Newsletter november final

B. news
brief
// FIRST EDITION
november 2019.

1.
the new
instagram
update.
(that you might have missed)
It’s finally happened, marketers: We’ve had a month
with no new major features rolling out on a wide-scale
basis on Instagram. The wait is over! Instagram is recently
updating its platform and we have put for you
the several new features and changes that you might
follower sorting.
Instagram’s testing out a new filter option in
your ‘Followers’ and ‘Following’ lists which
would enable you to sort the listing by most
recent additions, or the opposite.
The capacity could make it easier to locate
your most long-serving brand supporters,
which may provide new opportunities for connection.
It would also make it easier to engage
with your most recent additions, and track locations
and details, which you could correlate
with campaigns.
How to: if they’ve already left a mean comment,
swipe left on it and select the ‘!’ icon,
then select “restrict [username]”. Alternatively,
you can go to your profile, hit the hamburganti
bullying tool.
Instagram has just introduced a new feature
called ‘Restrict’ that allows users to block interactions
from users that are likely to spread
hate, bully, or are unwanted for any other reason.
This is different from blocking someone because
they won’t know that they are blocked.
They can still leave their hate-filled comments
on your account, but no one will be able to see
it but them.
The account owner will be able to reveal the
comment if they are interested, otherwise “restricted
comment” will be in its place and you
can move on without being affected by that
person’s negativity!
create mode.
As detailed by TechCrunch, there’s a new
“Create” mode for Instagram Stories that essentially
turns “Throwback Thursday” into an
official feature, as well as much more. With the
new Create mode, there’s an “On This Day”
button that generates a post from that specific
day in a previous year. It can also randomly
move between different posts from different
years:
For now, the highlight of Create is the “On This
Day” option that shows a random feed post
you shared on the same calendar date in the
dark mode.
If you woke up today with a completely dark Instagram
– you’re part of their latest beta test!
Users with operating systems iOS 13 and Android
10 will be experiencing a darker version of
our most-loved social media app.
However some people are freaking out because
it’s not entirely clear how to switch to and from
the Instagram we’re used to, and the new,
grungier, dark version.
As mentioned, this is only available to users
with specific operating systems, but if you have
that, here’s how to enable/disable dark mode:
iPhone How to: Navigate to your phone Settings,
select Display and Brightness, Toggle the
Dark option.
Android How to: Navigate to your phone Settings,
select Display, select Theme, turn on
Dark Theme.

2.
One should typically be cautious when disseminating propaganda from a brutal authoritarian regime, and the equine
images released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday and Wednesday certainly fit that bill.
But believe me when I say seeing Kim Jong Un try to kick off “Weird Dictator Winter” is really, really worth your time.
i mean, look at this.
turns out, this
propaganda
photos of kim
jong-un
riding white
horse have a
very serious
message.
Yes it’s hilarious, but it’s no joke.
more on this story : http://bit.ly/2BGRxeg
The mountain Kim and his horse climbed is Mount Paektu,
which has great symbolic and sacred meaning in North
Korea. It’s the mythical birthplace of the founder of the first
Korean kingdom and it played a central role in both the
Korean armed resistance to Japanese occupation in the
early 1900s and later the Korean War, when guerrilla fighters
led by Kim Il Sung — Kim Jong Un’s grandfather and
the founder of modern North Korea — used the mountain
as a base.
What’s more, white horses symbolize Kim Il Sung, the
country’s founder and current leader’s grandfather — a
godlike figure in North Korean mythology. So for Kim to
take an extensive photo shoot with a white horse on that
mountain must mean he has something big to say.
“The symbolism of the images
themselves, and their throwback
style to the propaganda of
his grandfather’s era, seems to
send a message of power, confidence,
and readiness in the
face of hard times to come,”
Abraham Denmark, a former
top Pentagon official for East
Asia

3.
Drones
paris fashion
week:
drones are
dressing
models.
dressing models
sound somewhat
gimmicky, and it is, but
it did make for an exciting
catwalk moment
for Japanese designer
Issey Miyake’s Spring/
Summer 2020 show.
So how did it work?
watch here: http://bit.
ly/33YYkfG
The collection itself was
by new lead designer,
Satoshi Kondo. His objective
was to show a
combination of choreography
and colourful
garments that moved
in an eye-catching
way. “I wanted to express
joy through fashion.
So I mixed different
emotions—happiness,
pleasure, a modern
sensibility—combining
different materials, Japanese
tradition, and innovative
techniques,”
explained Kondo.

