Clubhouse

When a piece of digital art sells for $69. million, more than has ever been paid for works by Paul Gauguin or Salvador Dali, and makes its creator the third most expensive living artist in the world, one can’t help but take notice and ask: “What is going on?” The latest craze around nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, may feel a bit bubblicious, but it’s yet another sign that the digital age is now fully upon us. In this Breaking Analysis we want to take a look at some of the trends that may have observers and investors scratching their heads, but we think still offer insight to the future — and possibly some opportunities for young investors. And we’ll briefly touch on how these trends may relate to enterprise tech. Beeple is now the hottest artist on the planet That’s Beeple‘s Twitter profile picture on the inset in the picture above. His name is Mike Winkelmann. He’s actually a normal-looking dude, but that’s the picture he chose for his Twitter.  » Read More

Clubhouse — the new social media platform based on live audio conversations — began as a space dominated by Silicon Valley and tech influencers. But it has steadily grown over the last few months into a broader platform that now hosts everyone from U.S. billionaires to Chinese dissidents. Talks by Bill Gates and Elon Musk have captured the attention of many, and the app now boasts 10 million global installs. Amid the buzz, the space has reminded us of the internet’s original promise in terms of collaboration and community. But it’s also showing us the depressing limitations of social media as we currently use it.You can only join Clubhouse if you are invited, and it is all based on phone contacts, grounding it in real-life relationships — at least to start.Clubhouse looks and feels completely different from other social media platforms since there is little text, no pictures (apart from profile pictures, which are optional) and no videos.What remains is something in between a phone call and a webinar,  » Read More

New York Times NBA reporter Marc Stein may no longer have the television outlet that he once did with ESPN. But he’s created a new outlet for himself that allows him to share his reporting and insight with fans, and it might be something that catches on throughout the sports media industry. As reported by Axios Sports’ Kendall Baker, Stein is partnering up with Locker Room to produce live audio content for users that’s more interactive and immediate. Social audio! “Fans have been calling into radio shows forever, but this is a totally new genre,” Stein told Baker. “The host and the audience have never been able to hang out like this without being rushed. I see it as the old ESPN.com chats of yesteryear springing back to life in audio form.” "I don't think that anybody out there thinks that Blake Griffin is this team's last move." On his "Stein Line Live" Locker Room debut, @TheSteinLine discusses whether or not the Brooklyn Nets are the clear favorite to win the NBA championship this year.  » Read More

Illustration: Davide Barco for LEVELOver the past few months, the popularity of Clubhouse, the invite-only, live-audio app, has reached a fever pitch, exploding to 2 million users and reaching a $1 billion valuation in January. The social media platform has proven to be a thriving microcosm for a certain set of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and celebrity influencers, like Elon Musk.But long before Musk arrived on the scene, as Keith Nelson Jr writes in LEVEL, Black power and influence was at work and held an outsized role in getting Clubhouse off the ground. “Clubhouse is just the newest game in a sport that Black people have long dominated while simultaneously having their contributions ignored or stolen: social media,” Nelson argues.While the social-chat platform has “spurred Black unity” and created a space that encourages a certain level of candor (room-recording is not allowed), it has also “open the doors for racist and sexist speech and behavior to ferment virtually unchecked,” Nelson writes.  » Read More

If you feel like there are so many new apps and trends circulating the internet these days and you just simply can’t keep up, then you’re not alone and also you’re in luck — we’re here to break it all down for you. First there was TikTok and then Clubhouse, but now there’s another new app that should be on your radar too: Dispo. Dispo is a new app by Viner-turned-YouTube star David Dobrik. If you’re been online lately, then you’ve probably noticed that pictures taken on disposable cameras are making a comeback and quite literally taking over social media. Recently, some of your favorite celebs have been uploading their disposable camera pics to Instagram, and some, like Tana Mongeau(@tanatookthese) and David Dobrik (@davidsdisposable), have even created second accounts dedicated solely to these types of photos. You might even remember the iconic disposable camera photos thatFrank Ocean took at the Met Gala in 2018.Everyone wants these retro '90s vibe photos, but disposable cameras are getting more and more expensive. Not to mention,  » Read More

Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann had given speeches at many events over the years about his experiences, but none of them had lasted 16 hours or included thousands of people from around the world. That changed Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. With an invite to the audio-focused social networking app Clubhouse, he engaged in a question-and-answer session moderated by the rapper Kosha Dillz and nonprofit event producer Adam Swig."I had never heard of Clubhouse," Steigmann, 81, said. "When they started a room and got 1,000 people in it, for me, it was a complete shocker."His marathon session sparked two more multihour chatrooms, including one with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s counsel and speechwriter Clarence B. Jones, which brought many thousands of people together to hear firsthand accounts from Steigmann, ask questions, share their own experiences with genocide and hate, and bring awareness to alleged human rights abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and against the Uyghurs in China. "I fight hatred," said Steigmann, who survived Nazi medical experiments as a baby.  » Read More

So the USPS is getting new trucks and they look like ducks and maybe that sucks… or maybe it wucks. Like “works,” if a duck said it. Just give me this one please. Anyway. I don’t know how mean I can be here – there has to be something said for objective journalistic integrity – but I have a feeling most people are going to have a rather sarcastic reaction to the new design. I’m not so sure I can blame them – it has a kind of stubby little nose with a shortened hood and a boxy frame and super tall windshield, which gives the wheels a disproportionately large look compared to the rest of the silhouette. It’s sort of like a Nissan Cube but less millennial cool, which A) is discontinued (so maybe not so cool), and B) is not the car that had those giant hiphop hamsters running around, but I’m still going to link to it anyway. Elon Musk must be breathing a sigh of relief right now.  » Read More

Nothing to see here, just cleaning up. Image: Malte Mueller / getty By Jack Morse2021-03-09 23:24:22 UTC Dispo's privacy policy is apparently still developing.  The hot new photo app, which has raised $20 million in Series A funding, attempts to breathe life into social image sharing by adapting the aesthetic of disposable cameras. On Tuesday, Dispo shed its invite-only skin and opened up to the wider public — quietly, and without notice, updating its privacy policy in the background.  The app's privacy includes a section titled "Information automatically collected," which details numerous types of data collection done by the app. On the afternoon of March 5, that section of the policy explained that Dispo collects location data.  "We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise," the policy, a screenshot of which is embedded below, explained. "How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the App." As of March 5.  » Read More

9 Mar 2021 Serena Barker Singh takes us through the corridors of Clubhouse – and asks whether this is an app that really is like no other – or whether it’s got all the baggage of its social media ancestors. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefourcast/210309_Clubhouse_Mix_-_2145.mp3There’s a brand new app in town making waves and changing the way we chat with one another.  An app where all the topics on the tip of your tongue are discussed by people from around the world – all live, all audio, like live podcasts with no limits. But there’s the catch: if this world gives you free flowing live chat, where are the controls and where are the limits? As Clubhouse rises in popularity, so too rises a darker side around privacy, harassment, racism, misogyny, misinformation. These are the age-old problems of social media – so why has this app not learnt the lessons? Today, Serena Barker Singh, takes us through the corridors of Clubhouse – and asks whether this is an app that really is like no other – or whether it’s got all the baggage of its social media ancestors.  » Read More

Home News Computing (Image credit: Shutterstock) Following Apple's recent introduction of privacy labels in the App Store, the secure cloud storage provider pCloud decided to take a deeper look into the mobile apps we use everyday to determine which apps share the most personal data.To compile its new Invasive apps study, the firm analyzed the iPhone maker's “Third Party Advertising” and “Developer's Advertising or Marketing” sections from its privacy labels to find out which apps share the most data with third parties as well as which apps collect the most data for their own marketing.pCloud's research found that 52 percent of all apps share your data with third parties that are either associated with a company that runs a particular app or they might just pay a fee to access user data. Of these apps, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn collect the most personal data at 79, 57 and 50 percent respectively.  » Read More