Twitch’s Guest Star feature is now available around the globe

4 years ago

Twitch streams are about to get a lot more crowded. Users around the globe can now invite up to five Guest Stars to…

Creators On The Rise: Mrs. Woolley tells it like it is–straight from 5th grade

4 years ago

Welcome to Creators on the Rise, where—in partnership with global creator company Jellysmack—we find and profile breakout creators who are…

‘In Space with Markiplier’ is one of YouTube’s two nominees at the first Children’s and Family Emmys

4 years ago

For the first time, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is splitting kids' programming into its own show. The inaugural Children's and…

Discord says “How do you do, fellow kids?” with new emoji study

4 years ago

Every minute, more than 455,000 emojis are used on Discord. The messaging service—home to over 150 million monthly active users…

On The Podcast: Are Shorts hurting YouTube’s earnings? (Yes.) Can it save them? (Yes.)

4 years ago

YouTube’s ad sales business is in a transitional phase. The company’s Q3 2022 saw $7.071 billion in advertising revenue. That’s…

With FirstFinds, Hearst marries ecommerce to Reddit-style voting

4 years ago

What if an ecommerce platform aggregated all the must-have products that are trending on social media? That's the idea behind FirstFinds,…

Lurkers beware: Your TikTok Favorites will now be revealed to the creators of those videos

4 years ago

TikTok is committing to transparency. The app's users can bookmark beloved clips by adding them to their Favorites, but those actions…

YouTube goes primetime to aggregate your favorite subscriptions

4 years ago

YouTube just found another way to increase its presence on TV screens. It has announced Primetime Channels, a one-stop shop where…

Hank and John Green reopen their sock-of-the-month club

4 years ago

Hank and John Green's Awesome Socks Club is back in business. Well, to be clear, it was never out of business.…

Is Elon Musk really going to bring back Vine?

4 years ago

Elon Musk's first week as the owner of Twitter has been a wild time on the web. Since taking over…