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Jan
26
2022
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By Ellen Britt
YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

YouTube Is Hinting They Will Embrace NFTs

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT  The CEO of YouTube just published a letter saying the company is thinking of NFTs as a way to add revenue for its content creators.  Although they are not yet saying how NFTs would be integrated into the platform, we can take some clues from Twitter, which recently added the ability for its Twitter Blue users to add an NFT that they own as their profile pic, which will be hexagonal in shape, rather than round. Twitter and Meta Leading The Way Plus we are sure that YouTube is looking at what Facebook is doing as well, with its name…
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Jan
22
2022
By Ellen Britt
NFTs Conquer The Twitterverse

NFTs Conquer The Twitterverse

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT Four months after the company announced an exploratory phase, the little blue bird over at Twitter announced the availability for some people to begin using an NFT as their profile pic.  Twitter joins Coca-Cola, Crocs, Mercedes-Benz, Walmart, Facebook and Instagram, plus the NFL with its embrace of all things non-fungible! Exclusive To Twitter Blue Users Not everyone who uses Twitter will have access to this profile feature. First of all, you have to be a subscriber to Twitter Blue, the company's $2.99 a month service, to get in the NFT door. This allows you to connect…
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Jan
21
2022
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By Ellen Britt
How Can You Be Sure NFTs Are Here To Stay?

How Can You Be Sure NFTs Are Here To Stay?

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT If you are like many people, you may be wondering if NFTs are just a passing fad, flash-in-the-pan kind of thing, or are they really here to stay? We can get some clues by observing what big corporations are doing! It’s one thing for your average Joe or Jane to hop into the NFT game, but when big players such as Coca-Cola, Walmart, Mercedes-Benz, Crocs, and even the NFL are getting in on the action, it’s time to at least start paying attention. Insiders Are Talking! But now, it’s being reported that insiders at the Financial…
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Oct
30
2021
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By Troy Warren
Meta’s chief of Metaverse tells us what the future holds for the former Facebook

Meta’s chief of Metaverse tells us what the future holds for the former Facebook

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Scott Stein | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Technology Vishal Shah, VP of Metaverse for Meta (formerly Facebook), talks to CNET about... well, the metaverse. Facebook was renamed as Meta this week, as part of a broad push to focus on the cross-device multiverse vision for social networking that Mark Zuckerberg has talked about for months. The name change, announced at the company's developer-focused Connect virtual conference, happened in the same week that a cache of internal documents pointed to Facebook's role in perpetuating hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content.  Meta hopes to find a future beyond the current moment, aiming to build solutions…
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Oct
30
2021
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By Troy Warren
Facebook Rebrands as Meta, Shifts to Virtual Reality Focus

Facebook Rebrands as Meta, Shifts to Virtual Reality Focus

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Business As part of the name change, which highlights the company's focus on the "metaverse," Facebook will change its stock ticker to MVRS beginning Dec. 1. Facebook is changing its corporate name to Meta as the company shifts its focus to virtual and augmented reality, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. The rebranded company’s suite of apps — including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — will not change names, but Meta’s stock ticker will change from FB to MVRS beginning Dec. 1. “Starting today, our company is now Meta,” Zuckerberg said during Facebook Connect, the…
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Oct
10
2021
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By Troy Warren
Facebook CTO Apologizes for Outages as Apps Take Hours to Return Online

Facebook CTO Apologizes for Outages as Apps Take Hours to Return Online

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital "To every small and large business, family, and individual who depends on us, I'm sorry," the outgoing CTO said on Monday afternoon. Facebook’s chief technology officer apologized on Monday afternoon after Facebook’s suite of applications, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, remained offline for several hours around the globe. “Facebook services coming back online now — may take some time to get to 100%. To every small and large business, family, and individual who depends on us, I’m sorry,” Mike Schroepfer, Facebook’s outgoing CTO, tweeted late on Monday afternoon. A few hours earlier, Schroepfer…
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Jul
07
2021
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By Troy Warren
Trump files lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter

Trump files lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter

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Erin Carson,  Queenie Wong | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT After being banned earlier in the year, the former president is on the offensive. Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's filed lawsuits accusing Google, Facebook, Twitter and their CEOs of First Amendment violations for alleged censorship. The three lawsuits, which specifically name Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, come after Trump was banned from major social media platforms earlier this year. Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube booted Trump in the wake of the deadly US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, citing concerns that he would incite more…
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