January 20, 2021

Good Morning.
Today’s roundup:
1) More than 10 million users installed Android apps that showed out-of-context ads.
2) Warning: Telegram is not end-to-end encrypted by default.
3) New lawsuit accuses Amazon of e-book price fixing – the suit alleges the ecommerce company works with publishers to stifle competition.
4) DuckDuckGo surpasses 100 million daily search queries for the first time.
5) Worldwide ecommerce will approach $5 trillion this year.
Despite a challenging year for retail in 2020, we estimate that worldwide retail ecommerce sales posted a 27.6% growth rate for the year, with sales reaching well over $4 trillion. This represents a substantial uptick from our mid-pandemic assessment that global ecommerce would decelerate to 16.5% growth and demonstrates the remarkable extent to which consumers transitioned to ecommerce last year.
Even as total worldwide retail sales declined by 3.0% and recessionary conditions set in around the world, ecommerce managed to perform above pre-pandemic expectations in 2020.
6) Ads on Facebook may not be that important for brands after all, Forrester data shows.
7) Why is WhatsApp delaying its controversial privacy policy update and what it means for users.
8) Facebook sues two Chrome extension Devs for scraping user data.
9) How your brand can use Carousels on Twitter.
10) Ecommerce payment processing 101: A beginner’s guide for small businesses.
11) 16 trends and predictions for media and journalism in 2021.
12) Google’s $53 billion impact in Australia.
13) 19 Advanced SEO techniques to double your search traffic.
14) Facebook’s latest ad ban in the name of inauguration safety is pure performance.
15) Should you have a trailing slash at the end of URLs?
16) 10 Essential social media metrics that every social media report should include.
17) Facebook Business Suite: What marketers need to know.
18) Remote images are proving to be a major problem for email filters.
19) How to market your dealership’s digital retailing services in 2021 and beyond.
20) 10 brands getting creative with GIFs and looping video on Instagram.
Have a great day!
— Itay Paz
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