HBO/HBO Max is the outlet to beat at the 2022 Emmy Awards. The Warner Bros. Discovery behemoth pulled ahead of Netflix to rack up the most Emmy nominations this year, with 140 in total, up from 130 in 2021. HBO drama Succession led the pack with 25 nominations, more than any other program. Netflix came…Read More
The Television Academy has announced the full list of 2022 Emmy nominees. A number of industry favorites have snagged nominations in the category for Outstanding Commercial, including Change the Ref’s “The Lost Class” and the cinematic “Detectives” for Apple iPhone 13 Pro. The nominations arrives weeks after the 2022 Cannes Lions festival, where “Detectives” and…Read More
Spotify said Tuesday that it is acquiring Wordle-inspired music game Heardle to make music discoverability more interactive for users on the platform. The streaming platform said in a statement that the game’s rules will remain the same: Players have six tries to guess a song, and a few more seconds of the song are revealed…Read More
Twitter and the Women’s National Basketball Association removed the mystery from the #MoreThanIncredible tweets with calls to action in multiple languages that surfaced on the platform leading up to WNBA All-Star Weekend this past weekend. The social network and the league teamed up on the #MoreThanIncredible campaign to showcase how the WNBA and its fans…Read More
American Express continues to go all in on helping small businesses thrive in times of economic uncertainty. This time around, the financial services juggernaut is using geotagging technology to guide shoppers to the small businesses that need some summer lovin’ to stay afloat. “Let’s Go Shop Small” is the latest iteration of its long-running Shop…Read More
On Friday, NASA released the first full-color image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched into space. Thanks to its massive mirror and the ability to see at the infrared part of the spectrum, it can look back billions of years to capture the faint, red-shifted light from the very beginning of the universe. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, the image didn’t disappoint. According to the agency, it’s the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the early, distant universe to date. Credit: ESA/NASA/STSCI It shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723…
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Twitter Gaming analyzed gaming-related chatter on its platform during the first half of 2022 and found that approximately 1.5 billion tweets about gaming were sent from Jan. 1 through June 30, up 36% year-over-year. Twitter Gaming said Genshin Impact was the most-tweeted-about game globally during the period, followed by Wordle. The top 10 most-tweeted-about games…Read More
Like an owl hunting at night for its prey, Hootsuite is looking to pounce on an often forgotten category: social media management for businesses. To take the next step on its marketing journey, Hootsuite has rebranded with a refreshed logo and created a 30-second spot to reveal the update. “We have 200 million businesses using…Read More
About eight or ten years ago, I was excited about smart fabric and connected textiles — especially about what the next generation could be once the materials evolved. Now, Microsoft’s got me excited again, and, well, skeptical. This week, the tech giant published a filed patent, called “Smart fabric that recognizes objects and touch input.” In other words, Microsoft is developing fabric that can recognize and identify objects nearby. So what do you mean by smart fabric? Smart fabric refers to textiles that embed technology such as sensors and conductive thread into the structure and function of the material. In…
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With anxiety about debt amid rising interest rates, record-high inflation and general economic uncertainty, LendingTree is trying to calm consumers with levity as it touts the new look and tools of its online marketplace. The tense investment and borrowing environment serves as the backdrop for LendingTree’s decision to tap into the spirit of its late…Read More
