Crisis's Snow Day

Great timing from Crisis UK - this was tweeted just a few minutes after snow started landing in London (& colleagues started getting excited).

Snow: good for sledging, not for sleeping. Reserve a place for a homeless person at #CrisisXmas and bring someone in from the cold this Christmas: https://t.co/PHdZGQrCAj #snowday #SnowWatch #Snow pic.twitter.com/VH7i2Kkqp0

— Crisis (@crisis_uk) November 30, 2017

Apple's Smile Codes - Re-inventing the QR code

I spotted these codes at the Amazon UK Black Friday pop-up in Soho.  To buy products on display you need to open the Amazon app, click on the camera icon, then select smilecode scanner. 

Then fit the 'smile' logo into the rectangle in the phone viewer, and it will read the code.

This sort of engagement is commonplace in China, and has been a part of Singles Day for years. 

Can Amazon finally provide the impetus for QR codes to take off?

(NB - Pinterest is trying something similar in the US)

AnimojiKaraoke

It didn't take long for people to find a fun use for the new Apple animated emojis!

And then we proceeded to waste half our day. #animojikaraoke #iphonex #queen #bohemianrapsody #carriedaway pic.twitter.com/4TBBg6qQKS

— Mia Harrison (@ManxomeMia) November 4, 2017