Audio: Amazon has officially announced its acquisition of podcast network Wondery, which should help it draw more listeners to Amazon Music.
More boomers have retired this year than any year in the past, driven by pandemic-related job losses and health fears—but most remain relatively secure in their retirement prospects.
Social: In Latin America, Facebook’s user growth will accelerate strongly due to the pandemic, bringing its penetration to just over half of the population for the first time.
Drones: The Federal Aviation Administration approved new rules that allow drones to fly over people and at night, greatly expanding the geographic area where commercial testing can occur.
Search: Google is testing a new feature on its mobile search app that surfaces TikTok and Instagram videos in the hopes of keeping users on its app.
eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Jillian Ryan discusses what she's paying attention to in 2021 and why: shifting B2B buyer preferences, what to consider when employees return to the office, and what's next for account-based marketing.
The iPhone 12 Pro became the first phone to have a back-facing Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) camera, which enables more sophisticated augmented reality (AR). (Top-end Android phones use a similar Time-of-Flight, or ToF sensor.) Lidar can near-instantaneously detect depth and size, allowing for rapid and very detailed mixed reality functions for apps, such as furniture placement or full-body Snapchat Lenses. This should supercharge mobile AR spending and make such ads more feasible.