MEME CULTURE: The online popularity of images featuring black people could be promoting racist stereotypes…
Read More
AI: How Canadian-made artificial intelligence is helping Hollywood write better scripts to take the risk out of investing in movies…
Read More
VidCon Wrap Up – Here are 3 key takeaways from the event this past weekend in Anaheim, California. Twitch was the break out platform this year….
Read More
INDUSTRY GOSSIP: In 2016, UNILAD was named the top Facebook page and online video channel in the world. Then this disgruntled ex-CTO left and spilled all the dirt on the internal workings of the company on this website he built. Link YOUTUBE: No one can figure out why YouTube’s piracy filter is blocking MIT courses and Blender videos. Link STATISTICS: How filters are used…
Read More
FACEBOOK: Facebook woos teens with Lip Sync Live, which seems a lot like Musical.ly Link RESEARCH: If you only read one thing this week. Fantastic research for people in social media. “Roughly 25% of people need to take a stand before large-scale social change occurs. This idea of a social tipping point applies to standards in the workplace, and…
Read More
INTERNET TRENDS: If you only watch/read one thing this week — Mary Meeker’s 2018 internet trends report: All the slides, plus analysis. We wait all year for this. Also, notice how much she talks about China. Some interesting stats on mobile phone growth or lack thereof. Protip: watch the video in 2X speed. Link INSTAGRAM: How Instagram’s algorithm works…
Read More