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Kara Swisher’s ‘Burn Book’: A Scorching Exposé of Tech Titans, Billionaires and Old Media
Phil Graham, the late owner of The Washington Post, popularized the adage that news provided the “first rough draft of history.” This, along with being able to speak truth to power, inspired me to pursue journalism. As I set out to cover the dynamic landscape of Silicon Valley, there were a select few reporters who […]
AI Companies Opt for Subtlety in Super Bowl Commercials
Welcome back to your AI weekly roundup, where we dive into the latest developments in artificial intelligence. In this issue, we explore how tech companies highlighted their AI innovations during the Super Bowl, discuss OpenAI’s introduction of a powerful generative AI tool for producing photorealistic videos, and examine why Nvidia has now exceeded Amazon in […]
Disney Invests Big in Epic Games for a Magical Metaverse Adventure
Disney and Epic Games are teaming up, so you might soon be able to play as your favorite Disney, Marvel, or Pixar character in Fortnite! As part of this blockbuster partnership, The House of Mouse will invest $1.5 billion in Epic Games. In a release, Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, said, “Our exciting new relationship with […]
10 First-Timer Tips On How To Launch A Podcast
“We should start a podcast,” my friend Gregarious Narain told me. It was 2021 and we were looking for opportunities to create content—he as a startup founder and me as a two-time journalist searching for an outlet to interview exceptional personalities. That day’s planning ultimately led to us launching “The Created Economy” podcast. As we […]
Flipboard’s ActivityPub Embrace Sparks Content Revolution in the Fediverse
When the iPad debuted nearly 14 years ago, one app highlighted how we’d experience curated content on tablets. Flipboard* that day generated buzz because of how users “flipped” through it. Since then, the company has actively worked to enhance how it exposes people to ideas and stories. With Magazines as its atomic unit, Flipboard enables […]
‘Like, Comment, Subscribe’ Details YouTube’s Existential Struggles, Creator Frustrations
Many books have been written about tech’s biggest platforms. From Hatching Twitter to How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars, Elon Musk, Super Pumped, No Filter, and An Ugly Truth, deep reporting provides readers with an inside look into the influence of these firms. But one platform largely remained ignored by book authors, until now: […]
Google Summons the Power of YouTube and the Cloud in Bid to Shake up Gaming
At this year’s Game Developers Conference, Google introduced its game-streaming service called Stadia touted as an industry wake-up call and aiming not only at incumbents Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft but going after Amazon and its subsidiary Twitch. Perplexing name-aside, Stadia’s appeal may be its lack of hardware — Google is drawing from not only its […]
Snap Has a Startup Accelerator, but Who Benefits?
A fad these days is for corporations to launch startup accelerators, a program designed to help legacy incumbents innovate. We’ve seen these initiatives sprout up time and time again, like with Orange, Samsung, and Qualcomm. In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs view independent ones like 500 Startups and Y Combinator as a badge of honor. In many […]
Highlight’s Roll for iOS App Is Great For Quickly Sharing Photos With Friends, But Initially Lacks Unique Features
Whatever happened to Highlight? You remember the app — it’s a location-based service that helped you find people near you in an almost serendipitous-type manner. Turns out that it’s still around and the company is still chugging away, especially after raising $4 million in December 2013. The company just launched its first standalone app today called […]
Priime for iOS is a Photo Editing App With Pro Photographer-Curated Styles To Make Your Pics Look Good
As some of you may know, I have a habit of taking photographs practically everywhere I go. Usually I’m lugging around a Canon 7D dSLR, but nearly all the time I have on hand my iPhone. I don’t fancy myself a professional photographer so when I browse through Instagram, EyeEm, Flickr, and Facebook and see […]
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