TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round of funding to build out its own user-generated platform aimed at immersive experiences. billion valuation. There are some 12 million rooms on the platform already, Rec Room said.

Games 257

Games VR Social Virtualization 257

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Overwolf , a platform that enables creators to build, share and monetize items inside games, has raised a $75 million Series D funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Previous investors, including Griffin Gaming Partners, Insight Partners, Intel Capital, Liberty Technology Venture Capital and Marker also participated.

Games 247

Games Social Network Engineering 247

TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

The founding team doesn’t have an awful lot to say about what exactly they’re building, except that it’s a “social layer” for consumers based around interacting with virtual spaces that capture the “spirit” of real-life geographies and cities.

3D 313

3D Banking Social Network 313

TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2023

When you play a game, how do you play it? Usually, they are games with a physical form, a console or an app. Artie is gearing up to shake up the games industry with another option, bringing high-end games back to the browser. The company refers to it as “over-the-top game streaming.” “The Among Us on your phone?

Games 246

Games Social Media Fashion 246

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Gen Z isn’t satisfied with the social media they grew up with, so they’re building the apps that they want to use. It’s like a link-in-bio service, but with a social element that encourages young creatives to connect, collaborate and develop friendships. Image Credits: Tagg. People are kind of put into a box.

Social 295

Social Media Video Authentication 295

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The app, which reached 1 billion monthly active users in 2021, has now become the first non-game mobile app to generate $10 billion in consumer spending across the Apple App Store and Google Play combined, according to a new analysis by app intelligence provider data.ai. TikTok’s short-form video app is hitting a new milestone.

Games 339

Games Mobile Video Analysis 339

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first fruit of the partnership between Fornite-maker Epic Games and Lego is due out this week — along with a pair of other games within a game that expand Fortnite’s horizons considerably. Lego Fortnite, which […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

Games 292

Games Social 292

TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. General Catalyst — one of the group of VCs out of the U.S.

Social 244

Social Games Marketing Internet 244

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Truist — one of the nation’s largest financial institutions — has acquired Long Game , a 12-person fintech startup that has raised over $20 million in venture capital, executives have told TechCrunch exclusively. It’s a true game, as we are really using game dynamics to drive financial literacy.

Fintech 262

Fintech Games Banking Meeting 262

TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Carry1st , a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). A couple of prominent individual investors, including Nas and the founders of Chipper Cash , Sky Mavis and Yield Guild Games, took part.

Games 254

Games Mobile Fintech Virtualization 254

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If you follow #beautytok, #beautytube or any beauty content on social media platforms, you know that popular product trends are hard to keep up with. Summer International stays ahead of the game by identifying the most influential content creators, and working with them to incubate new brands.

Social 244

Social Media Data Network 244

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Revel , an NFT or “social collectibles” platform, raised $7.8 One way to describe Revel is a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics,” Sideman said. Instagram is known as a social media platform while Robinhood is known as an investing and trading platform. (As

Media 363

Media Games Social Blockchain 363

TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

The success of Roblox and other user-created gaming experiences like Overwolf have democratized the concept of making games and have taken it into the mainstream. Connecting users around the world through virtual entertainment, YAHAHA offers a unique creative and social experience to game developers and gamers alike.

Games 253

Games Virtualization Social Engineering 253

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The new social investment platform enables users to subscribe to a creator’s financial feed and set up an investment portfolio that mimics that particular person’s investment strategy. Social investing is not a new concept. Field’s background is in finance, most recently as COO of Acorns and the CEO of Acorns’ regulated entities. “I

Social 243

Social Strategy Fintech Retail 243

TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

DJ Gabeau, one of Snapchat Stories’ earliest engineers and founder of web3 social network Primitives , told TechCrunch that he thinks NFTs can be a genuinely enjoyable way for people to connect with one another digitally and make memories. Users don’t have to go through multiple steps to claim the assets, he added.

Social 240

Social Network Blockchain Advertising 240

TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Media and games helped many of us maintain our mental health during the last couple years of dread, but it isn’t just pure escapism: studies suggest games in particular provide unique therapeutic benefits. For some, the notion of using games as therapeutic techniques may seem slightly outlandish.

Games 240

Games Study LAN Media 240

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Amazon will also shutter its Game Growth group, which helped creators in the gaming world market themselves. In a letter to staff, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann characterized the decision […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Games 242

Games Groups Programming Marketing 242

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Cities like Boulder, Detroit and Austin had emerging tech ecosystems long before the pandemic forced VCs to start taking pitches via Zoom, and social media has leveled the playing field when it comes to networking and PR. 5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market. 5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market.

