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May
19
2022
By Ellen Britt
Spotify Rolls Out NFT Feature For Select Artists

Spotify Rolls Out NFT Feature For Select Artists

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTSpotify, the online music streaming service, has picked a select group of artists to embed as well as promote NFT galleries on their Spotify profiles, according to an exclusive with music industry know-it-all, Music Ally.The very first musical artists to roll out the test will be The Wombats and Steve Aoki, as both are heavy into NFT collections. This feature, which in only available currently to some Android users in the United States, enables the viewing and purchasing of available NFTs from outside NFT marketplaces. No Cut For SpotifyAlso, because buyers have to go off the platform to…
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May
10
2022
By Ellen Britt
NFTs Coming To Instagram

NFTs Coming To Instagram

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTInstagram is set to begin testing NFT’s with a small group of U.S. Instagram users who are NFT collectors and creators. This group will get first dibs on the ability to display NFTs in their stories, in their feeds and also in messages. As Goes IG, So Goes MetaThis same functionality will soon be rolled out on Instagram’s parent company, Meta, formerly known as Facebook. If you are familiar with tagged profiles and products, the details of NFTs will be displayed in a similar way on Instagram. When you click on the tag, you will then be able to…
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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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Jul
20
2021
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By Troy Warren
Instagram Asks Court to Delete Users’ Suit Over Embed Feature

Instagram Asks Court to Delete Users’ Suit Over Embed Feature

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BY ASHLEY CULLINS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The social media giant argues embedding “is not direct copyright infringement” and therefore no one can be secondarily liable for enabling it. Instagram users unhappy that their images have been embedded on third party sites can’t sue the app over it, at least that’s what the social media giant is trying to convince a California federal judge. Two photographers in May sued Instagram on behalf of a proposed class of users who from July 1, 2013 to present uploaded content to the app that was embedded elsewhere without permission. They claim the feature flouts copyright…
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Jul
04
2021
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By Troy Warren
Instagram to Lean Into Video Amid “Stiff Competition” With TikTok, YouTube

Instagram to Lean Into Video Amid “Stiff Competition” With TikTok, YouTube

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT "We’re no longer a photo-sharing app or a square photo-sharing app,” Instagram head Adam Mosseri said about the upcoming changes. Instagram will begin showing users full-screen videos in their feeds in response to “stiff competition” with TikTok and YouTube, Instagram head Adam Mosseri said on Wednesday. “Let’s be honest: There’s some really serious competition right now. TikTok is huge, YouTube is even bigger and there’s lots of other upstarts as well. And so people are looking to Instagram to be entertained. There’s stiff competition, and there’s more to do,” Mosseri said in a video. “We have…
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