanwhile is looking at an IPO for March 2017. Another Note7 replacement caught fire on a Southwest airplane causing an excavation. Phone competitors: 2; Note7: 0. Count a win for Samsung, however, with their patented foldable smartphone (hat tip to our beloved Razrs). Does anyone want Twitter? Looks like a no, especially when Twitter stock took a dive. Yahoo also took a dive in value (I know, Yahoo still had value?) especially after opening up about their partnership with US Intelligence. And the copycat's and acquisitions continue this week after Google also announced their *ahem* "assistant" who seems a whole lot like Siri. Speaking of Siri, Samsung acquired Viv, an AI platform made by the creators of Siri. This could mean bad news for Apple. Apple already had enough bad news this week after they lost the FaceTime patent retrial. In other news, Netflix teamed up with cafes/diners across the US to promote 'Gilmore Girls'. Amazon put an end to incentivized reviews, which is a PR professionals nightmare. In autonomous car news, both Uber and Google had crashes this week with Google's crash being an unfortunate timing after also reaching 2 million miles earlier in the week. And lastly, for your entertainment, Disney made a hopping robot that looks a lot like Tigger. Who knew a robot could be this adorable.
In case that wasn't enough or you feel like you missed something, here is everything that happened this week:
Social Media:
4. Former CEO Dick Costolo thinks Twitter can still 'be a successful, independent company'
5. Meerkat the live streaming app is no more
6. Pinterest just name its first CFO, in the biggest hint yet that an IPO might be nearing
7. Twitch Uploads Could Be A Game-Changer
8. Facebook Messenger now lets everyone encrypt their conversations, but there's a catch
9. The Google Cast app is getting a new name and purpose
10. Snapchat filter gets negative response, execs rush to take it down
11. How Facebook's WhatsApp Could Hold Up Snapchat's Global Growth
12. You can now add your Periscope account to your Twitter profile
13. Facebook Takes Cue From Snapchat With Messaging Updates
14. Boomberg: Twitter is locked in an internal battle over sale
15. Report: Twitter Likely To Receive Bids This Week
16. Facebook Live for B2B Brands—the Why and the How
17. You can shop many stores entirely in Facebook Messenger
18. Twitter stock plunges 19% on report that Google and Disney won't make a bid
19. LinkedIn's new feature will make it easier to secretly look for a job
20. Pokemon Go update gives you more incentive to catch 'em all
21. Is Our Instagram Obsession Harming Young Girls?
22. Instagram At 6: Kevin Systrom On Moments, Mission, Ads, And Stories
23. Does anyone want to buy Twitter?
24. Snapchat Preparing For March IPO
25. Facebook is looking to bring free internet to the US, but don't celebrate just yet
26. Facebook activate Safety Check for those in the path of Hurricane Matthew
27. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff explains the real reason he wanted to buy LinkedIn—and it's not because of data
