Amazon’s got Style | JOMO for 20th Jan
In today’s JOMO: Google says pay up, Insta launches subscriptions and Amazon’ first physical clothing store
🗞In the news
IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes - Gizmodo
Online tax filers in the United States will soon be required to submit a selfie to a third-party identity verification company using facial recognition tech in order to file their taxes or make IRS payments online.
Soon… coming to India
Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrencies - Reuters
After getting free Gmail, Drive, Docs, and other apps for the past several years, companies/people will need to start paying for those Google services and the ability to use your own custom domain (instead of just gmail.com).
🤩New products, features, launches
Amazon’s first clothing store lets you summon clothes to the fitting room - Verge
Amazon Style is a new kind of physical store from the online shopping giant that will focus on clothing, footwear, and other fashion accessories, the company announced today. It’s due to open at The Americana at Brand shopping mall in Los Angeles later this year, where it will be Amazon’s “first-ever physical apparel store.”
Absolutely brilliant! Worth checking out the launch video
Instagram launches early test of creator subscriptions in the US - TC
Through the Subscriptions product, creators can choose their own price point for access to their exclusive content. There are eight price points to choose from, starting at $0.99 per to month to as much as $99.99 per month
Great to see Insta move beyond ads
🤔Interesting read
Streaming music report sheds light on battle between Spotify, Amazon, Apple, and Google - Verge
Spotify was the largest music streaming service in the world as of the second quarter of 2021 with a market share of 31 percent, with Apple Music in second place at 15 percent, and Amazon Music and Tencent Music each tied at third with 13 percent apiece.
📊Poll for the day
Which music streaming service do you use?
Spotify
Apple Music
Amazon Music
Other
Curated from:
Morning Brew, Verge, Techcrunch, Techmeme, CNBC, Hacker News, Product Hunt and more