4.
singapore
is banning
advertisement
about
high sugar
drink.
Singapore is set to become
the first country to introduce a
ban on advertisements of high
sugar packaged drinks in 2020.
These drinks must also carry a
colour-coded label on the front
of the pack to signal that it is
unhealthy.
These rules will apply to drinks
in bottles, cans and packs that
are two- or three-in-one instant
drinks, soft drinks, juices and
cultured milk and yogurt drinks.
Edwin Tong, Singapore’s senior
minister of state for health said
these changes are designed
to encourage people to make
more informed choices and to
get manufacturers to reduce
the sugar content in packaged
sugar-sweetened beverages.
05. jennifer
anniston
broke
“I swear
I didn’t
mean to
break
it...”
06.
Adobe is helping Alexa
users get their
creative juices flowing
with the Inspiration
Engine -- a skill
that, when prompted,
shares inspirational
quotes and
creative exercises.
instagram
with her
debut.
more on this story
https://cnn.it/33WlwuW
Alexa as
muse:
Adobe
launches
creativity
skill
more on this story
http://bit.ly/33VMKlt

7.
virgin galactic
unveils:
under armour
spacesuits and
‘spacewear’ for
space tourist
flights.
Virgin Galactic revealed the new spacesuits to a select group of guests and reporters
during Wednesday’s event. The company also webcast the event to the
600 passengers who have already signed up for a trip to space and to employees
at its centers across the U.S. and in London.
08.
About 60% of riders
don’t. (Uber
could also reduce
the huge cut it takes
from drivers’ pay.
Just saying.)
09.
GOJEK is Indonesia’s
first decacorn,
per latest
unicorn rankings.
you should
probably
tip your
uber driver
more
often.
more on this story
http://bit.ly/2MGDGuR
jokowi
picks gojek
founder
makarim as
indonesia’s
education
minister
more on this story : http://bit.ly/31L1guC
more on this story
https://bloom.bg/2NgJREW

0.
our
entertainment
recommendation
for the upcoming
two weeks.
music.
Lizzo.
Cuz i Love you (album deluxe).
Pop//R&B//Rap.
Combining her roots in Houston rap, gospel
soul, and classical flute as confidently
as she addresses issues of race, sexuality,
and body positivity, singer/rapper Lizzo’s
music abounds with humor and charisma.
Cuz I Love You, which featured production
by Reed, X Ambassadors, and Warren
“Oak” Felder. The single “Juice” reached
number 23 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs
chart, while “Tempo,” a collaboration with
Missy Elliott, hit number 21 on the U.S. Digital
Album Chart.
NIKI.
All of her songs (literally).
Pop//Indie//Electronic
NIKI is the stage name of Indonesian R&B
artist, Nicole Zefanya. Born on 24th January
1999 and raised in Jakarta, she is
known for her charming rhythmic beats
and euphoniously soothing vocals. NIKI is
signed to 88rising, an American music label
that produce singers such as Rich Chigga
(now Rich Brian) and JoJi.

88rising.
Head in the Clouds II
Pop//R&B//Rap//Electronic.
Head in the Clouds II” is the second studio
album from 88rising, an American multimedia
production company famous for being
a strong proponent of Asian artists and
musicians. 88rising is known for boosting
the careers of artists such as NIKI and Rich
Brian from Indonesia, the Chengdu-based
Higher Brothers, and Japanese-Austrailian
singer-songwriter Joji, previously proliferous
on the internet as “Filthy Frank” —
whom some may recognize as the creator
of the viral dance “Harlem Shake.” In this
family-style sophomore album, 88rising artists
present a fresh spin on the latest musical
trends and color them with the varying
styles of a diverse crew of in-house artists
and featured guests.
tv series.
The OA.
Brit Marling, Zal Batmanglij
Mystery//Action//Philosophy//
Multi-Dimensional Reality.
Following the likes of Black Mirror and
Stranger Things, Netflix continues its run
of compelling, high quality, science fiction-drama
series. Created by Brit Marling
and Zal Batmanglij (Sound of My Voice,
The East) and produced by Brad Pitt, The
OA is unlike anything you’ve seen before,
and will haunt you for days after you’ve
finished watching it. Unfortunately, Netflix
cancelled the series, causing mass protest
(yes mass protest) around the world. Several
campaign from fans were launched in
effort to save the series. However, Netflix
have yet to give a comment.
Workin Moms.
Catherine Reitman, Dani Kind.
Comedy//Drama//Motherhood
//Working Parents.
Reitman (a mom of two young sons who’s
spoken publicly about her own postpartum
struggles) created an all-female writers
room for the project, and you can totally
tell.
The show follows four moms who are going
back to work after becoming parents, and
moms all over the world are relating to the
series, likely in part because staffing the
production with so many women infuses
the show with an undercurrent of authenticity
that’s hard to come by in television.
movie.
The Farewell.
Directed by Lulu Wang.
Starring Awkwafina.
Distributed by A24.
Comedy//Drama.
In the broadest strokes, the conflict at the
center of The Farewell is familiar: If you
could spare someone significant pain at
the cost of hiding the truth, would you still
tell them, or would you shoulder that emotional
burden yourself?
The film follows a Chinese family who,
when they discover their beloved Grandmother
has only a short while left to live,
decide to keep her in the dark and schedule
an impromptu wedding to gather before
she passes. Billi, feeling like a fish out of
water in her home country, struggles with
the family’s decision to hide the truth from
her grandmother.

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