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In the Metaverse, Brands’ FOMO is Competing with Consumers Burnout

Digiday reports: "Marketers are experiencing FOMO around the metaverse, sparking a wave of brand activity, from branded in-game characters to non-fungible tokens, across a...

How Netflix Built Its Real Time Data Infrastructure

Venture Beat reports: "What makes Netflix, Netflix? Creating compelling original programming, analyzing its user data to serve subscribers better, and letting people consume content...

We’re Building a Social+ World, But How Will We Moderate It?

TechCrunch reports: "Social is not just what you do on Facebook anymore; it’s what you do in every single app you use. Think of...

​​2022 is Shaping Up To Be One of Video Games Biggest...

Gamesindustry.biz reports: "2021 was the year we felt the effects of the pandemic. Big games were delayed as some developers struggled to adapt to...

Why NFTs Should Be Seen as Worldbuilding Opportunities for Brands

VentureBeat reports: "Brands planning to sell NFTs in 2022 face stiff competition and rising holder expectations. Some successful NFT projects like World of Women...

The Rise Of Confidential Blockchains

Venture Beat reports: "Cryptoeconomics is the study of economic interaction within a potentially adversarial environment. The development of cryptoeconomics has dramatically changed how value...

Nasdaq Ends First Week of 2022 Down More Than 4% as...

Variety reports: "The Nasdaq closed Friday down more than 4% from where it opened Monday and almost 1% for the day, marking a rough...

Euro Cinema Group Predicts 75 Percent Box Office Growth in 2022

The Hollywood Reporter reports: "European cinema group UNIC is predicting a major box office bounce back this year, forecasting ticket revenue across Europe, the...

How Disney is Using its Audience Data and Hulu’s Ad Tech...

Digiday reports: "Many media companies, for years, have been talking about trying to compete with the likes of Google and MEta for advertisers' dollars....

What Is The Metaverse, Exactly, And How Will It Change Digital...

SocialMediaToday reports: "For all the discussion of the next stage of digital connection, and a theoretical digital world where anything is possible at any...