Telegram, time to ‘left’?
Telegram, the familiar blue icon on cellphones of most Iranians, is being turned into a challenge on the national level. Last week, President Hassan Rouhani announced the development of domestic messaging applications, saying it is intended to end monopoly in social media. "Domestic messaging … Read More
Fortnite’s Ninja gained almost 4 million YouTube subscribers in one month
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is still Fortnite's most popular streamer on Twitch and YouTube, but his recent comments illustrate just how rapid his fanbase is growing. Blevins tweeted on April 3 that he hit seven million subscribers on Twitch, an increase of six million from his first major milestone on the …
Despacito blows past 5 billion YouTube views, the most ever
Gangnam Style hasn't done it. Uptown Funk hasn't done it. All About That Base isn't even close. The heavyweight video champion of YouTube is Despacito, Luis Fonsi's bouncy Spanish-language hit featuring rapper Daddy Yankee. Read More
A Mister Rogers reimagining on YouTube lands in fair use dispute
“I'm confident that YouTube will re-instate the short film because it clearly passes muster under the four factors of the fair use doctrine. “ScreenCraft and Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe chose to produce this short screenplay by Kenlon Clark because of its artistic merit, re-interpreting a national icon and … Read More
Volatility Weariness, Facebook Medical Data, GE and KPMG: CEO Daily for April 6, 2018
The fastest growing job in America is… data scientist, according to LinkedIn. The profession has grown 6.5 times since 2012–which is when the Harvard Business Review first branded it “the sexiest job of the 21st century.” It also happens to be one of the best paying jobs, with a median …
6 Tips to Make Your Pharmacist Resume Ageless
Likewise, exchange your home address for an email address, and add your LinkedIn profile address to your contact information. Hiring managers and recruiters rely heavily upon this premier social networking website aimed at professionals, to search and vet job candidates. Your LinkedIn profile should … Read More
Amarjit Singh Batra to lead Spotify India
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek (LinkedIn profile) has been vocal about the company's expansion agenda, reaffirming the plans at an investor day presentation in March. Taking the company's current traction in the music streaming market into account, appointing a leader of Batra's caliber makes sense. Read More
Tiffany Haddish Making HBO Comedy About ‘Female Blackness’ and ‘Instagram Hustle’
Variety reports Haddish will serve as an executive producer for the show which will examine "female blackness, beauty, and identity through a behind-the-scenes look at the Instagram hustle." Xosha Roquemore and Danielle Henderson are set to pen the series. This will be the first writing gig for … Read More
On Instagram, no nipples. But you can sometimes find Fentanyl
A quick search can turn up plenty of accounts filled with pictures of various pills. They typically list contact details — email addresses, phone numbers, and usernames for chat apps and encrypted messenger services like Kik and Wickr — to connect off of Instagram. Put two and two together, and …
Inside the secret Instagram groups fuelling gang violence and murder on the streets of London
A violent new music genre and the trend of filming gang fights in fried chicken shops are contributing to a wave of maiming and murder among teenagers, fuelled by rumour, gossip and threats on social media. Inside the Instagram pages which keep the youths involved in gang culture up-to-date with …