3 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW<\/h1>\n\n- Facebook will factor trending topics and news<\/a> into its “served to” formula for content. In summary, this will give lower priority to user content, and higher priority to breaking news stories that are receiving high engagement – a step in the direction of the Twitter world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Spotify to bring takeover video ads\u00a0into the mix<\/a>\u00a0(see what I did there?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Views for the top 100 YouTube channels have grown\u00a080% in a year<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h1>\n
<\/p>\n
The Big Apple<\/h1>\n\n- The iPhone 6:\u00a0now with extra clumsiness<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Apple sells 10m devices on opening weekend<\/a>\u00a0(Click through the image gallery for sufficiently cringe-worthy images of elated fanboys leaving\u00a0Apple\u00a0stores)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- #Bendgate:The internet reacts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- The iPhone 6 vs the Samsung Galaxy S5<\/a>, from the Onion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- All the ways in which Apple is late to the party<\/a> (Includes gems like\u00a0”If you need help with your new iPhone’s features, just ask an Android user. We’ve had this stuff for years”)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Mashable’s Todd Wasserman on why he won’t be buying an Apple Watch<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n- Snapchat for your wrist<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Twitter on iOS gets a revamp<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p>\n
In other news\u2026<\/h1>\n\n- Facebook’s now averaging 1bn video views per day,\u00a0and 2\/3 of those are on mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n- Twitter’s Buy Now button is here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\n- Brands experimenting with Hyperlapse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Big brands jump on\u00a0Flipboard’s video ads<\/a>, which will appear in users’ streams. No autoplay (for now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- How Nissan sped forward with a royal baby tweet in\u00a0just seven minutes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- A study finds 6 of the top 10 brand posts on Facebook (from 2014) are about sports<\/a>. The numbers are based on total likes, comments and shares, but of course doesn’t account for paid support. So does this ranking mean that sport content was truly better, or simply that pockets were deeper?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Samsung’s gone round the bend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Blackberry’s upcoming Passport smartphone<\/a> now has a price tag. I’d imagine anyone with oddly-shaped pockets will now be on the edge of their seats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Has Google Glass met its match?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Harrods launches\u00a0Stiletto Wars<\/a>\u00a0– basically Candy Crush for shoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Before you decide which smartwatch to buy…<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Forget what you think you know about Millenials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Random, and not really social-related, but in the age of smartwatches, “real-time” and OH NOESSSS IT’S 11.02 AND I WAS MEANT TO BE ON A CALL AT 11.00, I really love the concept of the watch that tries to get you to stop counting the minutes. This is Slow<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
Just for fun<\/h1>\n\n- Customer complaint of the day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Bad fan art.<\/a> My favourite was Nick Cage, until I saw David Schwimmer and was instantly reminded of this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Last time it was pears looking like babies,\u00a0now it’s peaches wearing panties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- These GIFs freaked me out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- This ACTUALLY happened<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- How social media is changing your brain… literally<\/a>\u00a0(for example, there are similarities in the brains of heavy social media users and those with drug dependencies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- And finally,\u00a0this squirrel<\/a>\u00a0just became the king of the photobomb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Worth a Watch<\/h1>\n\n\n- Why Starbucks (almost) always spells your name wrong<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- This guy<\/a>\u00a0played 99 Red Balloons using JUST RED BALLOONS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- KILL IT KILL IT…\u00a0Oh hang on,\u00a0it’s just a dog in costume<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- This IKEA ad will make you smile<\/a>\u00a0(granted, similar things have been done before, but this one includes a few nice touches)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- One man’s GoPro Array<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nInfographic of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
The life of Steve Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n
Vine of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
Just a plane wrapper<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/p>\n
GIF of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
Here’s looking at you, kid<\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n@biz987<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0||\u00a0@socialogilvy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
- \n
- Spotify to bring takeover video ads\u00a0into the mix<\/a>\u00a0(see what I did there?)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Views for the top 100 YouTube channels have grown\u00a080% in a year<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h1>\n
<\/p>\n
The Big Apple<\/h1>\n
- \n
- The iPhone 6:\u00a0now with extra clumsiness<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Apple sells 10m devices on opening weekend<\/a>\u00a0(Click through the image gallery for sufficiently cringe-worthy images of elated fanboys leaving\u00a0Apple\u00a0stores)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- #Bendgate:The internet reacts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- The iPhone 6 vs the Samsung Galaxy S5<\/a>, from the Onion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- All the ways in which Apple is late to the party<\/a> (Includes gems like\u00a0”If you need help with your new iPhone’s features, just ask an Android user. We’ve had this stuff for years”)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Mashable’s Todd Wasserman on why he won’t be buying an Apple Watch<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n- \n
- Snapchat for your wrist<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Twitter on iOS gets a revamp<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n
In other news\u2026<\/h1>\n
- \n
- Facebook’s now averaging 1bn video views per day,\u00a0and 2\/3 of those are on mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
- \n
- Twitter’s Buy Now button is here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
- \n