28. Prism's art filters can turn your videos into moving paintings
29. Instagram Got A New Office. It Looks Like Instagram
30. The way YouTube stars are making millions is changing
5. Meerkat the live streaming app is no more
6. Pinterest just name its first CFO, in the biggest hint yet that an IPO might be nearing
7. Twitch Uploads Could Be A Game-Changer
8. Facebook Messenger now lets everyone encrypt their conversations, but there's a catch
9. The Google Cast app is getting a new name and purpose
10. Snapchat filter gets negative response, execs rush to take it down
11. How Facebook's WhatsApp Could Hold Up Snapchat's Global Growth
12. You can now add your Periscope account to your Twitter profile
13. Facebook Takes Cue From Snapchat With Messaging Updates
14. Boomberg: Twitter is locked in an internal battle over sale
15. Report: Twitter Likely To Receive Bids This Week
16. Facebook Live for B2B Brands—the Why and the How
17. You can shop many stores entirely in Facebook Messenger
18. Twitter stock plunges 19% on report that Google and Disney won't make a bid
19. LinkedIn's new feature will make it easier to secretly look for a job
20. Pokemon Go update gives you more incentive to catch 'em all
21. Is Our Instagram Obsession Harming Young Girls?
22. Instagram At 6: Kevin Systrom On Moments, Mission, Ads, And Stories
23. Does anyone want to buy Twitter?
24. Snapchat Preparing For March IPO
25. Facebook is looking to bring free internet to the US, but don't celebrate just yet
26. Facebook activate Safety Check for those in the path of Hurricane Matthew
27. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff explains the real reason he wanted to buy LinkedIn—and it's not because of data
28. Prism's art filters can turn your videos into moving paintings
29. Instagram Got A New Office. It Looks Like Instagram
30. The way YouTube stars are making millions is changing
Public Relations:
4. 12 terms that you didn't know existed
5. Facebook increase opportunity for commerce and community
6. Periscope breaks down barriers with younger consumers
7. What Is Media In The Digital Age?
8. New film campaign for 'Loving' launches interracial couples emoji app and hashtag
9. Dillard's apologizes after breastfeeding mom's post goes viral
10. Pepsi fights back against claims it misled Naked Juice consumers
11. Amazon axes incentivized reviews
12. The branding behind #Election2016
13. Google Analytics Announces New Tools and Metric
14. Dozens of social media animals—really—that you should emulate
15. Delays in Responses to Customer Tweets Decreases Potential Revenue, Twitter Study Says
16. Netflix transforms diners countrywide to promote 'Gilmore Girls'
17. Coke and Dunkin' Donuts team up to challenge Starbucks
18. Cops in Kansas foster engagement with an arresting Twitter feed
19. If You Use Facebook At All, You'll Want To See What Birchbox Is Doing With Live
5. Facebook increase opportunity for commerce and community
6. Periscope breaks down barriers with younger consumers
7. What Is Media In The Digital Age?
8. New film campaign for 'Loving' launches interracial couples emoji app and hashtag
9. Dillard's apologizes after breastfeeding mom's post goes viral
10. Pepsi fights back against claims it misled Naked Juice consumers
11. Amazon axes incentivized reviews
12. The branding behind #Election2016
13. Google Analytics Announces New Tools and Metric
14. Dozens of social media animals—really—that you should emulate
15. Delays in Responses to Customer Tweets Decreases Potential Revenue, Twitter Study Says
16. Netflix transforms diners countrywide to promote 'Gilmore Girls'
17. Coke and Dunkin' Donuts team up to challenge Starbucks
18. Cops in Kansas foster engagement with an arresting Twitter feed
19. If You Use Facebook At All, You'll Want To See What Birchbox Is Doing With Live
Tech:
