Daily Archives: July 23, 2020

The fourth Xbox is coming this year, and these are its first batch of trailers, including new Halo and Fable games.

20 Xbox Series X Games Revealed (Trailers): Every Game Shown

This entry was posted in Gear on July 23, 2020 by Jess Grey

After reporting Q2 earnings that showed a marked dip in ad revenue, Twitter has said its exploring alternatives — dangling the possibility of a subscription option. Earlier today the social media giant reported ad revenues of $562M, down almost a quarter (23%) on a year ago — saying that the pandemic and “civil unrest” leading […]

After ad revenue drop, Twitter tells investors it’s eyeing subscription ...

This entry was posted in Advertising Tech Apps California jack dorsey privacy Social subscription services and tagged social media twitter on July 23, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

TikTok today announced a $200 million fund, aimed at helping top creators in the U.S. supplement their earnings, and potentially coax the next Charli D’Amelio out of the woodwork. Called the TikTok Creator Fund, the money is aimed at helping “eligible” creators on the platform earn a livelihood, it said. Eligible for now is defined […]

TikTok unveils $200 million fund for U.S. creators

This entry was posted in Apps Asia China Social on July 23, 2020 by Manish Singh

TikTok unveils $200 million fund for U.S. creators

This entry was posted in Apps Asia China Social on July 23, 2020 by Manish Singh

The new smartphone glass is the first significant improvement in scratch prevention from Corning's team in seven years.

Gorilla Glass Victus Will Be a Lot Harder to Scratch

This entry was posted in Gear on July 23, 2020 by Brian Barrett

Pandora is launching interactive voice ads into wider public testing, the company announced this morning. The music streaming service first introduced the new advertising format, where users verbally respond to advertiser prompts, back in December with help from a small set of early adopters, including Doritos, Ashley HomeStores, Unilever, Wendy’s, Turner Broadcasting, Comcast and Nestlé. […]

Pandora launches interactive voice ads into beta testing

This entry was posted in advertising Advertising Tech Media Mobile Music Pandora voice assistant on July 23, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Swiss keyboard startup Typewise has bagged a $1 million seed round to build out a typo-busting, ‘privacy-safe’ next word prediction engine designed to run entirely offline. No cloud connectivity, no data mining risk is the basic idea. They also intend the tech to work on text inputs made on any device, be it a smartphone […]