Hiring processes need to be about letting people put their best foot forward, whether that is in writing or on video.
Bean bandits: why teenagers are throwing baked beans at people’s houses
Egging is old hat. Now the trend is for ‘beaning’ – and it has become so prevalent that the police have decided to wade inName: Beaning.Age: About a month old. Continue reading…
The network effect is anti-competitive
Social networks and online marketplace providers have become digital dictators with complete control over their territories.
Microsoft acquires video creation and editing software maker Clipchamp
Video editing software may become the next big addition to Microsoft’s suite of productivity tools. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it’s acquiring Clipchamp, a company offering web-based video creation and editing software that allows anyone to put together video presentations, promos or videos meant for social media destinations like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. According to Microsoft, […]
Driven by livestreams, consumer spending in social apps to hit $17.2B in 2025
The livestreaming boom is driving a significant uptick in the creator economy, as a new forecast estimates consumers will spend $6.78 billion in social apps in 2021. That figure will grow to $17.2 billion annually by 2025, according to data from mobile data firm App Annie, which notes the upward trend represents a five-year compound […]
TikTok and Snap alums launch mayk.it, a social music creation app, with $4M in seed funding
After living through the global upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are re-evaluating their career path. Stefan Heinrich Henriquez, a former Head of Global Marketing at TikTok and Chief Marketing Officer at Cameo, is one of them. “I have been thinking about music since my time at TikTok, and I was really thinking about […]
TikTokではいま、若き気候変動アクティヴィストたちが活躍している
いまTikTokには、迫り来る地球規模の災害について、フォロワーに熱心に啓蒙活動を行なうエコ・クリエイターが続々と現れている。若者たちのメッセージは、数百万回も動画が再生されることで実際の行動へと結びつくのだろうか？ 実は大人がそう考えること自体が、「ソーシャルメディアを過小評価するという罠に陥っている」のだという。気候変動アクティヴィズムの新しいリアルを考察する。
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The D’Amelio Show: what do you do with TikTok fame?
The new reality show on Charli and Dixie D’Amelio attempts to transfer one kind of gargantuan fame into another with mixed results“I get asked why I’m famous a lot,” says Charli D’Amelio, the most followed person on TikTok, early in the third episode o…
Abba singles race to top of streaming charts in comeback triumph
Swedish pop group shows cross-generational appeal, amassing 5.5m likes on TikTok since 1 SeptemberTwo singles released from Abba’s first album in 40 years have raced to the top of the streaming charts, in a comeback that has generated praise and excite…
Playbyte’s new app aims to become the ‘TikTok for games’
A startup called Playbyte wants to become the TikTok for games. The company’s newly launched iOS app offers tools that allow users to make and share simple games on their phone, as well as a vertically scrollable, fullscreen feed where you can play the games created by others. Also like TikTok, the feed becomes more […]