13. Yahoo has been secretly scanning your email and handing it over to US intelligence
14. Google's play for the living room starts with Home
15. Here's everything Google just announced
16. Microsoft's chief of partnerships: 'We never said we weren't going to compete' with Salesforce
17. Google couldn't stop copying Apple, Amazon, and Facebook even if it wanted to
18. Uber's self-driving cars are off to a rough start
19. Google is going to win the next major battle in computing
20. Yahoo rebranded its main app to try to become more like Facebook
21. With Assistant, Google is becoming a lot more like Apple
22. Lenovo won't make Windows 10 phones due to Microsoft's commitment issues
23. How about a nice hot cup of virtual tea?
24. RIP, third-gen Apple TV
25. Spotify is serving malware-infested ads to its users
26. Samsung Patents Smartphone With Foldable, Bendable Display
27. The selfie-obsessed can verify online ID with photos
28. This Nokia phone saved a man's life by stopping a bullet
29. A smoking Samsung phone just caused Southwest to evacuate a plane
30. Google's autonomous car just passed 2 million miles
31. T-Mobile CEO wants to send you to Mars
32. Kohl's is the latest retailer to roll out its own mobile payments
33. Wikileaks founder Assange reveals his next target: Google
34. Samsung acquires Viv, an AI platform from the makers of Siri
35. Hack Brief: Hackers Breach Buzzed in Retaliation for Expose
36. Norway's Prime Minister busted playing Pokemon Go in parliament
37. Yahoo reworked its malware scanner for email surveillance
38. Why this little-known app is the coolest way to track your life
39. Shazam's new Lite app for Android is faster at IDing songs than anything else out there
40. This car is made almost entirely of wood and it can drive
41. Lenovo's Phab2 Pro Project Tango phone is delayed until November
42. Giphy dives into augmented reality with a mind-melting iOS app
43. Apple actually has an internal project codenamed 'Pie'
44. Duolingo's new language tutors might be the first chatbots that don't suck
45. How Apple could use Netflix to fight Amazon
46. Google wanted to sell intelligent robot arms (but didn't)
47. Facebook announces a cheaper standalone Oculus headset is on the way
48. 1 million people use VR every month: Oculus
49. One of Google's self-driving cars was involved in an accident that sent its driver to the hospital
50. Amazon's rumored Echo streaming music service may be coming soon
51. Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide
52. Meet Noto, Google's free font for more than 800 languages
53. Verizon reportedly looking for a $1 billion discount on Yahoo
54. Google puts fitness playlists in Runtastic's Android app
55. New York will use facial recognition to catch terrorists
56. MadeByGoogle store to open in Lower Manhattan
57. Disney created this hopping robot that looks just like Tigger
58. Sun is a beautiful hyperlocal weather app power by Dark Sky
59. Verizon will handle (and screw up) Google Pixel software updates
14. Google's play for the living room starts with Home
15. Here's everything Google just announced
16. Microsoft's chief of partnerships: 'We never said we weren't going to compete' with Salesforce
17. Google couldn't stop copying Apple, Amazon, and Facebook even if it wanted to
18. Uber's self-driving cars are off to a rough start
19. Google is going to win the next major battle in computing
20. Yahoo rebranded its main app to try to become more like Facebook
21. With Assistant, Google is becoming a lot more like Apple
22. Lenovo won't make Windows 10 phones due to Microsoft's commitment issues
23. How about a nice hot cup of virtual tea?
24. RIP, third-gen Apple TV
25. Spotify is serving malware-infested ads to its users
26. Samsung Patents Smartphone With Foldable, Bendable Display
27. The selfie-obsessed can verify online ID with photos
28. This Nokia phone saved a man's life by stopping a bullet
29. A smoking Samsung phone just caused Southwest to evacuate a plane
30. Google's autonomous car just passed 2 million miles
31. T-Mobile CEO wants to send you to Mars
32. Kohl's is the latest retailer to roll out its own mobile payments
33. Wikileaks founder Assange reveals his next target: Google
34. Samsung acquires Viv, an AI platform from the makers of Siri
35. Hack Brief: Hackers Breach Buzzed in Retaliation for Expose
36. Norway's Prime Minister busted playing Pokemon Go in parliament
37. Yahoo reworked its malware scanner for email surveillance
38. Why this little-known app is the coolest way to track your life
39. Shazam's new Lite app for Android is faster at IDing songs than anything else out there
40. This car is made almost entirely of wood and it can drive
41. Lenovo's Phab2 Pro Project Tango phone is delayed until November
42. Giphy dives into augmented reality with a mind-melting iOS app
43. Apple actually has an internal project codenamed 'Pie'
44. Duolingo's new language tutors might be the first chatbots that don't suck
45. How Apple could use Netflix to fight Amazon
46. Google wanted to sell intelligent robot arms (but didn't)
47. Facebook announces a cheaper standalone Oculus headset is on the way
48. 1 million people use VR every month: Oculus
49. One of Google's self-driving cars was involved in an accident that sent its driver to the hospital
50. Amazon's rumored Echo streaming music service may be coming soon
51. Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide
52. Meet Noto, Google's free font for more than 800 languages
53. Verizon reportedly looking for a $1 billion discount on Yahoo
54. Google puts fitness playlists in Runtastic's Android app
55. New York will use facial recognition to catch terrorists
56. MadeByGoogle store to open in Lower Manhattan
57. Disney created this hopping robot that looks just like Tigger
58. Sun is a beautiful hyperlocal weather app power by Dark Sky
59. Verizon will handle (and screw up) Google Pixel software updates
Anything to add?
socially yours,
Chelsea
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