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Turns out social media apps have the biggest impact on sleep patterns, and GameStop has a whole team working on NFTs and crypto.
It's a new year and we're feeling a little over stimulated with social media, but we're stoked about web3.
RANDOM:
Batman Trailer
UK Schools are using facial Recognition for Lunch Payments
Scream is Back
TECH:
Facebook Launches New Video Ad Series Calling for Improved Regulations for Social Media
Twitter Launches Ticketed Spaces on Android, Now Available to all US Users on iOS
Instagram Adds Live-Stream Scheduling to Drive More Awareness and Viewers
Twitter Tests Ads in Tweet Replies, Which Could Provide New Opportunities for Brands and Creators
NFTs that Think
RANDOM:
Adidas is making Xbox sneakers
Russia launches movie actress and producer to space for cosmic film shoot
Netflix will edit phone numbers out of Squid Game following prank calls
Claire Foy to Play Sheryl Sandberg
TECH:
New Report Finds YouTube Facilitated 394,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs in the US in 2020
Internal Documents Show Facebook Usage Among Young Users is in Steep Decline
Instagram Retires IGTV Brand, Merges Video Feed Posts into a Single Format
Snapchat Launches New Program to Help Young People Become Political Candidates
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Fun:
Disney and Scarlett Johansson have settled their lawsuit
Squid Show on Pace to Be Netflix’s Biggest Show Ever
Tech:
Discord will now let you set a unique avatar in each of the servers where you hang out
TikTok Looks to Get in on the NFT Craze with its Own NFT Collection
Twitter Shares First Look at Coming NFT Integration for Profile Images
TikTok Announces New Advertising and Branded Content Partnership Options at TikTok World Event
Facebook's First Big Investment into the Metaverse, and What it Means for the Future of the Company
FUN STUFF:
SpaceX launches its first private crewed mission to space
Disney says the rest of its 2021 slate of movies will have exclusive theatrical releases
How Chad ended up hosting Dolce and Gabbana’s first Twitter Spaces event
THE GOOD STUFF
YouTube Launches First Podcast, Exploring How Online Creators Have Found Success
Stories to Reels, New 'Favorites' Listing
Facebook Publishes New Insights into the Ongoing Impacts of the Pandemic on SMBs
Apple’s iPhone 13 event: the 8 biggest announcements
Internet
How the largest direct air capture plant will suck CO2 out of the atmosphere
Tiny swimming robots may help clean up a microplastics mess
The Matrix Resurrections - Official Trailer (2021)
The internet
Facebook Unveils $299 Smart Glasses, its First Step Towards AR Wearables
TikTok Teams Up with MTV for New 'Trending: VMA' Awards
Chad’s DAO is sort of a big deal now
Twitter Launches Initial Test of 'Communities' Topic-Based Groups Within the App
Dispo launches a test to gauge user interest in selling their photos as NFTs
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Twitter Launches 'Super Follows' Creator Monetization Option
Instagram Launches '10 Days of Live Shopping' Event to Showcase its Evolving eCommerce Tools
TikTok Shares New Creative Peformance Insights to Help Marketers Improve their Strategic Approach
Clubhouse Adds Spatial Audio, Now Averaging 700k Rooms Per Day
Facebook Adds New Fantasy Games Element to Tap into the Rising Popularity of Fantasy Sports
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Today we are joined by special guest Stephen Seidel of the The Seidel Agency to talk Tik Tok, weird nutritional squares, Elon admitting that his self driving cars "aren't great", and Instagram announcing the sunsetting of the Instagram Strory Swipe Up.
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This week we talk about the Eternals Trailer, Tesla's Humanoid Robots, Facebook's Horizon Workroom and the Metaverse, plus the Tik Tok video format is taking over all of social media, Tik Tok integrates with Canva and Vimeo, and Facebook IQ puts out an insightful research report.
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This is Keep Up and today we are talking about Cyber Dogs, Bezos and Musk's ongoing tiff, Nestflix, Lord of the Rings, LinkedIn adding native video meetings, Tik Tok adding stories, Google Trends' 15th anniversary, Substack getting into comics, and Facebook working to rework it's ad platform to be more privacy oriented.
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This week on Keep Up, we are talking about:
- Rihanna's path to being a billionaire
- Elon's new, big rocket
- the Suicide Squad
- Facebook Campaign Idea Generator
- a new explainer video for the Instagram Reels algorithm
- Facebook's first Movie Premiere
- the new Youtube Shorts Creator Program.
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Welcome to KEEP UP, where we try and help you make sense of the latest updates on social media platforms:
This week we are talking about:
- Jeff Bezos going to space
- The new Dune Trailer
- Clubhouse finally being out of beta
- Instagram rolling out captions translations for IG Stories
- Livestreaming shopping on Youtube and TikTok
- And a new infographic from TikTok with some interesting stats on what makes a good brand video
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Today we talk about the Richard Branson space flight and the pettiness of the Billionaire Space Barons. We mention a pretty great explainer video that Facebook put out about how it's Newsfeed Algorithm works, we chat through the growth of Youtube Shorts, a great exclusive content partnership Clubhouse just announced, and then we dig into the implications of Netflix expanding into gaming.
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This week on the Keep Up podcast we discuss the state of the billionaire space race, Tik Tok getting into the job recruitment game with Tik Tok resumes, Tik Tok replicating Cameo with shoutouts, and why that's a big deal, Norway passing a low to regulate retouched photos, and of course, we chat about Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, dropping the bomb shell that Instagram is no longer a photo sharing app.
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Today we are chatting about Twitter's post to Instagram feature, Facebook launching the substack clone "Bulletin", as well as some stuff about billionaires doing billionaire stuff.
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