Can Facebook's $1 bn gamble help it regain lost cool?
Like internet personalities the world over, Kenyan TikTok comedian Mark Mwas was intrigued when Facebook announced a $1 billion plan to pay content creators like him.
Jul 23, 2021
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No more invites. No more wait lists. Exclusive Clubhouse app goes public
Clubhouse, the popular audio-streaming app accessible only by invitation, just got a lot more inviting.
Jul 21, 2021
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Social media influencing grows more precarious in digital age
Influencing millions of people on social media and being paid handsomely is not as easy as it looks, according to new Cornell University research.
Jun 02, 2021
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Facebook announces AI that learns from videos
As a platform hosting a great deal of content, Facebook developers are creating an AI project called Learning from Videos that can learn from publicly available videos uploaded to the website. This AI aims to use audio, textual ...
Mar 16, 2021 report
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Clubhouse: the wildly popular audio chat app
Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic when people could not get together in person—but now the once niche platform has far higher goals.
Feb 11, 2021
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Facebook building tool to let fans pay celebrities for face time
Facebook Inc. is building a new video product that will let people pay content creators or celebrities for the chance to interact with them during a live broadcast.
Dec 16, 2020
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Business
TikTok parent working flat out for 'best outcome': report
The founder of Bytedance, which owns social media giant TikTok, said Monday his teams were working around-the-clock "for the best outcome" as talks on the sale of its US operation to Microsoft continue, Chinese media reported.
Aug 03, 2020
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TikTok rival Zynn blames Google Play removal on 'isolated incident'
Video app Zynn on Friday blamed its removal from Google Play Store on an "isolated incident" that should soon be resolved following accusations that stolen content appeared on the Chinese-made TikTok rival.
Jun 12, 2020
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YouTube 'creators' fret over impact of new child protection rules
Samuel Rader quit his job three years ago to work full time on his YouTube channel, "Sam and Nia," featuring videos of his family life.
Sep 15, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Lexar lifts flash memory storage card to 1TB level
"Terabyte hard drives were only for, like, space stations," said Senior Editor for Geek.com, Jordan Minor, recalling when he was kid and thought that "a terabyte was such a huge, incalculable amount of space that surely no ...
Jan 14, 2019 weblog
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