‘If technology is not part of the solution, it is part of the inspiration’

Trust and authenticity: How to reach the Muslim consumer

Why brands have to mean something more than products

Britons are not fun anymore they sober up as social media leaves nowhere to hide

The innovation of sex: From phallic 3D printing to intimate wearables, tech is pushing boundaries

Amazon’s first original movie will be Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-Raq’

Google’s ‘Mobilegeddon’ has double-figure impact

To pitch or not to pitch? 15 questions to help you decide

Can you speak emoji? Five tips on how brands can use them

Google data breach unveils 95% of right to be forgotten requests come from the general public

It’s not just Greece 50 Cent files for bankruptcy despite making Forbes rich list months earlier

True lies: copywriting and the enduring art of ‘honest deception’

Very good news!! Fans turn to Kickstarter to fund Hannibal movie after cancellation

Uber riles irate cabbies further with plans to buy 500,000 driverless cars

Copyranter to digital marketers: Give up

Facebook’s growing influence on news consumption, in 5 charts

Report: Facebook is developing Moneypenny, a personal shopper service

Big Spenders on a Budget: What the Top 200 U.S. Advertisers Are Doing to Spend Smarter

Apple Pay Expands to U.K. as First Market Outside U.S.

These Digital Stats Show Exactly Why Google Fears Facebook Ads Report reveals changes in the industry

Report: User Reviews Have a Powerful Impact Online and Offline

Got Secrets? This Dropbox Competitor Will Encrypt Them

Messenger is now globally available to anyone without a Facebook account

Twitter’s new data dashboard helps make sure no one is trespassing on your account

Mozilla and everybody else had enough of Flash’s security flaws

There’s a dead giveaway that chinas growth numbers are fake

It is not just Greece Rome is on the verge of collapse,’ according to its Chamber of Commerce president

From Colombia to New York City: The economics of cocaine

McDonald’s franchisees are terrified for the future

8 things people decide within seconds of meeting you

Some news that got my attention this week

Facing facts: How advertisers are reading our emotions

It’s time to stop fighting against ad blockers

What is creativity? Designer Tom Dixon OBE on ideas, product design and why computers are ‘like a disease’

Advertising’s representation of LGBT people is still behind the times

Facebook to launch own music-streaming service

Global brands take two-faced strategy with LGBT issues abroad

What a decade of ads say about a woman’s place

4 Key Trends in Social Business as of Right Now

Confessions of an agency CEO: ‘We don’t take care of our people’

Big Spaceship CEO: The future of digital ads is in ‘micro-interactions’

Brands confront video metrics mess in an age of autoplay

The Reddit Revolt of 2015, explained for normals

Twitter will soon let app advertisers use video, introduces new bidding process for ad space

Tinder is introducing verified profiles to make sure your famous swipes are for real

3 Ways Leaders Accidentally Undermine Their Teams’ Creativity

A huge pile of money has gone up in smoke at Microsoft

Hand gestures say a lot about your intelligence

The battle for the top music streaming service may come down to exclusives

The world’s top 10 fashion brands are worth $122 billion

16 questions that doctors use to figure out if you’re a sociopath

Facebook employees reveal 22 awful things about working at Facebook

Facebook just completely changed the way it charges advertisers — here’s how people in the industry feel about it

Some non grexit news that got my attention this week