THE DIGITAL TRUST REPORT: Insight into user confidence in top social platforms (FB, GOOG, GOOGL, LNKD, TWTR, SNAP)

BI Intelligence This report was created for BI Intelligence subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Trust is timely. In an era in which fake news is trending, and brands are pulling advertising from large publishers because they don’t want their messaging associated with offensive content, trust is a critical factor that brands consider when re-evaluating […]

No CEO needed: These blockchain platforms will let ‘the crowd’ run startups

GUEST: Back in May, I wrote about the concept of DAOs, decentralized autonomous organizations capable of running themselves thanks to blockchain technology — no CEO or C-Suite needed. At the time I was writing, there were a few people in the blockchain community testing out the idea but no strong efforts underway. That was six […]

DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT AND THE CONNECTED CAR: How cars are transforming into digital platforms and opening an entirely new channel for service providers

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Media consumption is at a saturation point. After rising for much of the last decade, total digital time spent has been nearly static since the start of 2015. As a result, it’s increasingly […]

THE SOCIAL VIDEO REPORT: Media distribution and monetization in the age of platforms

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. The “pivot to video” is digital media’s megatrend of the moment. The average consumer will view 47.4 minutes of online video per day this year, up 20% from 2016, […]

Machine-learning cloud platforms get to work

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The machine-learning smarts that help Google know what’s in a photo and let Amazon’s Alexa carry on a conversation are getting a real job. “ML” platforms from vendors like Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and others can automate business processes on a previously impossible scale and free up employees for more creative, […]

Original Xbox’s huge controller is returning for current platforms

Original Xbox owners got a powerful yet eccentric machine in Microsoft’s first stab at console gaming. The system itself was a massive VCR-sized slab of circuits and plastic, but it was the comically oversized controller that most baffled gamers. Yet fans look back fondly at the beastly peripheral, nicknamed “The Duke.” Unbeknownst to most, one […]

Google says it found no trace of Russia’s interference in US election on its ad platforms

Google has said it has failed to unearth any facts that would implicate Moscow in exploiting its advertising tools to manipulate the US elections. It comes after Facebook said it had found dozens of Russia-linked fake pages promoting divisive US-related issues. “We’re always monitoring for abuse or violations of our policies and we’ve seen no […]

THE SOCIAL MEDIA DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT: Differences in age, gender, and income at the top platforms (FB, TWTR, LNKD, GOOG, GOOGL, SNAP)

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Social networks are here to stay, and they’re constantly evolving. Globally, more than 2.8 billion people — or 37% of the world’s population — use social media, but the […]

Facebook is about to have 4 different billion-user platforms

Facebook Almost there. Despite intensifying competition among social photo/video sharing platforms, user growth on Facebook‘s (NASDAQ:FB) Instagram is actually accelerating. Instagram announced today that it has now reached 700 million monthly active users, noting that “the last 100 million of you joined faster than ever.” For the record, the service had previously hit 600 million […]

Mirabook notebook works with a variety of mobile smartphone and PC platforms

One of the more forward-looking technology concepts today is the idea of connecting a smartphone to a larger display and external peripherals like a keyboard and mouse. The combination can provide the mobility benefits of a smartphone device with the productivity advantages of a notebook or desktop PC. A number of companies are working specifically on […]