Category: Entertainment

Entertainment Social TC

Facebook releases Facebook Video app on Apple TV

March 1, 2017
Romain Dillet

 If somehow you have really great Facebook friends who share interesting videos, the new Facebook Video…

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Dubset raises $4M to legalize remixes for Spotify and Apple Music

February 27, 2017
Josh Constine

 Record labels refuse to allow streaming of remixes and hour-long DJ sets unless copyright owners get…

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Facebook’s mobile prodigy launches video charades game

February 24, 2017
Josh Constine

 Michael Sayman was just 17 when Facebook hired him, but he’d already built 5 apps. Now…

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Now Twitter loses head of entertainment talent and director of finance

February 22, 2017
Josh Constine

 Twitter can’t seem to stop the management bleeding, which is complicating its attempts to pull off…

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Dick Costolo joins Maybe Capital — a new satirical board game about Valley VC

February 21, 2017
Mike Butcher

 As the TV show ‘Silicon Valley‘ has shown, the tech community there is ripe for satire. So…

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Terpon is making VR webcams just for live streaming porn

February 21, 2017
Lora Kolodny

 A Swiss startup, Terpon SA, is making virtual reality webcams specifically for the adult entertainment industry.…

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Jay Z is planning a VC fund. Here’s how his investments are doing

February 21, 2017
Josh Constine

 Jay Z invested in Uber in 2011 and today it’s worth 200X more. Now he’s getting…

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MobiTV raises $21M as it pivots into set top box-free IPTV for the living room

February 21, 2017
Ingrid Lunden

 MobiTV, one of the first companies (est. 1999) to bring TV services to mobile devices, has raised some…