Web Trends Roundup: September 7 – September 13
We’ve rounded up the latest news in web trends for the week of September 7, 2016 – September 13, 2016.
ANALYST COMMENT:
New digital advancements are already upon us in September. Of course, there is the iPhone 7 and iOS 10, but we are also looking towards hints of widespread content automation and Twitter’s (finally) longer tweets! Other disruptions include e-commerce trends, micro apps, and diversity quotas among ad agencies. Check out the details in our roundup below.
TOP STORIES
Reuters is the latest large news agency to embrace content automation
MEDIA: TechCrunch
BYLINE: Lora Kolodny
DATE: 13 September 2016
TOPICS: Content automation, artificial intelligence, content innovation
SUMMARY: Reuters recently struck partnerships with Graphiq Inc. and Wibbitz Ltd., to automate the creation of simple graphics and video clips, respectively. While they are not the first news site to incorporate content automation alongside human-generated news stories, this story does hint at a larger trend towards widespread news content automation.
The Future of Design According to 7 Web Visionaries
MEDIA: Awwwards
BYLINE: Nichi Porets
DATE: 13 September 2016
TOPICS: Web design, web trends
SUMMARY: 7 respective web designers share their expectations on the future of web design, as it pertains to new technologies, storytelling trends, virtual reality, and current design capabilities.
Twitter’s new, longer tweets are coming September 19th
MEDIA: The Verge
BYLINE: Chris Welch
DATE: 12 September 2016
TOPICS: Twitter, social content, social media
SUMMARY: On September 19th, Twitter will reduce types of content count toward the platform’s 140-character limit. Media attachments (images, GIFs, videos, polls, etc.) and quoted tweets will no longer reduce the count. The extra room for text will give users more flexibility in composing their messages.
RELEVANT STORIES
YouTube Community finally brings social networking to Google’s video platform
MEDIA: Digital Trends
BYLINE: Saqib Shah
DATE: 13 September 2016
SUMMARY: YouTube announced the launch of Community, a new social networking feature aimed at helping creators connect with viewers.
Facebook and Twitter take steps to wipe the web of fake news
MEDIA: Digital Trends
BYLINE: Trevor Mogg
DATE: 13 September 2016
SUMMARY: Set up by Google-backed FirstDraft, the newly formed network will work together to create a voluntary code of practice and also launch a collaborative verification system for journalists and social media companies to ensure the integrity of news reports.
iOS 10 review: the coming of age of apps
MEDIA: TechCrunch
BYLINE: Romain Dillet
DATE: 13 September 2016
SUMMARY: iOS 10 provides a new era for app usage, new messenger capabilities, and a new platform for app developers.
Reaching New Prospects Through Snapchat Marketing
MEDIA: Salesforce
BYLINE: Kim Honjo
DATE: 13 September 2016
SUMMARY: As Snapchat has become more marketing friendly, this article provides a few tips to make the most of the changes.
A Dozen Digestible Takeaways from 2016’s E-Commerce Benchmarks Study
MEDIA: Moz
BYLINE: Alan Coleman
DATE: 12 September 2016
SUMMARY: Moz has condensed their 2016 e-commerce study into 12 key points.
Why app development is going micro
MEDIA: TechCrunch
BYLINE: Peter Yared
DATE: 11 September 2016
SUMMARY: Due to the complex task of developing native apps for an enterprise, app developers have been moving towards the much simpler “micro” app, which normally focuses on a single purpose rather than providing numerous features.
Why Content Marketing’s Future Depends on Shorter Content and Less Content
MEDIA: Moz
BYLINE: Ronell Smith
DATE: 8 September 2016
SUMMARY: A compelling argument for the reduction of content for most content-creating organizations.
Agencies have mixed responses to brands’ diversity quota demands
MEDIA: Digiday
BYLINE: Jessica Davies
DATE: 8 September 2016
SUMMARY: After General Mills and HP have both announced diversity quotas on hiring ad agencies, various people have commented on the effectiveness of quotas and the pervasiveness of the problem of diversifying any workforce.