Month: July 2023
DJI teases upcoming product launch event; here’s why we think it’s the Air 3
Drone brand DJI is teasing its next major product launch, recently announcing its upcoming Double Up event which is set to take place on July 25 at 9 AM EST. As is typical of the company, there’s very little official information in the teaser trailer. All we get is a…
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Why would anyone make a website in 2023? Squarespace CEO Anthony Casalena has some ideas
Today, I’m talking to Anthony Casalena, the founder and CEO of Squarespace, the ubiquitous web hosting and design company. If you’re a podcast listener, you’ve heard a Squarespace ad. I was excited to talk to Anthony because it really feels like we’re going through a reset moment on the internet,…
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This Barbie is a feminist parable fighting to be great in spite of Mattel’s input
Barbies might “just” be toys, but Barbie™ is an impossibly perfect paragon of glamorous femininity who’s had as many specialized professions over the course of her 64-year-long existence as she has bespoke outfits. There are few pieces of corporate-owned IP that are truly as Iconic (in the pre-social media sense…
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Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds
I am not big on blurring out or replacing my office background with premade images, but then again, I’m fortunate enough to have a small environment I’m completely in control of at my disposal, and I want people to see the Doctor Zhivago DVD on the shelf behind me. I…
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Roblox is going to let developers offer subscriptions in their experiences
Roblox is developing tools that will let developers offer subscriptions within their experiences, according to a blog post published Tuesday, which could prove to be a major new way for developers to make money in their experiences. Roblox already offers developers a lot of ways to monetize their experiences, including…
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Instagram Reels are about to get a lot more repetitive
Instagram is introducing updates to its Reels templates — a feature that allows users to make their own video based on someone else’s. The result could be a lot more content that looks exactly like everything else. Templates break down Reels into a preset format that users can drop their…
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