stories
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For Sites Like Instagram and Twitter, Imitation Is the Only Form of Flattery
The say that capitalism breeds innovation, but as social media popularity persists into the 2020’s, nothing gets the free market moving like the TikTok-ification of Facebook or the Snapchat-ification of Instagram. In our present day, social media companies appear to be less interested in innovating, and more interested in Frankenstein-ing. Over the last decade, some…
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Report: Giphy Lowered Its Value Ahead of Facebook Buyout to Avoid Antitrust Scrutiny
Facebook again weaselled around antitrust scrutiny in its $US400 ($555) million Giphy acquisition, according to a Bloomberg report citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. If history is any indicator, Facebook can and will do whatever it wants.
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There Are Now Stories Everywhere, Even on Spotify
It’s almost as if the little glowing story circles are following us everywhere. They’re on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Twitter and now, even on Spotify.
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Why Stories Work So Well In Threes
How many Star Wars films did George Lucas plan? According to Dan Golding in his recent book Star Wars After Lucas, this depends on when Lucas was asked.