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How to successfully dance the creator-brand tango

I have been thinking about creators.I am one: I put out an e-book on Gumroad about cold emailing. That is actually the low point of creativity in my whole life, considering I think I have it in me to

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Cappuccino lets you share short, intimate audio stories with your friends

You might call Cappuccino the anti-Clubhouse, but the company has been iterating on its app concept for a couple of years — its CEO doesn’t have any strong opinions on Clubhouse. And it’s true that Ca

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Marc Benioff and this panel of judges will decide who gets one seat on the first all-civilian spaceflight

SpaceX’s first all-civilian human spaceflight mission, which will carry four passengers to orbit using a Crew Dragon capsule later this year if all goes to plan, will include one passenger selec

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Want to invest in Nothing? Carl Pei opens investment opportunity to community

Carl Pei, co-founder of OnePlus, knows a thing or two about communities. At the Chinese smartphone maker, Pei fielded product and feature ideas from fans and held frequent gatherings to hear their fee

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How to make a "BBC-style" documentary about Wuhan?

08:33 Youtuber “歪果仁研究协会 Ychina”posted a documentary about life in Wuhan in November 2020. Recently the team re-edited the documentary in “BBC style,” to show people how

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‘Anonymous’ fintech startup Millions raises $3 million, gives away cash on Twitter

An “anonymously”-led startup called Millions has raised a $3 million seed round for its fintech company that’s currently giving away free money through its Twitter account. The conce

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YouTubers under fire for "pro-China" content talk back

09:21 British YouTubers who post about their lives in China are under fire. Their alleged crime? Posting positive stories about their lives in China. A January 9 headline in the Britis

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Uppbeat launches a freemium music platform aimed at YouTubers

A new music platform, Uppbeat, aims to make it easier for YouTubers and other content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos. The system, which is designed to navigate the complexi

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S. Korean Mukbanger under fire in China over fermented cabbage row

A popular South Korean Mukbang host has found herself in a pickle with her fans in China after being sucked into a months-long spat over kimchi between the two countries' internet users.Hamzy post

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Social media allowed a shocked nation to watch a coup attempt in real time

Today’s historic and terrifying coup attempt by pro-Trump extremists in Washington, D.C. played out live the same way it was fomented — on social media. Once again Twitter, streaming sites, and

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OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei raises $7 million for his new venture

Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus who left the company two months ago, has raised $7 million from a roster of high-profile investors for his new venture.The Swedish tech entrepreneur said on Wednes

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Is China in need of saving?

01:40 A considerable number of foreigners still believe that "the Chinese people are oppressed," and "they need saving." YouTuber Matthew Galat shares his opinion on th

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Is a new game and $100M investment enough for South Korea’s PUBG to return to India?

South Korea-based PUBG Corporation, which runs sleeper hit gaming title PUBG Mobile, announced last week that it plans to return to India, its largest market by users. But its announcement did not add

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Foreigners join China's livestream sales army

A host sells cosmetics via livestreaming in Slovenia. /VCG Late at night, Lalo Lopez heads to a small Shanghai studio for a livestream, punting Chinese products from cycling shorts to vacuum c

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Spotify takes on radio with its own daily morning show

Spotify’s streaming music service is starting to resemble terrestrial radio with today’s launch of the company’s first daily morning show, “The Get Up.” Like other morni

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This Week in Apps: Antitrust investigation dubs App Store a monopoly, Microsoft adopts ‘app fairness’ rules, pandemic boosts Q3 app revenues

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, with 

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This Week in Apps: Google Play gets new rules, Apple launches app marketing tools, EU looks to reign in tech giants

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all.The app industry is as hot as ever, with