2024-02-24
I haven't answered a phone call since the Obama administration. Why do you think we want this?
9to5Mac
X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, after previously limiting the feature to Premium subscribers; users can disable calling in settings
The social platform X introduced a new feature last year that lets users make and receive audio and video calls, just like apps such as FaceTime and WhatsApp.
2024-01-11
She is the Greggs of music
Associated Press
Luminate's 2023 report: the global music industry passed 4T streams in 2023, a new record and up 34% YoY; Taylor Swift accounted for one in every 78 US streams
2023-11-10
“In recent years, it seems like the whole world has become more ornery.” Hard to disagree with the founder of Omegle's assessment of the state of the world as the site closes down
TechCrunch
Omegle, a service founded in 2009 for chatting with strangers, shuts down; founder Leif K-Brooks blames rising misuse, including in committing “heinous crimes”
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Katie Notopoulos / Insider : Omegle was a relic of the old internet. I'm no...
2023-11-09
“In recent years, it seems like the whole world has become more ornery.” Hard to disagree with the founder of Omegle's assessment of the state of the world as the site closes down
TechCrunch
Omegle, a popular online chat service founded in 2009, plans to shut down; founder Leif K-Brooks blames rising misuse, including in committing “heinous crimes”
Omegle, an online service that allowed individuals to connect and chat with strangers, has shut …
2022-03-15
Fascinating stats and charts in this Bloomberg piece. Non-English TV is more popular than English on Netflix, and TV shows are three times more popular than movies https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Analysis: TV shows make up ~75% of Netflix's top 10 lists, the average hit fades after two weeks or less, and Asian hits overlap the least with other markets
Nobody in Hollywood knows for sure what works on Netflix. — The company releases statistics like “26 million people watched this show in the first 28 days.”