How Humane's attempt to build its Ai Pin “The Apple Way” led to disastrous results, after taking six years to build it and raising $230M
The new A.I. Pin from Humane is, according to those who have used one, bad. Martin Peers / The Information : Goldman Sachs Sees Gold Mine in Financing AI John Gruber / Daring Fireball : ‘MKBHDs for Ev...
Walmart starts selling Macs directly for the first time, partnering with Apple to sell the M1 MacBook Air for $699 a week after Apple stopped selling the laptop
lowest price yet! Briley Kenney / Digital Trends : MacBook Air M1 just hit its lowest ever price — Get it for $650 Simranpal Singh / Gizmochina : Hot Deal: MacBook Air M1 goes on sale for $699 Geoff W...
Spotify rolls out a podcast ratings system that will let users rate a show from one to five stars only after listening to it
and draw in new listeners Ashley Carman / The Verge : You can soon rate your favorite podcast on Spotify Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch : Spotify is launching Apple-like ratings for podcasts Brianna P...
Dispo, a camera app which makes users wait until the next morning for photos to “fully develop”, raises $4M led by Alexis Ohanian's new fund Seven Seven Six
Ever Max Jungreis / Business Insider : Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian tells us why his first investment from his new VC firm is a camera app from YouTube star David Dobrik Francesca Billington / dot....
Amazon says it will not ask employees to remove TikTok from their mobile devices, and an internal email asking them to delete the app was sent in error
then walked back the policy and said it was an ‘error’ Rachel Lerman / Washington Post : TikTok users fear app shutdown as security concerns grow David Matthews / TechSpot : Amazon bans TikTok citing ...
Patreon says it has paid out $1B+ to creators since its 2013 launch, up from $500M in Q4'18, has 4M+ members, up from 3M in Jan., and plans European expansion
All 4 million of you ❤️ Geoff Weiss / Tubefilter : Patreon Now Counts 4 Million Patrons That Have Paid Creators $1 Billion To Date
US-based Triller, a TikTok rival, raises $28M Series B led by Proxima, following an $11.5M Series A in 2018; company says it has 13M MAUs and 60M downloads
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Vimeo launches Showcase, a toolkit allowing creators to launch portfolio sites with access controls, branded smart TV channels on Roku and Amazon Fire, and more
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YouTube updates community guidelines with a new system for rule-breaking channels, which now get a consequence-free, one-time warning for their first violation
But Not the One You're Mad About Karissa Bell / Mashable : YouTube changes ‘strike’ policy for first-time offenders David Cohen / Adweek : Three Strikes Is Still an Out, But YouTube Is Clarifying Its ...
Pew: of 4,500 US adults, 34% regularly let their child watch YouTube, with 47% saying they do occasionally; 61% say their kids encountered unsuitable videos
Why Elon Musk's Visionary Leadership Falls Short Trevor Mogg / Digital Trends : The vast majority of YouTube users hit the site for how-to videos James Loke Hale / Tubefilter : YouTube's Recommendatio...