Internet trends 2019
Mary Meeker released her annual Internet trend report last week, you can view the full report (300+ pages) on the link below. Mary Meeker 2019 Internet Trends
Eagle
EAGLE is a statistical model that forecasts the results of men’s major golf tournaments in real time. Every two minutes, it simulates every player’s score on every hole 10,000 times, and updates its projected leaderboard and the estimated probability of victory for each entrant. https://eagle.economist.com
Saturday golf
Nice way to start the weekend
Globalcoin
Facebook foray into the cryptocurrency world is expected to be unveiled on Tuesday (18th June 2019). It is expected to be a stablecoin, meaning its value will be pegged against major currencies like USD or EUR, this will help reduce the wild swings that you see to today with Bitcoin, eurethem etc. The likes of…
UI wizardry
Mood
Advertisers are buying your mood based data, not that we should be surprised. Spotify pursues emotional surveillance for global profit
Frictionless
How do you know when you are paying for something using Stripe? Something like the above, simplicity. I enter my card number, expiry date & CVC code, click once and payment is done, pretty frictionless. Making online purchases ‘frictonless’ is a big deal. Look at Amazon, they already have all your details so you can…
