Gillmor Gang: TV Clubhouse
The Gang spends a lot of time these days on the streaming wars, so it seems appropriate that Congress wants to get into it. With Netflix’s success at overturning the structure of Hollywood’s broadcast television production and advertising process.....»»
Facebook invests in audio with short-form Soundbites feature, podcast support and a Clubhouse clone
Facebook today officially announced a suite of new audio products — an indication that it’s taking the threat from Clubhouse and other audio platforms more seriously. The company is doing more than just building its own take on Clubhouse,.....»»
Daily Crunch: Facebook announces new audio products
Facebook reveals its Clubhouse competitor, Parler will return to Apple’s App Store and a helicopter flies on Mars. This is your Daily Crunch for April 19, 2021. The big story: Facebook announces new audio products Yes, these products include ne.....»»
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook is Working on a Clubhouse Clone
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday announced that the company is building audio features where users can engage in real-time conversations with others, similar to the app Clubhouse, which gained a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley circles earlier thi.....»»
Equity Monday: Clubhouse, UiPath, and the crypto flash crash
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is Equity Monday, our weekly kickoff that tracks the latest private market news, talks about the coming week, dig.....»»
Clubhouse closes an undisclosed $4Bn valuation Series C round, as tech giants’ clones circle
Buzzy ‘social audio’ app Clubhouse has raised a Series C funding round, reportedly valuing the company at $4 billion. Clubhouse said the new round of financing was led by Andrew Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from DST Global, Tig.....»»
From displaced children to criminal gang members: Tracing social origins of crime
How do youngsters forced onto the street by violence and poverty go from being considered vulnerable, displaced minors to feared criminals?.....»»
Miss Broadway musicals? Try Clubhouse
With Broadway theaters shut down during the pandemic, artists are turning to Clubhouse, a buzzy audio app often used for networking and virtual panels, to create free full-length musicals......»»
Studio Gang reveals folded concrete roof of Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts
A folded concrete roof designed by Studio Gang is now in place at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, which is currently being overhauled by the studio. Read more A folded concrete roof designed by Studio Gang is now in place at.....»»
County lines gang "recruited teen in 80 minutes via Snapchat"
A boy tells how he replied to an advert on Snapchat and was groomed to sell drugs at the age of 14......»»
Clubhouse rolls out payments to over 60K creators following initial test
Clubhouse is rapidly expanding access to payments, its first revenue-generating feature for creators, since its launch into testing earlier this month. At the beginning of April, Clubhouse said it would give a “small test group” of creato.....»»
Every app is going to copy Clubhouse, and we just have to deal with it
With Clubhouse's drop-in audio, a new content style has appeared, and every app on your phone wants a piece of the action......»»
What is Clubhouse and how it is changing social platforms for the better
Is Clubhouse shifting the social media landscape toward pure audio? And if so, can it stay on top?.....»»
Facebook let a fake, malware-filled ‘Clubhouse’ app run ads on its site
As persistent and savvy as hackers can be, the last thing any of us need is for the most popular sites and services on the planet to give those hackers a platform to trick people into having their data stolen. Unfortunately, that is precisely what ap.....»»
Twitter reportedly considered acquiring Clubhouse for $4 billion
Following the huge success of Clubhouse, companies like Twitter and Facebook have begun work on their own live audio chat platforms. Interestingly, it seems that Twitter has already considered acquiring Clubhouse for a whopping $4 billion — althou.....»»
Hotline is a new Facebook app that combos Clubhouse and Instagram Live
Facebook has launched public beta testing of a new Q&A application called Hotline, as reported by TechCrunch. Hotline is a mashup of Clubhouse and Instagram Live. more… The post Hotline is a new Facebook app that combos Clubhouse and Instagra.....»»
This Week in Apps: Facebook’s other Clubhouse rival, Apple details ATT, App Store trial nears
This Week in Apps: Facebook’s other Clubhouse rival, Apple details ATT, App Store trial nears.....»»
Gillmor Gang: Days Go By
You may ask yourself, say the Talking Heads. What is this thing working from anywhere? Or as Google says, work from right here in the office. As the vaccines roll on out, some of us are just not ready for returning to normal. On this edition of the G.....»»
Facebook ran ads for a fake ‘Clubhouse for PC’ app planted with malware
Cybercriminals have taken out a number of Facebook ads masquerading as a Clubhouse app for PC users in order to target unsuspecting victims with malware, TechCrunch has learned. TechCrunch was alerted Wednesday to Facebook ads tied to several Facebo.....»»
Clubhouse: Is the audio app really worth $4bn?
A report suggests Twitter considered paying the sum for the rapidly growing live-audio app......»»
Twitter said to have held acquisition talks with Clubhouse on potential $4B deal
Twitter held talks with Clubhouse around a potential acquisition of the live drop-in audio networking platform, with a deal value somewhere around $4 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg. TechCrunch has also confirmed the discussions took pl.....»»