Amazon launches a Clubhouse competitor that turns everyone into a DJ

Amazon launches a Clubhouse competitor that turns everyone into a DJ

Shared from www.theverge.com. Amazon is launching its long-rumored Clubhouse competitor today: a new app called Amp that’s more about listening to music than sitting around and chatting. Anyone who signs up will be able to […]

These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all

These artists are making tiny ROMs that will probably outlive us all

Shared from www.theverge.com. In 2017, on a 10-meter-long sailboat off the coast of French Polynesia, Canadian artists Devine Lu Linvega and Rekka Bellum — also known as the two-person studio / collective Hundred Rabbits — […]

Epic Games Acquires Bandcamp — Ethan Diamond To Remain CEO

Epic Games Acquires Bandcamp — Ethan Diamond To Remain CEO

Shared from www.digitalmusicnews.com. The fiercely independent Bandcamp is no longer. Epic Games — owner of the formidable Fortnite and the Unreal gaming engine — consummated its acquisition of the platform this morning (March 2nd). Gaming […]

Our metaverse future? Theme parks are already on the case

Illumix founder Kirin Sinha

Shared from www.latimes.com. The promise of augmented reality so far has largely been just that — promises of a future seen through filters for our mobile phone apps or simple games that place characters with […]

Here’s how social media platforms are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Shared from www.cnn.com Social media companies have in recent years grappled with how to handle misinformation and conspiracy theories about a pandemic, a fraught US presidential election and an insurrection, often while facing intense criticism […]

Meet Cringe Connoisseur Leia Jospé and Her Shirtless Soft Boys

Meet Cringe Connoisseur Leia Jospé and Her Shirtless Soft Boys

Shared from www.interviewmagazine.com All photos courtesy of Leia Jospé. After a brief hiatus, @favetiktoks420 is back on Instagram. The account, curated by the New York-based videographer and photographer Leia Jospé, mines the depths of TikTok […]

‘Every move scrutinized’: Facebook’s rocky road to the metaverse | Meta – Lifestyle | The Guardian

Phone screen displaying Facebook, TikTok and Twitter apps.

Shared from www.theguardian.com It would hardly be hyperbole to say that since its founding in 2004, Facebook has taken over the world – counting more than 50% of the global population as its user base. […]

Google’s advertising tech targeted in European publishers’ complaint – CNN.com – RSS Channel – App Tech Section

Google's advertising tech targeted in European publishers' complaint

Shared from www.cnn.com Reuters —   Google (GOOG) on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business, potentially strengthening EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s investigation into […]

Can Sam Pocker make a living by creating TikTok videos? – Technology

Shared from www.latimes.com In the parking lot of a southeast Los Angeles Jack in the Box, Sam Pocker offers me some advice: In dealing with the fast-food chain’s “secret sauce,” refrigeration is key. Leave the […]

Google plans to change Android app tracking in a bid to improve user privacy – CNN.com – RSS Channel – App Tech Section

Shared from www.cnn.com Google said Wednesday that it is launching a multi-year effort to build privacy-focused advertising solutions that will limit the sharing of user data with third parties. These solutions will operate without the […]

Why you can’t have legs in virtual reality (yet) – CNN.com – RSS Channel – App Tech Section

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg interacting with a full-body cartoon avatar of himself during a demo video showing the possibilities for virtual reality. Today, Meta's Horizon Worlds VR app shows users' avatars from the waist up.

Shared from www.cnn.com CNN —   Mark Zuckerberg stares at a cartoon version of himself in a virtual world and tries to pick an outfit for his avatar to wear. Zuckerberg flicks his hand to […]