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Visual artist Drue Kataoka prefers getting in on the ground floor of any new social media endeavor.“I love getting involved with emerging platforms, because I feel like when they’re new, they still have a lot of creative malleability and spark in them,” she tells The Japan Times from her studio in California’s Silicon Valley.Born in Tokyo, Kataoka was an early user of Facebook, Twitter and, most recently, the audio app Clubhouse, where she says she was among the first 1,000 people onboard after it launched in the spring of 2020. In the year since, she has amassed over 705,000 followers, established The Art Club space and has spearheaded various social justice-oriented causes on the app, including a #StopAsianHate campaign and fundraiser that raised more than $88,000 in the wake of increased violence against Asian Americans in the United States. Striking up a conversation: The Clubhouse app uses portraits of its members for its icon. Now appearing on your phones is Tokyo-born artist Drue Kataoka.  » Read More

The extroverts love to jump on the app to just shoot the schmooze with whoever's online. The introverts are more directed, and will join a room or speak ...  » Read More

With the 31st pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Ravens selected edge rusher Jayson Oweh. Oweh did not have any sacks in 2020 at Penn State, but he boasts freakish athleticism and high upside. With the loss of Matthew Judon and Yannick Ngakoue in free agency, Baltimore needed to address the position early in the draft. The @Ravens got an absolute stud in Jayson Oweh. Don’t be fooled by the no sacks story line. He is just an awesome disruptive football player. One of my favorite defensive guys in the draft. Ravens continue to purge the biggest baddest dudes on the planet.— Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) April 30, 2021 if there's a team that can figure out oweh it's definitely baltimore. they're one of the few staffs that can be trusted with this pick— charles (moderna man) mcdonald (@FourVerts) April 30, 2021 My fav picks of round 1:Justin Fields to CHIChristian Darrisaw to MINGreg Newsome to CLERashod Bateman to BALJayson Oweh to BAL— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) April 30, 2021 Oweh prototypical boom or bust guy. Ravens draft of pass rushers fairly brutal recently. We'll see if they can coach him up. Freakish athleticism— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) April 30, 2021…

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A new business intelligence report released by HTF MI with title “Global Stock Footage Software Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2021-2026” is designed covering micro level of analysis by manufacturers and key business segments. The Global Stock Footage Software Market survey analysis offers energetic visions to conclude and study market size, market hopes, and competitive surroundings. The research is derived through primary and secondary statistics sources and it comprises both qualitative and quantitative detailing. Some of the key players profiled in the study are Shutterstock, Getty Images, Pixabay, Adobe, Pexels, 123RF, Storyblocks, Dissolve, Artlist, Clipstill, FilmHERO, Filmsupply, NPG, Inc., POND5, Story & Heart, Videvo & Vimeo. What’s keeping Shutterstock, Getty Images, Pixabay, Adobe, Pexels, 123RF, Storyblocks, Dissolve, Artlist, Clipstill, FilmHERO, Filmsupply, NPG, Inc., POND5, Story & Heart, Videvo & Vimeo Ahead in the Market? Benchmark yourself with the strategic moves and findings recently released by HTF MI Get Sample Report + All Related Graphs & Charts @ : https://www.htfmarketreport.com/sample-report/3231915-global-stock-footage-software-market-growth Market Overview of Global Stock Footage Software If you are involved in the Global Stock Footage Software industry or aim to be, then this study will provide you inclusive point of view. It’s vital you keep your market knowledge up to date segmented by Applications…

MUMBAI — From bhajans and abhangs to mantras, shabads and stotras, Padma Shri Suresh Wadkar is known all over the world for his spiritually enlightening Bhakti Sangeet (devotional music).Now, on the auspicious event of Hanuman Jayanti, which fell Apr. 27 this year, the music maestro launched his own devotional YouTube Channel, Suresh Wadkar Bhakti with "Maruti Stotra" as its first offering. "Maruti Stotra," sung by Wadkar and composed by his student Padmanabh, was released at noon."Maruti Stotra" or "Hanuman Stotra" is a 17th century Stotra or hymn of praise, composed in Marathi by the saint-poet of Maharashtra, Samarth Ramdas. It is a compilation of praiseful verses that describe the many aspects and virtues of Maruti Nandan or Lord Hanuman.While the Suresh Wadkar Bhakti Channel will see the maestro singing devotional songs composed by his students and other composers, Suresh Wadkar’s Ajivasan Sounds has also simultaneously started other YouTube Channels, Ajivasan Bhakti and Ajivasan Sounds, to showcase and promote original music from budding and aspiring talent.Wadkar is elated that he is now focusing on his first love – devotional music. “I wanted to start this for a very long time, but I was busy with my recordings, shows and our music academy Ajivasan. Now…

