ByteDance Closes Investment Office, Cuts 100 Jobs

Pico Interactive and Tiktok’s parent company ByteDance recently announced it would shut down its investment department to reduce indirect spending and strengthen the firm’s ever-growing business ventures, reports revealed on Wednesday. In a statement to CNBC, a Bytedance spokesperson said it would close the investment branch to “strengthen the focus of the business, [and] reduce […]

Microsoft Opens HoloLens 2 Sales in India

Microsoft India announced on Wednesday it had released the HoloLens 2 for sale in the country, allowing Indian companies to purchase the innovative mixed reality (MR) solution three years after its launch. The head-mounted display (HMD) merges real and digital content in real-time, where workers can communicate remotely, work on diagnostics or schematics, receive remote […]

Instagram Launches Live Test of Fan Subscriptions, Providing More Monetization Options for Creators

The options will provide another avenue for creators to generate direct income from their fans in the app.

Twitter Publishes New Industry Trend Reports Based on Rising Areas of Tweet Engagement

The reports focus on key discussions that have seen a notable rise in interest on the platform over the past year.

TikTok Adds Insights on the Latest Trending Songs by Region to its Trend Discovery Listings

The new element adds to TikTok’s growing usage insights offering to help marketers plan their promotions.

New Report Highlights the Rise of Social Media Shopping [Infographic]

More consumers are looking to make purchases in-stream in social apps.

Quest v37 Update Adds Hand-Tracking Quick Menu, Apple Magic Keyboard Support & More

Quest v37 is rolling out today!

A new hand tracking menu, Apple Magic Keyboard support and much more await. Details here!

Gorgeous VR Adventure Unbinary Reveals New Trailer

Here’s another trailer for the gorgeous upcoming VR adventure, Unbinary.

7 Ingredients of Great B2B Marketing Teams

B2B marketing is more complex than ever before. A familiar refrain, one that unfortunately continues to be true. More tools. More technology. More competition. More customer expectations. Every B2B marketing team faces these same obstacles. Yet, some of them succeed disproportionately. Why? To be a great B2B organization, you must now employ and manage a […]

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This Pioneering Fractal Artist is Returning to VR with a New Album Soon

It’s been a while since we last wrote about Julius Horsthuis, a visual effects artist who authored a series of fractal 360 videos for VR which are simply mind-blowing—both now and back in the good ol’ days of the Oculus Rift DK2 when we first experienced them. Now the Dutch artist announced a new album […]

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