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Airbnb Explores Avenues in Major Cities to Connect Consumers and Original Music Experiences
Airbnb has launched a new project titled Music Experiences. This new initiative connects musicians and travels via Airbnb's dynamic platform. Sofar Sounds has been producing informal concerts in over 300 cities around the world with bands including: Yeasayer, Bastille, Hozier, Leon Bridges, Karen O and many others. Airbnb has also worked with connecting music and their brand in the past. The YouTube clip below showcases Snoop Dogg working with Airbnb at SXSW 2014. “We’re launching Music Experiences to give people access to exclusive and immersive music events – from intimate live performances, special pop up gigs, underground music sessions and meeting local
Accelerate the Mobile Web with a Live Stream from AMP Conf 2017
The Google AMP Conference is live streaming on YouTube with informative tips on producing effective Web content with the AMP platform. The tech conference kicked off yesterday, and is continuing today with lectures and insight from Yamini Gupta and Vamsee Jasti at Google. Day 1 provided talks featuring: Paul Bakaus at Google, Jeremy Keith at Clearleft, Nicole Sullivan at Salesforce, Sarah Saltrick Meyer with Buzzfeed, Gina Trapani at Postlight and Mike Adler with Esty. AMP Conf 2017 is an excellent way to find out the latest trends and upcoming methods Web publishers are connecting with audiences online. One of
Live Stream the Accelerated Mobile Pages Conference (AMP Conf 2017) on March 7 & 8
AMP Conf 2017, which is short for the Accelerated Mobile Pages Conference, will take place on March 7 & 8 from Tribeca 360 in New York, NY. Engineers from tech companies will be present to share their experience with building Web content via Google AMP. Companies that will be presenting includes: Google, Pinterest, BuzzFeed, eBay, The Guardian and many more publishers. Web producers have been using AMP to deliver their products and news to users searching Google on mobile devices. When an Internet user goes to search a topic on Google with a mobile device, they will see a list of articles near the
Snapchat IPO Ends on a High Note for Opening Day on the Stock Market
Snapchat Inc., one of the biggest tech IPO's to enter the stock market in years, capped off an important first day with an increase from $17 per share to ending with $24.51, up 44%. The social media, and tech company does an excellent job of trend stacking. For those unfamiliar with Snapchat, it is an application that smartphone users can download and communicate along with friends and family. One of the recent updates is the application allowed me to layer text in a video, and edit it with a professional edge that I would normally have to have video
YouTube TV Joins the Cable-Cutting Movement Away From Traditional TV
The cord-cutting race to filling demand with a new generation is heating up with YouTube TV recently announcing that they would be launching a television streaming service. This step by Alphabet/Google is a more aggressive move to capture additional revenue for the company. Currently several tech companies are providing streaming television, but each one has its strengths and weaknesses. Currently, users can input their email and zip code to be notified when the service for YouTube TV will be arriving to their area. Sling TV is one of the more established television streaming services with two years of experience.
GameLift by Amazon Web Services Supports Games Built with C++ or C#
Amazon Web Services has recently announced GameLift, a platform that allows games to be built with any C++ or C# structure. Amazon Lumberyard, Unreal Engine, Unity, and custom developed engines will work with GameLift. One of the biggest benefits to GameLift is that developers can quickly scale their dedicated multiplayer game servers to support millions of players using Amazon Web Services' cloud infrastructure. Developers can utilize this platform without investing thousands of hours in upfront engineering. "The majority of leading game companies use AWS, and our customers have consistently asked us for an easier way to deploy, operate, and
NBA VR on Google Daydream takes Spectators Courtside
NBA VR is now available on Samsung Gear VR via the Oculus Store and on the Google Play Store with the Google Daydream View. NBA is partnering with NextVR, a premiere broadcaster of live events in virtual reality, to bring NBA LEAGUE PASS subscribers one game every week of the 2016-17 regular NBA season live, and on-demand. Browse over the NBA VR viewing schedule. Watch over a preview of the excitement and intensity of NBA VR with the Google Daydream on YouTube. 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
Snapchat IPO Estimated with a $20 Billion Valuation
Technology companies that have been able to secure a stable user base have been able to turn their private companies into large-scale, public corporations. Snapchat is scheduled to take their company public in the near future, and estimates for the valuation are currently close to $20 billion. In perspective, Facebook first went public with a valuation over $100 billion. That translates into Snapchat having 1/5 overall value in comparison to Facebook when it first started selling stock in 2012. CNN Money reported: 'At this level, Snapchat is a far cry from Facebook, which had 1.23 billion daily users in
Verizon Wireless Unlocks Unlimited Data for Users in 2017
Verizon Wireless customers can rejoices with additional data being offered by the company for $80 a month. Users do have to sign up for auto pay to connect with the unlimited data plan. Their 'unlimited plan' is limited though, just like the other major communication companies. That being said I still find this opporunity to be useful for many Internet users. It depends on where you live, but when I was staying in Southern Illinois, Mediacom was supplying my Internet, and it was moving slower in comparison to using the Hotspot feature with my Verizon data. Also, when I
The Cross Section Between Violent Gaming and Virtual Reality
The Valve platform is launching a series of virtual reality games, and with both the hardware (the Vive) and distribution (Steam), the company is looking to take gaming to the next level. "Right now we're building three VR games." Gabe Newell, Valve founder These new games will have a great deal of influence over the users. I wanted to share and review some of the current VR games to give some insight on the direction gaming should be heading in for the future. As I reviewed different virtual reality games, I found a YouTuber, SayItsBradley that does demos of video games
Airbnb has launched a new project titled Music Experiences. This new
The Google AMP Conference is live streaming on YouTube with informative
AMP Conf 2017, which is short for the Accelerated Mobile Pages Conference,
Snapchat Inc., one of the biggest tech IPO's to enter the
The cord-cutting race to filling demand with a new generation is
Amazon Web Services has recently announced GameLift, a platform that allows
NBA VR is now available on Samsung Gear VR via the Oculus
Technology companies that have been able to secure a stable user
Verizon Wireless customers can rejoices with additional data being offered by
The Valve platform is launching a series of virtual reality games,