The MTN Group, Africa’s largest telecoms provider, announced on Monday it had purchased 144 plots of digital real estate on Metaverse platform Ubuntuland, marking the first time an African firm has purchased digital real estate. MTN’s virtual land purchase creates a digital village roughly 12 x 12m in size, although the firm did not reveal […]
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Pinterest Adds Hebrew Language Support, Expanding Access to Millions More Users
More language support will help Pinterest expand its appeal and usage in more markets.
Pinterest Announces New Support Program for Female-Owned Businesses as Part of Women’s History Month
The program aims to assist businesses from underrepresented communities.
TikTok Publishes New Guide to Effective Advertising Approaches Around Ramadan
The guide provides a range of tips and insights to help in planning out your marketing approach around the event.
Instagram Launches Automated Captions for Feed Videos
Now, you have the option to switch on auto captions within all Instagram surfaces.
Walkabout Mini Golf Will Add New Paid Course Inspired By 1986 Film Labyrinth
Dance magic dance.
The developers behind Walkabout Mini Golf are planning to add a course as paid downloadable content inspired by the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth.
Valve: Steam Deck is a “stepping stone” to Standalone VR
Steam Deck, Valve’s handheld gaming PC that launched late last month, doesn’t really have the horsepower capable of playing SteamVR games, although Valve chief Gabe Newell calls it a “stepping stone” to what could one day be Valve standalone VR headset. In an interview published in Edge Magazine’s latest issue (via UploadVR), Newell had this to say […]
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HP Announces VR Headset Management Tool for Large-scale Deployments
HP appears to be strengthening its position as a provider of XR software for enterprise companies. Today it announced the release of a mobile device management (MDM) solution that’s designed to make deploying and managing large-scale VR easier. Called HP ExtendXR, the software as a service (SaaS) was built in collaboration with ArborXR, an AR/VR […]
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Station Crew Works on Space Biology and Spacesuits
A host of life science experiments is underway today as the Expedition 66 crew explores how living in space affects the human body. The International Space Station is also gearing up this month for a pair of spacewalks to upgrade its power systems. Skin, hearing, and mold were the main focus of today’s biology research …