📡 The pricing challenge. Failure. And Blame.
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📰 News
Last week was Apple week. Apple’s biggest announcements were three very poorly named iPhones and the new Apple Watch. And somehow, Apple’s AirPower charger is still a no-show, one year after it was first announced. It actually disappeared pretty much site-wide on Apple’s website. [TheVerge] Here’s an interesting read by John Gruber on the whole event.
Tesla’s got competition! Lithium Werks, a small Dutch company, plans to spend $2 billion manufacturing power packs for bulkier machines, such as boats, trains, and mining equipment [Bloomberg]. It does feel like the right time to challenge Tesla since Elon Musk is probably stoned by now! [TheGuardian]
Inject humanity into Facebook! Facebook’s quite serious about solving their problems as reports emerge of their hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building” [TechCrunch]. Also, apparently, Facebook is beating Twitter on fake-news-front too, but it’s still not enough. [TheVerge]
🧠 Insights
The Good-Better-Best Approach to Pricing
Why every company should consider a tiered model and make product/services accessible, but not too cheap.
📊 Statistics
How Top Finance Apps Ranked during last few years - Credit: SensorTower
Money Transfer Apps Downloads since Q1 2015 - Credit: SensorTower
Top Money Transfer Apps Surge Past Mobile Banking Giants
Money transfer apps like Venmo (PayPal-owned) and Cash App (Square-owned), have surpassed mobile banking as the largest drivers of U.S. fintech downloads, according to SensorTower data since 2015.
Read more on SensorTower.
Digital Detoxers & Digital Dieters - Credit: GlobalWebIndex
Digital Diets
In a special study, GWI surveyed 4,438 internet users aged 16-64 in 🇺🇸 and 🇬🇧 and categorised them into three categories:
Digital Detoxers (19%): been on a full digital detox, either while travelling or for any other extended time;
Digital Dieters (51%): taken steps to cut down their time spent online, such as restricting usage around bedtime;
Digitally Comfortable (30%): haven’t felt the need to cut down/out their online activities.
Digital detoxers and people who take more moderate means to limit their usage have the same priorities: to spend more time with their families, take part in offline activities, and focus on their health.
Read more on GlobalWebIndex.
📱 Tools & Apps
Post Inspect: Find the best times to post to Reddit! Do better than 6pm on a Wednesday!
🎮 Fun Stuff
Can we stop blaming others?
People are not afraid of failure, they are afraid of blame. https://t.co/Ws5BQxWQDA
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