Top Five: Marketing Trends and Stats for 2018

Rumours have it that Facebook will launch its answer to Amazon Echo and Google Home at the annualy F8 Conference in May. Called Portal, the device is said to go for US $499 and will be available at pop-up and online stores.

‘Unpartial’ is a new Google Chrome extension that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the trustworthiness of content. It measures biases and considers grammar, density of facts and subjective statements in its assessments.

These core industry trends and others were presented by the Consumer Technology Association's (CTA) at the 2018 Tech Trends to Watch session on opening day at CES in Las Vegas.

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The BBC is facing a “crisis of trust” after huge earnings disparities between male and female journalists. A 30-year BBC veteran journalist has stepped down from an international post in protest #IStandwithCarrie