- Brands experimenting with Hyperlapse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Big brands jump on\u00a0Flipboard’s video ads<\/a>, which will appear in users’ streams. No autoplay (for now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- How Nissan sped forward with a royal baby tweet in\u00a0just seven minutes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- A study finds 6 of the top 10 brand posts on Facebook (from 2014) are about sports<\/a>. The numbers are based on total likes, comments and shares, but of course doesn’t account for paid support. So does this ranking mean that sport content was truly better, or simply that pockets were deeper?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Samsung’s gone round the bend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Blackberry’s upcoming Passport smartphone<\/a> now has a price tag. I’d imagine anyone with oddly-shaped pockets will now be on the edge of their seats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Has Google Glass met its match?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Harrods launches\u00a0Stiletto Wars<\/a>\u00a0– basically Candy Crush for shoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Before you decide which smartwatch to buy…<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Forget what you think you know about Millenials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Random, and not really social-related, but in the age of smartwatches, “real-time” and OH NOESSSS IT’S 11.02 AND I WAS MEANT TO BE ON A CALL AT 11.00, I really love the concept of the watch that tries to get you to stop counting the minutes. This is Slow<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Just for fun<\/h1>\n
- \n
- Customer complaint of the day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Bad fan art.<\/a> My favourite was Nick Cage, until I saw David Schwimmer and was instantly reminded of this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Last time it was pears looking like babies,\u00a0now it’s peaches wearing panties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- These GIFs freaked me out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- This ACTUALLY happened<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- How social media is changing your brain… literally<\/a>\u00a0(for example, there are similarities in the brains of heavy social media users and those with drug dependencies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- And finally,\u00a0this squirrel<\/a>\u00a0just became the king of the photobomb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
<\/p>\n
Worth a Watch<\/h1>\n
\n- \n
- Why Starbucks (almost) always spells your name wrong<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- This guy<\/a>\u00a0played 99 Red Balloons using JUST RED BALLOONS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- KILL IT KILL IT…\u00a0Oh hang on,\u00a0it’s just a dog in costume<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- This IKEA ad will make you smile<\/a>\u00a0(granted, similar things have been done before, but this one includes a few nice touches)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- \n
- One man’s GoPro Array<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\nInfographic of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
The life of Steve Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/p>\n
Vine of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
Just a plane wrapper<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/p>\n
GIF of the Fortnight<\/h1>\n
Here’s looking at you, kid<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00c0 bient\u00f4t
\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n@biz987<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0||\u00a0@socialogilvy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
- One man’s GoPro Array<\/a>
- This IKEA ad will make you smile<\/a>\u00a0(granted, similar things have been done before, but this one includes a few nice touches)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- KILL IT KILL IT…\u00a0Oh hang on,\u00a0it’s just a dog in costume<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- This guy<\/a>\u00a0played 99 Red Balloons using JUST RED BALLOONS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Why Starbucks (almost) always spells your name wrong<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- And finally,\u00a0this squirrel<\/a>\u00a0just became the king of the photobomb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- How social media is changing your brain… literally<\/a>\u00a0(for example, there are similarities in the brains of heavy social media users and those with drug dependencies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- This ACTUALLY happened<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- These GIFs freaked me out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Last time it was pears looking like babies,\u00a0now it’s peaches wearing panties<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Bad fan art.<\/a> My favourite was Nick Cage, until I saw David Schwimmer and was instantly reminded of this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Customer complaint of the day<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Random, and not really social-related, but in the age of smartwatches, “real-time” and OH NOESSSS IT’S 11.02 AND I WAS MEANT TO BE ON A CALL AT 11.00, I really love the concept of the watch that tries to get you to stop counting the minutes. This is Slow<\/a>
- Forget what you think you know about Millenials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Before you decide which smartwatch to buy…<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Harrods launches\u00a0Stiletto Wars<\/a>\u00a0– basically Candy Crush for shoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Has Google Glass met its match?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Blackberry’s upcoming Passport smartphone<\/a> now has a price tag. I’d imagine anyone with oddly-shaped pockets will now be on the edge of their seats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Samsung’s gone round the bend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- A study finds 6 of the top 10 brand posts on Facebook (from 2014) are about sports<\/a>. The numbers are based on total likes, comments and shares, but of course doesn’t account for paid support. So does this ranking mean that sport content was truly better, or simply that pockets were deeper?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- How Nissan sped forward with a royal baby tweet in\u00a0just seven minutes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Big brands jump on\u00a0Flipboard’s video ads<\/a>, which will appear in users’ streams. No autoplay (for now)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Brands experimenting with Hyperlapse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Twitter’s Buy Now button is here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
- Facebook’s now averaging 1bn video views per day,\u00a0and 2\/3 of those are on mobile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Twitter on iOS gets a revamp<\/a>
- Snapchat for your wrist<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Mashable’s Todd Wasserman on why he won’t be buying an Apple Watch<\/a>
- All the ways in which Apple is late to the party<\/a> (Includes gems like\u00a0”If you need help with your new iPhone’s features, just ask an Android user. We’ve had this stuff for years”)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The iPhone 6 vs the Samsung Galaxy S5<\/a>, from the Onion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- #Bendgate:The internet reacts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Apple sells 10m devices on opening weekend<\/a>\u00a0(Click through the image gallery for sufficiently cringe-worthy images of elated fanboys leaving\u00a0Apple\u00a0stores)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- The iPhone 6:\u00a0now with extra clumsiness<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Views for the top 100 YouTube channels have grown\u00a080% in a year<\/a>