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(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) June 22 (USA Today) – Facebook has officially jumped into the audio space. The social media giant rolled out a suite of Live Audio Rooms and podcasts on Monday, giving its platform a new foothold in a space that has seen a surge of interest following the meteoric rise of audio-only social apps like Clubhouse during the coronavirus pandemic. Clubhouse has drawn more than 10 million users and has amassed a $1 billion-plus valuation, joining the ranks of Uber and Airbnb as a unicorn startup. That's inspired Facebook, Twitter, Spotify and others to develop their own Clubhouse competitors.  Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need to your Whatsapp each morning. “The audio market is fundamentally very fragmented. Every single platform is doing something specific, either the live audio component or the podcast component,” Fidji Simo, head of Facebook's app, told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “Facebook, however, is approaching audio as all of the formats working together.” © Facebook Public figures and select Facebook groups in the U.S.  » Read More

In Twitter’s latest appeal to one-up competitors from Clubhouse to Patreon, the company announced today that it will begin rolling out applications for Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces. Twitter first teased the Super Follow feature during an Analyst Day event in February. Super Follows allow creators on Twitter to generate monthly revenue by offering paywalled content to followers who subscribe to them for $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month. To be eligible, users over the age of 18 need to have 10,000 followers and at least 25 tweets in the last 30 days. Twitter will only take 3% of creators’ revenue after in-app purchase fees – but, on the App Store and Google Play, in-app purchase fees are 30%, which means that creators will take home about two-thirds of what their followers are paying. Once they exceed $50,000 of lifetime earnings on Twitter, the app will take “20% of future earnings after fees.” When combined with the 30% in-app purchase fee, that leaves creators with about half of their followers’ payments.  » Read More

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ABUJA, June 22 (Reuters) - A West African court said on Tuesday that Nigerian authorities could not prosecute people for using Twitter while it considered a suit seeking to overturn a ban on its use, a non-governmental group that initiated the legal action said.The government on June 4 indefinitely suspended Twitter, two days after the social media platform removed a post from President Muhammadu Buhari that threatened to punish regional secessionists, which Twitter said violated its rules.Soci-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a Nigerian NGO, along with other groups, went to court to fight the ban, arguing that it was a violation of human rights.The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it was restraining the Nigerian government from acting against citizens or media outlets over the use of Twitter, pending a substantive ruling on the core issue, according to a statement from SERAP.Reuters was not immediately able to reach the ECOWAS court, and spokesmen for the Nigeria's president were not immediately available for comment.The Nigerian attorney general said on June 5 that those who defied the ban should be prosecuted, but did not provide any details as to which law would be invoked.(Reporting…

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A picture illustration shows U.S. 100-dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoNEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. interest rates likely will stay relatively low with ample cash in the financial system for the foreseeable future, the head of Allianz Life (ALVG.DE) said, despite Federal Reserve comments that sent stock prices tumbling last week.A gradual rate rise and slow withdrawal of excess liquidity would put emphasis on alternative assets, which are a growing part of Allianz's investment portfolio, said Walter White, chief executive officer of Allianz Life, speaking in an interview that aired on Tuesday for the Reuters Future of Insurance U.S.A. conference. To see the video, click: https://vimeo.com/566058091/f1df8990e4Private equity firms are using such investments to boost returns on the nearly $380 billion of insurance assets they own. L2N2NJ1DG read more "We have to be prepared to deal with what is still an historically low-rate environment," said White, who will step down as CEO September 1. While he expects rates to rise, "I don't see rates radically changing" from current yields around 1.50% to 1.60% on 10-year Treasuries.Insurance stocks have lagged as investors fret that insurers cannot operate well in a low-rate environment, White said. In…

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Tinder's new video profile feature Image: Tinder By Anna Iovine2021-06-22 13:00:00 UTC In the years since the ubiquitous dating app Tinder launched in 2012, its interface has stayed largely the same. Until now. Today Tinder is launching a slew of new features to serve Gen Z, which accounts for more than half of their users according to their press release. With the introduction of video and an Explore page, the app is going to look a lot more like TikTok and Snapchat. Let's breakdown the features: Videos in profiles Tinder wants to "bring the main character energy" to the app, invoking a popular TikTok meme, by adding the ability for users to put videos on their profiles. They say this is part of making Tinder a "multi-dimensional experience." Users will be able to crop and upload videos as they are currently only able to with photos. Tinder's video feature in action Image: Tinder A social experience called 'Hot Takes' Hot Takes jumps off of Tinder's experiential Swipe Night, an interactive choose-your-own-adventure game within the app, and Vibes, a question-and-answer game to test your compatibility with other users. More than 20 million Tinder users participated in Swipe Night while Vibes led…

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