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Congrats to Cairo maker, Dina Amin. She has been awarded Best of the Year in the stop motion category by Vimeo. If you don't know Dina's work, she is a product designer who does the coolest stop motion animations featuring products and technology. The above animation of household electronics tearing down and self-knolling was done for the fine folks at iFixit.Image: Screengrab Creating a UV curing oven for resin using grocery bags If you get Amazon Fresh or similar food deliveries, you are likely familiar with the silver-foil insulated freezer bags that frozen foods come in. These quickly multiply in Tribbles-like numbers. I'm always looking for ways to reuse these bags. I regularly use the material to create silvery envelopes for sending out eBay sales and as… READ THE REST The big list of women makers on YouTube Becky Stern has posted a great list of female makers on YouTube and she is encouraging others to suggest additions to the list. Laura Kampf Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu Simone Giertz ijessup Darbin Orvar TheSorryGirls jen foxbot The Minimalist Maker Make It And Fake It DIY Huntress Estefannie Explains It All Pneumatic Addict Get Hands Dirty… READ THE REST Clever uses for blue…

Nellore: With the recent update in WhatsApp privacy policy mandating the users to accord their consent for sharing their information with the messaging app's parent company Facebook, most of the youth are switching over to other apps like Telegram, Signal, Tox, Element, Viber. In fact, it is a tough decision for many since WhatsApp, used by 50 crore people in India, as become a part and parcel of people's daily lives.Facebook purchased WhatsApp in February 2014, which is completely free to use. WhatsApp developers had initially released the phone number-based messaging app for simple communication; however, it took to the internet like a storm with more than 40 features, developers say. The messaging app topped over other mobile apps including Tumblr, Foursquare, Vine, and Google+, while encroaching upon Pinterest in the US after entering the market. After six years of its journey, now, the messaging app is facing severe criticism with its revised privacy policy, which caused concern and consternation among users. But people familiar with the social media sphere are assuring that the new policy will have not much impact on the individual users. "Mainly people having business accounts may face a problem with the recent privacy policy of…

The Over Top (OTT) market research report provides in-depth analysis of market scenario including present as well as future state of Over Top (OTT) market. It delivers content on emerging trends, and market dynamics with respect to drivers, opportunities and challenges that plays crucial role in the growth of market. Further, Over Top (OTT) Market report involves market overview, key players profiling, key developments, suppliers of raw materials and dealers, among other information. It also consists of market size, sales, share, industry growth rate, and revenue. The report also contains the research and development activities of these companies and provided complete data about their existing products and services. Top players of Over Top (OTT) market are studies Facebook Messenger LINE Snapchat Viber WeChat WhatsApp Note: Due to the pandemic, we have included a special section on the Impact of COVID 19 on the Global Over Top (OTT) market which embrace the effect of corona virus on particular industry, and industrial dynamics. It also involves regional impact of COVID-19 as well as on the overall economy. Last segment includes changing consumer behavior because of the stringent rules imposed by Government of countries across the globe. Over Top (OTT) market report comprises…

A sex offender has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after contacting a teenage girl on social media despite an online ban.The 30-year-old groomed the girl through Snapchat and Instagram, as well as calling her on the phone.Nathan Bray, of no fixed address, has been charged with breaching his Sexual Harm Prevention Order and causing a child to watch an image of sexual activity.He was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Thursday (14 January 2021) following a series of incidents between May and June 2020 where Bray messaged a 15-year-old girl online.Bray told her not to tell the police they had been to speaking to each other.Bray had been subject to the Sexual Harm Prevention Order since January 2016 after he was sentenced for contacting another teenage girl and sending her sexual images. The order prohibits him from talking to any girls under the age of 16 or using the internet to contact young girls.He also used a false name whilst using social media platforms, which is also against his registration requirements whilst on the sex offenders’ register.Detective Constable Laura Alexander led the investigation. She said: “Bray is a serious repeat sexual offender and we are happy with the court result.“He presents…

San Francisco: Apple has yet again extended the free trial membership for the Apple TV+ service to customers till July 2021.With the latest announcement, anybody with an Apple TV+ subscription that was set to expire from now until June will instead expire in July 2021, according to a report in 9to5mac."This means customers who took advantage of the 'year free' deal back when the service first launched will now be getting an additional 9 months of free access to Apple original shows and movies," the report mentioned on Friday.The first TV+ extension was announced in October and pushed the first wave of free trial renewals out to February. The new extension means that anyone who didn't already cancel their subscription will now be able to use it for free for six additional months, the report said.Any current customers with free trials set to end in the February to June period will now see those subscription renewals pushed out to July. Similarly, customers with an annual subscription that expires between February and June will also get the same additional months of service at no additional charge, it added.Apple will notify all eligible customers of the extension via email in the next…

