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Spotify’s Wrapped 2023 celebrates users’ real moments with music

https://www.marketing-interactive.com/spotify-wrapped-2023-celebrates-users-real-moments-with-music It was that date. So far things had gone well. Conversation was relaxed, despite it being that date. Now he’d been invited in for coffee. It was that date. He looked around the flat and relaxed slightly. The furnishings were what he expected. Not Ikea but restrained in style… Read the rest

AWS brings Amazon One palm-scanning authentication to the enterprise

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/aws-brings-amazon-one-palm-scanning-authentication-technology-to-the-enterprise/ I always buy my coffee from the cart outside the building. It’s not that his coffee is better than the franchise in reception – although it is! It’s not some statement about supporting small businesses. It’s that taking a few moments to queue up, have a chat about the… Read the rest

‘Lazy girl jobs’ and viral agencies: Is gen Z changing the rules for employers?

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/27/lazy-girl-jobs-and-viral-agencies-gen-z-changing-the-rules-employers I know some people like the idea, like doing it, but not me. Don’t get me wrong, I love this place. Great company and I get to do the work I’ve always dreamed of doing… and spent a shed load of money training to do. And that’s it. I… Read the rest

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Emergency calls only. The triangle was stubbornly empty. When he clicked on refresh, the news was… not new. Adobe. Still. The world was quiet. Wars had ended. no proto fascist had seized power. The climate was stable. Deals were on hold. No-one was moving jobs. No new campaigns or awards.… Read the rest

Could anti-consumerist brand campaigns put an end to Black Friday?

https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/24/could-anti-consumerist-brand-campaigns-put-end-black-friday She’s tried most things. Apps that limited time on the sites. Ad blockers. Even putting her phone in one of those locked boxes with a timer. She’d even tried meditation. No good. And this time of year was the worst of course. And the algorithms knew it. Dynamic pricing… Read the rest

Ice Ring gives 24/7 health tracking the finger

https://newatlas.com/wearables/ice-ring-omate/ I know traditional weddings aren’t everyone’s taste. But we earned the full experience: dressing up, pretty location, the music, even the arguments about which relatives to sit where. And we spent ages on the vows and the pre-nup: promising to share the data, to watch over each other’s feeds,… Read the rest