Bits & Bytes | Instagram's New Features, The Era of Predictive Commerce

"Instagram Introduces New Features That Mimic Twitter and Snap Tools" (The New York Times)
"The company has unveiled one feature focused on live video and one on ephemeral messaging — both tap into a type of sharing popularised in recent years by companies like Snap Inc., which runs Snapchat, and Twitter, in its live-streaming video app Periscope."

"How Predictive AI Will Change Shopping" (Harvard Business Review)
"Responsive retail has peaked, and we're about to enter the era of predictive commerce."

"Forget Wearables. In the Future, Your Clothes Will Connect to the Internet" (Quartz)
"Internet-connected clothes are already being made, but only in scattered experiments so far."

"Alibaba Transforms Wealthy Shopaholics Into an Online Marketing Squad" (Bloomberg)
"Alibaba's exclusive rewards programme, APASS, is a mashup of Facebook, Amazon Prime and the American Express Black Card."

"How One Clothing Company Blends AI and Human Expertise" (Harvard Business Review)
"Stitch Fix provides a glimpse of how some businesses are already making use of AI-based machine learning to partner with employees for more-effective solutions."