Social Media Daily News Roundup 23.07.19

Today’s social media news, rounded up in one place so you don’t have to go anywhere else.

🌸 Internet advertising to grow at slowest rate since 2001 dotcom bust 

🌸 Facebook kids app flaw let strangers into chats

🌸 Apple reportedly in talks to buy Intel’s 5G modem business for $1 billion

🌸Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' becomes oldest music video to break 1 billion views on YouTube

🌸 Apple patents gesture, expression tracking for mixed reality headset 

Internet advertising to grow at slowest rate since 2001 dotcom bust - The Guardian 

The internet is about to lose its mantle as the fastest-growing sector of the global advertising market for the first time in two decades, as brands seeking risk-free space to spend their ad budgets turn to traditional media such as cinema, billboards and poster sites.

Next year the global internet advertising market, which is dominated by Google and Facebook, will surrender its position as the fastest-growing ad medium for the first time since the early days of the dotcom boom and bust at the turn of the century.

Facebook kids app flaw let strangers into chats - BBC 

A flaw with Facebook’s app for under-13s meant children came into contact with unapproved strangers, the company has confirmed.

Messenger Kids, launched in 2017, was pegged as a safe space for children who were too young to use the “grown-up” version of the social network.

The app was meant to only allow children to chat with friends who were approved by a parent.

But a design flaw, first reported by The Verge, made it possible for unauthorised users - who may have been adults - to be part of group chats.

Apple reportedly in talks to buy Intel’s 5G modem business for $1 billion - The Verge 

Apple may be closing in on a deal to buy up Intel’s abandoned smartphone modem business for $1 billion, with The Wall Street Journal reporting today that a deal could be announced as early as next week.

Intel announced back in April it was exiting the 5G mobile modem business earlier this year after Apple reached a surprise settlement with Qualcomm that would see Apple once again return to using Qualcomm’s modems in its phones. Intel CEO Bob Swan went on to clarify that Intel had abandoned the modem business directly because of the Apple settlement — without Apple as a customer, the company concluded that it “just didn’t see a path” forward.

Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' becomes oldest music video to break 1 billion views on YouTube - Fox News

“Easy come, easy go” — that’s a phrase that has never applied to “Bohemian Rhapsody,” one of the most enduring recordings of the 20th century. The Queen classic just set a record by becoming the first music video released in the 1970s, or any time prior to the ’90s, to cross the billion-views mark on YouTube.

To commemorate the milestone, the two remaining original members of the group, Brian May and Roger Taylor, have teamed up with Universal Music and YouTube/Google for some fresh iterations of the 44-year old single and video. One is a newly digitally remastered version of the original clip, which premiered on “Top of the Pops” in England in November 1975.

Apple patents gesture, expression tracking for mixed reality headset - Variety 

Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset could include a number of sensors to track the eyes, gestures and even facial expressions of its users. The company applied for a patent to track these kinds of inputs, and combine them with information gathered from outward-facing sensors for mixed reality experiences.