Snap reportedly bought its very own 3D game engine
Snapchat's parent company bought a web-based 3D game engine startup out of the UK this past May, Business Insider (paywalled) reports. PlayCanvas is a development tool focused on letting people easily design rich 3D environments. Unlike products from companies like Unity and Epic Games, … Read More
Cardi B Gives Snapchat The Co-Sign It Desperately Needs
New York rapper Cardi B might be the key to slowly getting Snapchat the looks it once had. The hip-hop newcomer has come through with a big salute to the social media giant. Cardi went to her Instagram page Saturday (March 24) to show her video and pic platform some …
Snapchat makes it easier to find friends through Map Explore
Snapchat's parent company Snap has introduced a new feature on the photo-sharing platform's Snap Map functionality called Map Explore. It provides users with updates on what their friends are doing or any other location-based event on Snap Map. Earlier, users had to explore Snap Map themselves … Read More
Sattler moves into group publisher role
As part of organization-wide restructuring, GateHouse Media announced Friday that Telegram Publisher Dena Sattler has been named publisher of The Dodge City Daily Globe, The Pratt Tribune, Kiowa County Signal and St. John News. Sattler will continue as publisher of The Telegram in her role as a … Read More
Railers: Late flurry lifts Worcester past Reading Royals
READING, Pa. — Josh Holmstrom's first goal of the season with 4:29 left snapped a lengthy 1-1 deadlock Friday night, and the Worcester Railers posted a 4-1 victory over the Reading Royals before 3,701 at Santander Arena. Barry Almeida scored his 20th goal with 2:25 left, providing insurance for the … …
Luken Baker’s two-run bomb starts Big 12 play on right foot for TCU
A player as good as Luken Baker can make a lot of problems disappear in a flash. Take for instance TCU's game Friday night. The offense, despite a wind-aided home run by Conner Wanhanan in the second, was struggling for much of the game against Kansas State starter Kasey Ford. …
Doubling efforts to unlock potential of video ads: YouTube
Video streaming platform YouTube, that counts India as one of the most important markets, today said it is doubling its efforts on product and advertising to unlock the potential of video advertising. YouTube, which was launched in 2008 in India, today has over 225 million monthly active users on mobile. …
We don’t want to be arbiters of truth: YouTube CBO Robert Kyncl
YouTube's critics maintain that setting a crowd-sourced information platform such as Wikipedia as a dependable information cue is hardly prudent, given the platform's tendency to get inflicted by user vandalism. Disputing that, Kyncl maintains that the responsibility of the same cannot be YouTube's to … Read More
‘The Sky Is Yours’ Combines Dragons and YouTube
The Sky Is Yours is also a very funny book, mostly due to the character Duncan Ripple IV, a vacuous YouTube star who's the sole heir to a Trump-style family business. The character was originally intended as a bitter satire of toxic “bro” culture, but Smith says that he developed …
Dropbox Rockets Higher on First Day of Trading
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Teresa Kersten is an employee of LinkedIn and is a member of The Motley …