AKA “how social media might turn into a gigantic, insincere, uninterrupted advertising”.
Instagram, once good, is already polluted with traditional ads. Imagine with this >

Singaporean startup Partipost gets $3.5 million to let anyone become an influenc… https://t.co/9ppegBVvmB

Recommended reading > “Based on other survey evidence, Bain estimates that between 35 per cent and 45 per cent of the recent increase in online sales will turn out to be permanent.”

Why supermarkets are struggling to profit from the online grocery boom https://t.co/TORqztnKYr https://t.co/ubIdtU2ui1

Really interesting study with a lot of unofficial data. Must-read.

Apple defends 30% App Store commission with new study as antitrust threats loom https://t.co/iGurETSifA

And #AI is not yet part of the equation. Wait until the next generation of these cyberattack frameworks will start to use ML to learn about their targets >

Lazarus employs multi-platform malware framework in series of data espionage and ransomware attacks https://t.co/hlAtmWaa3N

2/ What has always fascinated me is that Facebook has an ocean of data points over a very long period to find correlations that nobody else could find. If “it’s hard to predict” or not, they probably know.

1/ “A bit like a fingerprint, each person’s pattern of disbelief is probably unique. You might believe that water is made of atoms, but that the moon is made of cheese. It’s hard to predict.”

https://t.co/Bhe9wITZtL

Is it?

If you are rejected, remember 3 things:

1. A “no” is just an opinion. It’s fine to ignore it
2. If you think there’s some merit in that “no”, use it as a drive to work even harder
3. If you think there’s no merit in that “no”, ask yourself if you really need their permission

I’ve seen multiple UK startups trying to ease the mortgage pain. I was not impressed by depth of replies or quality of recommendations. What’s the value if you just compare a price table on my behalf? >

New startup wants to make it free to sell your house https://t.co/VxLVeCrniR

@vivaldibrowser 2/ Now I open a large number of background tabs while I read a page on @vivaldibrowser. And while CMD+click is fine, I find myself wishing I could remap the secondary click to open background tabs (while a 3fingers click could open the contextual menu which I use way less)

1/ I can’t say it enough: @vivaldibrowser side tabs really changed my life. Now, no matter what, I simply can’t change browser (and I need it on iOS to sync bookmarks!). A game-changing feature is always the best lock-in.

Side tabs also changed my behaviour: