๐ When delete isn't deleted ๐
When will companies learn delete means remove forever...never?

๐คฉ Your Five For Friday ๐คฉ
๐ค Why UK rappers / drill artists talk about bally and alter-egos
๐กAlexa stores your deleted searches and queries even after you request for it to be removed
๐ฎ How newer social networks are highlighting crime even when its down and not crime
๐ Why companies are so bad at hiring - not surprising really
โค๏ธ Marketing / Growth / Advertising โค๏ธ
Engagement powerhouse Instagram continues to outperform all other platforms and what topics work on each platform
Adidasโ most important/popular channelโฆ.e- commerce - youโll want to know why
โIn the elevatorโ is a video series I really enjoy on Wall Street Journal, here is fashion designer Rebecca Minkoffโs video
Itโs been suggested publishers loss ยฃ1m per year from adblocking - maybe get a different business model? Subs as a model is slowly working - people do and will always pay for great content, just not always news
๐ต Business ๐ต
Loved this piece (below) and breakdown of how we think and act around mobility, this also applies for food delivery if you apply a similar model

Great piece by NYTimes interactive team (โค their work) on Todayโs IPOโs vs the dot com booms
LinkedIn is the new craigslist - bundle vs unbundle is back again
Justin Kan had a great tweetstorm on pressures of start ups vs the universe
๐ Product ๐
Nike launches app to stop you buying the wrong sizes - this wonโt stop the sizing issue many of us face but good step towards it
WhatsApp have selected London as their new hub and hiring 100 people for the new push into payment - WhatsAppโs way to make money and get โin walletโ
YOLO the newest app taking the appstore by storm is built on snapchat, hereโs the insights but will bullying be the issue again with anonymous apps
Itโs been a busy week for Google โ Google to kill affiliate linksโฆagain / Their conference went very well, here a great video summary / Google are also updating the SERPโs with podcasts directly in results and improve news results
๏ผQuote that resonated with me this week๏ผ
Competition is one click away โ Larry Page, Google co-founder
Shouldnโt be surprise this was said many years ago, the internet is becoming a number of walled gardens, itโs only going to get worse. Answer engines wonโt be good for people or business in the long run.
๐ง Must Listen(s) Of The Week ๐ง
The last seven days have been the best week for podcasts, considered a dedicated newsletter just on them but here are my top 3 picks
Recode Decode: Kara Swisher interviews Tristan Harris on time well spent and why itโs got all wrong
Recode Media: Why itโs now Netflix vs the world in the media world
Itโs a video but watch / listen to Facebookโs co-founder say why itโs time for it to be broken up
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