Facebook is going all in on short-form videos. After flirting with the idea in Lasso, a TikTok-clone it tested in select markets, and adding a similar feature to Instagram recently, the company is ex
Music is the front and center in the rise of TikTok and other short video apps. It’s not just the video platforms that are harvesting the fruit of their surging popularity. Music rights holders
Before tackling a new content idea, it’s comforting to have evidence that it’ll go off without a hitch.Of course, that’s not possible.You can never know 100% that a piece of content will meet your obj
04:40 Going after Chinese companies is part of U.S. President Donald Trump's playbook, and nobody's off the hook. The latest victim is Tencent, a company that owns WeChat, one of the m
Masayuki Hiratsuka, leader of the Popular Sovereignty Party of Japan, held a "cluster music festival" on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo on August 9, urging his supporters to attend the activities w
Reddit is gearing up to run ads for President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 presidential election despite concerns from employees, TechCrunch has learned. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman addressed some of
Entrepreneurial creators have to do a lot with limited time. They need to, well, create, but then they also need to build their marketing funnels, convert users to their paid products, and manage busi
In 2010, the late Barnaby Jack, a world-renowned security researcher, hacked an ATM live on stage at the Black Hat conference by tricking the cash dispenser into spitting out a stream of dollar bills.
Special is a new startup offering online video creators a way to move beyond advertising for their income.The service was created by the team behind tech consulting and development firm Triple Tree So
"What’s drawing investors to gold now is not faith in gold itself, it's much more a lack of faith in other things."As the price of gold reaches historic highs – despite the general economic situation
YouTube has banned a large number of Chinese accounts it said were engaging in “coordinated influence operations” on political issues, the company announced today. 2,596 accounts from Chin
Google’s plans to wind down its Google Play Music service in favor of the company’s newer YouTube Music have been known for some time. But Google this week has given users a deadline on ma
Instagram Reels, the company’s significant effort in challenging TikTok on short-form creative content, is launching globally, starting today. The feature is being made available across 50 count
AFP Photo Philippine Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque claimed that President Rodrigo Duterte respects free speech and has not banned any website, adding that the government finds no reason t
Radish is announcing that it has raised $63.2 million in new funding.Breaking up book-length stories into smaller chapters that are released over days or weeks is an idea that was popularized in the 1
When screenwriter Zhang Yingji was wandering on a Beijing street one winter night, she came across workers leaving a luxury retail store after their shift. Having taken off their tailored uniform and
VCG Photo After Huawei was labelled and targeted as an information security "threat", TikTok, the popular short-form video app, became the new target for many at a time when U.S. elections are