(CNN) - Facebook says it’s monitoring for signs of impending violence and instituting new policies ahead of inauguration day.The company says repeat offenders won’t be able to stream live video through Wednesday. They also won’t be able to create groups, events, or pages.In a statement Friday, Facebook also says it’s banning new events tied to the U.S. or state capitols. It’s reviewing existing inauguration events and removing those that violate its policies.Instagram and Facebook already have taken down content that contains the phrase “Stop the Steal.”Copyright 2021 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.

Twitch It is now one of the leading platforms in terms of its number of users but also because of the importance of gamers, a sector that is making huge profits for video game companies and advertising. The world’s most popular social network logged 1 billion hours streamed for its Facebook Gaming service for the first time in the third quarter of 2020, according to the report. Amazon’s Twitch, the market leader with 4.7 billion hours viewed from July to September. YouTube Gaming lands in the middle of the pack, recording 1.7 billion hours streamed in the third quarter of 2020. In general, it has grown enormously over time and has established itself as a space that reaches millions of users, particularly young people. According to data referred by InfluencerMarketingHub, there are at least 15 million active users in this place, who dedicate 95 minutes per day on average to the platform. US consumer spending on video games rose 24 percent to $ 11.2 billion in the third quarter from a year earlier, and game content sales reached $ 10 billion, according to researcher NPD Group. . That is why the platform is essential for those who want to conquer…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., assigned partial blame to Facebook for last week's riots and indicated Friday that Congress' response should focus on holding Big Tech accountable rather than ramping up domestic surveillance."He is part of this problem," Ocasio-Cortez said, referring to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "And Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook bear partial responsibility for Wednesday's events, period."Ocasio-Cortez, who spoke during a video town hall meeting, went on to argue that Facebook was "trying to do as much damage control as possible, but they knew. Not only did they know but they allowed it."Facebook did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment. Earlier this week, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg suggested that other platforms were to blame.FACEBOOK CRITICIZED BY DEMS, LIBERAL WATCHDOG FOR SKIRTING CAPITOL RIOT BLAME"Our enforcement’s never perfect, so I’m sure there were still things on Facebook -- I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don’t have our abilities to stop hate, and don’t have our standards and don’t have our transparency," she said during an interview broadcast by Reuters.However, technology experts have said that a growing amount of evidence indicates at least some of the planning for the riots took place on Facebook.Ocasio-Cortez's criticism came in response to a question about…

The big tease was on today for Law & Order: SVU, as star Mariska Hargitay and former costar Chris Meloni provided more selfie evidence about his highly anticipated return to the series. Meloni struck first on Instagram, posting a black and white shot of him and Hargitay with the caption, “We are a little bit closer.” That was followed a few hours later by Hargitay, who posted a color shot on Instagram proclaiming, “Now even closer,” with the hashtag “#EO.” Meloni is expected to return for a guest shot in his former role as Eliot Stabler. It’s a prelude to the debut of his own franchise vehicle, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and marks his first guest shot in the Law & Order universe since leaving the show nearly a decade ago. In the show’s world, he retired. In real life, contractual matters intervened. Apparently, all is forgiven. Meloni and Hargitay were original cast members for SVU, which began airing in 1999. Meloni left the series in 2011. Hargitay and Meloni was partners in the show, but never romantic interests. Fans were also teased last year about the return when Meloni showed up in virtual table read helmed by Hargitay…

OPEN APP Home >Technology >App News >As Facebook loses traction, Instagram gains new users in small towns and cities The Facebook logo on screens at the Nasdaq. (AP) 4 min read . Updated: 16 Jan 2021, 08:33 AM IST Tauseef Shahidi, Nikita Kwatra Instagram has gained new users among older generations even while retaining young users, the latest round of the Yougov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey shows. The survey also shows that users across age groups are spending more time on video streaming platforms than before. Across Indian cities, those with professional degrees are much more likely to rely on newspapers and news portals for news than on social media forwards. Men, more than women, use the internet for news. Women, more than men, use it for education-related content. Both men and women who are living away from their partners, or are single, tend to spend more time online. These are some of the key findings of the latest round of YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey, which surveyed nearly 10,000 respondents spread across 203 cities and towns of the country. Roughly half of the respondents in the online survey conducted in the Oct-Nov 2020 period were millennials (aged 24 to 39). The rest were…