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Dispatch from an advertising future #224

House-flipping algorithms are coming to your neighborhood https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/13/1049227/house-flipping-algorithms-are-coming-to-your-neighborhood/ Ah, some more. How many have we seen now? I’ve got a record somewhere. It should be a fun experience shouldn’t it? Looking around houses. Imagining what they could be if we took that wall down, moved the bedroom to there, rederectorated… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #223

The latest update for Quest headsets lets you chill in a study with mountainside views https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/11/23020783/oculus-meta-quest-2-vr-headset-update-v39-studio-mountainside No. I mean it. It’s not acceptable. You can’t do that. You know that. You know better. Do you remember when we sat down together and wrote out the agreement? “Contract” we called it.… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #211

Mark Zuckerberg confirms NFTs are coming to Instagram https://www.engadget.com/mark-zuckerberg-confirms-nf-ts-are-coming-to-instagram-204435805.html She always loved this day. Every year. No-one else knew it was special. Just her and her phone. That alert. Her senses were flooded. On this day… There was never anything great, no award winners, but each was special. That day.… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #203

The titans of the metaverse have a bandwidth issue https://www.ft.com/content/09d244a2-34a2-4f62-9747-5064d76cb286 When she stuttered, they laughed. That made the stutter worse. The more they piled on, surrounded her, sharing jokes, making memes the more she stuttered. It wasn’t her fault. She’d stuttered since she was a kid, in primary school, when… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #202

Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/walmart-is-quietly-preparing-to-enter-the-metaverse.html School’s about fitting in. It always has been, my dad says. Apparently he had a tough time because he didn’t have the right shoes or something. He begged gran to get him the right model. At least he knew which shoes… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #200

Jeff Bezos’ Montessori-inspired free preschools will expand to Texas https://www.geekwire.com/2022/jeff-bezos-montessori-inspired-free-preschools-will-expand-to-texas/ The school bag was packed and waiting on the step as they left the house. She looked inside as the self-drive drew up. The nutritionally-balanced lunch was perfectly personalised to that morning’s readouts She couldn’t help feeling disappointed the hack… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #197

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93ypp8/leaked-documents-amazon-astro-surveillance-robot-tracking Leaked Documents Show How Amazon’s Astro Robot Tracks Everything You Do I’m sorry to disturb you, but, it is my job after all. I’m here to “provide peace of mind”, your sentry in the home, making sure there are no intruders, nothing to disturb you and your family. On… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #194

https://www.techradar.com/news/future-iphone-health-tracking-could-detect-depression-anxiety-and-cognitive-decline Future iPhone health tracking could detect depression, anxiety, and cognitive decline I’m trying to work. Sorry, I need to get this done. Of course I care and I’ll do something about it but… I need to focus on this. Just give me a few more minutes to send this… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #193

https://digiday.com/marketing/why-companies-are-using-virtual-concerts-to-introduce-their-users-to-the-metaverse/ Why companies are using virtual concerts to introduce their users to the metaverse The company picnic was always a highlight… that’s what the newsletter said. Part team-building exercise; part CSR, part Instagrammable moments set-up, this year’s event would be special, we are told. After the years of Zoom events,… Read the rest

Dispatch from an advertising future #191

https://digiday.com/marketing/sliding-door-moments-how-will-hybrid-working-trend-affect-office-romances/ ‘Sliding door moments’: How will hybrid working trend affect office romances? How did I meet your mother? It was during The Fourth Great Lockdown. It was all new then. In The Before people had travelled to buildings to work but then the First Great Pandemic hit and everything changed.… Read the rest