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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
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
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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