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🕺🏻Wiser! #83: Gen Z, Brands and Metaverse | NFTs and eSports | Facebook To Work Like TikTok

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VR/AR and the Metaverse • 11 min read

🕺🏻Wiser! #83: Gen Z, Brands and Metaverse | NFTs and eSports | Facebook To Work Like TikTok

Wiser! #83: Under 25s are playing, buying, living in the Metaverse...already. And brands that market to Gen Z and Gen Alpha are on to it! Plus, eSports is growing and a natural home for NFTs. Facebook reveal plans to be like TikTok. And Big Tech Little Tech podcast is out!…

Rick Huckstep • 24 Jun 2022

💰 Wiser! #82: Apple Pay Later | Crypto Clean Out | Lina Khan

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BigTech • 9 min read

💰 Wiser! #82: Apple Pay Later | Crypto Clean Out | Lina Khan

Wiser! #82: Apple's move into Buy Now Pay Later is all about improving the customer experience with frictionless payments. Plus the Crypto price collapse continues. It's good thing, right? And Lina Khan takes on BigTech.…

Rick Huckstep • 17 Jun 2022

🍺 Wiser! #81: Budweiser in the Metaverse | Clubhouse Over? | Elon's Bot Problem | Crypto Bull or Bear?

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VR/AR and the Metaverse • 10 min read

🍺 Wiser! #81: Budweiser in the Metaverse | Clubhouse Over? | Elon's Bot Problem | Crypto Bull or Bear?

Newsletter #81: Budweiser is the latest big brand to venture into the Web3 metaverse. With Zed Run. Plus; eighteen months ago, a tech upstart called Clubhouse hit the headlines as the next big thing. That didn't last long! Elon's at it again. And Crypto confidence or carnage?…

Rick Huckstep • 10 Jun 2022

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Facebook / Meta • 10 min read

👋 Newsletter #80: Sandberg Stands Down | Mastercard Facial Recognition | Twitter Fined | Elon's Not Working From Home

Newsletter #80: When Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook, the social media giant was a $150 million a year business. Now it's a $118 billion business. This week Sandberg called time. Plus: Mastercard's facial recognition payments, Twitter is fined and Elon wants everyone in the office.…

Rick Huckstep • 03 Jun 2022

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🔫 Newsletter #79: Guns, Lobbying and Social Media | Zuckerberg Sued | TikTok | Snap | Crypto and Metaverse

Newsletter #79: For 2 years, 50 senators have held up new background laws for buying guns. And the killing continues, decade after decade. Also, in this issue; Snap's stock price collapse, Mark Zuckerberg just can not get away from Cambridge Analytica and someone stole Seth Green's Bored Ape!…

Rick Huckstep • 27 May 2022

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Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin and Web3 • 8 min read

🙊 Newsletter #78: State of Crypto | Social Media Censorship | TikTok

Newsletter #78: Bitcoin is down 60% in 6 months and the sceptics are out. But what really is the the state of the crypto economy. Plus; new research shows the extent that Americans believe social media censors political POVs. And TikTok addiction keeps on growing!…

Rick Huckstep • 20 May 2022

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🎙Newsletter #77: Bitcoin's Decline | EU's BigTech Regs | iPod RIP | Elon's Twitter Soap Opera

Newsletter #77: Bitcoin and tech stocks are having a shocker, wiping out the pandemic gains of the last 2 years. Meanwhile, the EU agree firm rules on content moderation. And Elon Musk's Twitter soap opera continue. Plus, the end of the iPod, but the start of my new Podcast!…

Rick Huckstep • 13 May 2022

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Newsletters • 11 min read

Newsletter #76: AirBnB's New Way of Working | The Internet Computer | India's Super App Tata Neu

Newsletter #76: AirBnB have used the pandemic well. They've got their own house in order and just reported good numbers. Now they've gone one step further and changed the way they work. Plus, The Internet Computer wants to democratise the internet. And Tata's new super app raised privacy concerns.…

Rick Huckstep • 07 May 2022

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BigTech • 11 min read

🧮 Newsletter #75: BigTech's BigNumbers | Elon's BigDebt | Twitter Rumbles On | Other Stuff

Wiser! #75: Elon Musk is borrowing big time against his Tesla stock to buy Twitter. He's skating on thin ice with that one and many doubt he'll still go through with it. Also, it's earnings week as the big tech stocks report for the quarter.…

Rick Huckstep • 30 Apr 2022

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👤 Newsletter #74: What Has Social Media Done to Society? | Elon Musk & Twitter | Revlon Rule

Wiser! Newsletter #74: Is Social Media to blame for the erosion of trust in government, institutions, the news media and, frankly, each other? In 2009, Facebook gave users the ability to Like and then Share posts. Was this the beginning of the end?…

Rick Huckstep • 22 Apr 2022

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✞ Newsletter #73: Musk and Twitter | Social Media Age Limit | Peloton's Troubles | Easter in Spain

Newsletter #73: This week I'm covering the latest on the Elon Musk and Twitter story, Peloton's latest efforts to grab our attention. And the minimum age for social media use and why it's important.…

Rick Huckstep • 15 Apr 2022

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Newsletters • 13 min read

🐦 Newsletter #72: Elon Musk & Twitter | Facebook's Algorithms Go Astray | UK's Crypto Hub Ambitions

Wiser! #72: Elon Musk dominates headlines yet again over Twitter. He's only gone and became the largest independant shareholder, joined the board and broken the SEC's rules in the process. Plus: Facebook's algorithms go astray and they didn't know why. The UK wants to be a crypto hub.…

Rick Huckstep • 08 Apr 2022