Digital Marketing News This Week

Digital Marketing News This Week

Topics: The most siginficant announcements to come out of Apple’s 2020 Developer Conference; Keen, Google’s new social collaboration tool; Google Images fact checks; Patagonia joins the growing Facebook advertising boycott; Devin Nunes’ Cow wins in court; YouTube introduces shoppable commercials; Pandora introduces analytics for podcasters; Facebook continues to harbor hate; mobile messaging app stats.

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Video Game Use By Platform [CHART]

Chart: Video Game Use By Platform

Apple launched its subscription gaming service Arcade in late September as part of the company’s wider iOS 13 release, betting big on subscription gaming services and joining others like Google and Microsoft.

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Terrifying Marketing Mistakes

Photo: Top 10 Terrifying Marketing Mistakes of 2019

During every episode of my podcast, Beyond Social Media, my co-host BL Ochman and I discuss the best and the worst marketing communication stories of the week. These are the top ten worst marketing stories I discussed during the past year.

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Map App Users, 2017-2021 [CHART]

Chart: Map App Users

Maps and navigation apps are essential tools for smartphone users, and we forecast that 66.8% of smartphone users will use them monthly, with a growth of 5.8% from 2017 to 2018. More than 155 million people will use maps and navigation apps by the end of this year. We expect that growth will remain steady in the coming years, and penetration will reach 67.6% by 2021.

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Artificial Intelligence Guide [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic from TechJury illustrates the artificial intelligence revolution, including a historic timeline detailing the evolution of the technology, the classifications of AI, examples of how it is used, statistics, the companies and countries that are leading the way, its effect on various industries, and what the future holds for AI.

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eCommerce Market Share [CHART]

Chart: eCommerce Market Share

When it comes to the US ecommerce market, Amazon is leaving the competition in the dust. This year, the online shopping juggernaut will capture 49.1% of the market.

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Voice Commerce Users By Age & Platform [TABLE]

Table: Voice Commerce By Age & Platform

30% of US internet users have used a voice assistant to look for product information or purchase products—in other words, shop or buy. Google Assistant (13.9%) and Siri (13.1%) had the highest usage for these activities.

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