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021, happening today! Watch live here!  Influencers are an important marketing tool for many brands, but that strategy is beginning to shift. Now, instead of turning to the biggest names on TikTok or Twitch, marketing companies are looking to work with “microinfluencers.” These are people who regularly create content but for a smaller, more dedicated audience. And it’s that relationship between the creator and the viewers that makes them so valuable to brands. “Engagement rate as a whole is actually negatively correlated with followers,” Rainmaker.gg and Lightstream chief executive officer Stu Grubbs said during a GamesBeat Summit panel today. “The larger the following that a content creator has, the less engagement they get on a per-viewer basis. So it actually goes to show that the smaller community you have has a lot more impact.” Grubbs explains that brands want to get the biggest return on investment, and a dollar spent on a smaller streamer can actually go further than with someone who has a massive audience. And most marketers understand this. The problem is that working with a lot of smaller creators is labor intensive and cumbersome. “You need to have the relationship and write the contract,…

Matt Hancock has been ordered by the High Court to hand over WhatsApp messages about the government’s procurement of PPE.The health secretary will have to reveal details about a WhatsApp group that was used to fast-track applications from “VIP” suppliers.The government is being taken to court by the Good Law Project, a campaign group, over its procurement of PPE at the height of the pandemic. At a hearing yesterday it emerged that a WhatsApp group was set up as an “informal way” for the government to communicate with the chief executives of 200 companies.A government meeting agenda submitted to the court reads: “ to connect with and confirm preferred way forward to sharing communications with CEOs and CPOs (Chief product officers).

It appears that Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout is a fan of Twitch phenom TimTheTatMan, who revealed on one of his streams that Trout apparently followed him on social media. Take a look: TimTheTatMan realizing Angels’ Mike Trout followed him on social media mid-stream. (via @timthetatman) pic.twitter.com/gJZsiQHyrA — ClutchPoints NBA (@ClutchPointsNBA) April 29, 2021 TimTheTatMan appears in awe that “one of the greatest players in the MLB” decided to toss him a follow, in which he initially reveals he didn’t return the favor. However, by the end of the video, the Twitch star eventually did give Mike Trout a follow. Probably a good choice. Trout is enjoying another fantastic year with the Angels, hitting a ridiculous .420 with six bombs already through 20 games. At this point, it seems as the older Trout gets, the better he becomes. LA is currently just above .500 at 12-11, much in part to the slugger’s dominance at the plate. As for TimTheTatMan, he is one of the most popular videogame streamers in the world, amassing a total of 241.7 million views on Twitch, as of April 25th.  He also has over six million followers on the streaming app. Considering that Mike Trout…

Ryan (played by Peter Anderson) and Miles (played by Marc Charrier) in Hamilton playwright Maxie Dara’s award-winning play about COVID-19, “Alone Together.”By Gary SmithSpecial to the SpectatorThu., April 29, 2021timer3 min. readupdateArticle was updated 4 hrs ago Hamilton playwright Maxie Dara has written a prizewinning drama about lives caught up with COVID-19.It’s the first play I’ve seen about people living through this pandemic. It won’t be the last.What is surprising about “Alone Together,” a sensitive tale of eight people struggling with extraordinary circumstances, is the way it makes their stories so intensely personal.In many ways, their journeys becomes our own.Hamilton’s Classical Theatre Company and Virtual Theatre Online has filmed the piece directed by J.R. Hewson in a well-paced Zoom production that connects with most of the power of Dara’s script. And while there are some overt performances by stage actors used to the distance of the theatre, rather than the probing lens of a Zoom camera in the face, the work remains moving, even riveting. The strongest thing about this Vimeo production, available free by accessing tinyurl.com/alonetogether21 is Dara’s realistic, yet sometimes poetic script.The words tell the story in a dramatically satisfying way, even though actors must remain stationary, perched…