Technical Review 228

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review TDD 228

TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

Like a box of LEGOS, Rooms is meant for open-ended play where people use the objects to express themselves in some way — whether that’s building a tiny version of a real-world room, a dream room, or by creating some sort of interactive space, like a simple game or a musical instrument you can click to play, or something else.

3D 246

3D Games VR Software Review 246

TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Roblox is now one of the world’s most valuable private companies in the world after a monster Series H raise brings the social gaming platform a stratospheric $29.5 The valuation also highlights how investors foresee the company benefiting from pandemic trends which pushed more users online and toward social gaming platforms.

Games 290

Games Groups Social Trends 290

CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

Social engineering for access Hackers, like the ones referenced above, are often motivated by financial gain, but their intentions may also be to create a political disturbance or simply ruin a company’s reputation, among other reasons. Protect Your Digital Presence: Utilize AI to safeguard social media and online assets.

Games 183

Games Social Artificial Inteligence Artificial Intelligence 183

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Discord’s doubling in corporate value comes as the persistent, inept, American response to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate the adoption and growth of businesses creating virtual social networking opportunities. Those opportunities are apparent in Discord’s explosive growth.

Company 352

Company Games Video Social 352

CIO

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Scaled Solutions grew out of the company’s own needs for data annotation, testing, and localization, and is now ready to offer those services to enterprises in retail, automotive and autonomous vehicles, social media, consumer apps, generative AI, manufacturing, and customer support.

Data 181

Data Generative AI Automotive 3D 181

CIO

APRIL 29, 2025

the social (how do I want others to see me?), CIOs also need to know how others see them the social component of collective behavior. We need to up our vendor management game. and the collective (who are we?). Just as important, they need to know how others see IT. In the business context, thats all about value creation.

Authentication 147

Authentication Journal Sport Vendor Management 147

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Facemoji is building a plug-and-play tech platform to help game and app developers put avatar systems into their apps with the startup’s SDK. Facemoji believes that more game-makers want to easily build their own avatar systems but don’t necessarily want to plug into other networks. and Epic Games acquired HyperSense.

Games 273

Games Real Estate Virtualization Social 273

TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Sarah writes that the social media giant is seeing a spike in one-star reviews, which include calling for its removal. Sarah reports that Apple wins its antitrust court battle with Epic Games that involved App Store policies. Maybe it also has something to do with Twitter giving a gold check mark to a fake Disney account.

Technical Review 239

Technical Review Software Review Media Social 239

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Robinhood stops the games. Another theme is “Love of the Game,” which includes companies that develop or publish video games, facilitate streaming or downloading of gaming/esports content, or produce hardware used in video games and esports. My weekly fintech newsletter, The Interchange, launched on May 1!

Games 214

Games Video CTO Coach Weak Development Team 214

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Instagram’s co-founders are back with a new social app , looking to make news consumption easier and smarter. On that earnest note, always, N Dear founders, returning to the office is a numbers game by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch The startup, Artifact, is accepting people on its waitlist as we speak.

Games 230

Games Open Source Construction Windows 230

Perficient

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In a world dominated by social media, businesses need to stay connected with their audience and remain ahead of trends. This blog dives into Social Studio’s features, benefits, and practical applications to help you understand why its a crucial tool for modern businesses. What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio?

Social 52

Social Media Trends Marketing 52

TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Sony and Discord have announced a partnership that will integrate the latter’s popular gaming-focused chat app with PlayStation’s own built-in social tools. The timeline of early 2022 also suggests that this is a major product change, probably coinciding with a big platform update on Sony’s long-term PS5 roadmap.

Games 306

Games Course Windows Report 306

TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

Tatsumeeko , an “MMORPG-lite” game on Ethereum and Solana developed by the team behind cross-gaming platform ecosystem Tatsu.GG , announced today that it has raised $7.5 Tatsumeeko will be a role-playing game available through Discord, plus iOS, Android and the web. million in seed funding. million Discord communities.

Games 246

Games Social Infrastructure Meeting 246

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This year at the Game Awards, the coveted Content Creator of the Year award went to Ironmouse, a fan-favorite VTuber. It marks the first time that an animated character has won the award, showing how expansive the streaming world can be.

Games 196

Games Virtualization Social 196

TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Hoping to storm the ear-bending arena of social audio and win friends amid the gamer/creator crowd is Voicy — a Netherlands-based startup that’s building a platform for user-generated audio snippets (typically a few seconds long), offering tools to create emotive samples for reaction sharing to spice up your messaging/streams.

Games 246

Games Social Video Technical Review 246

The Crazy Programmer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Game Developer. Game developers are the programmers who contribute their essential effort to develop a video game for various platforms like Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS. They are well balanced in developing various types of games as per the requirements of the clients. Software Developer.

Systems Administration 329

Systems Administration Web Development Games 3D 329

CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

Locksmith Panda seems more focused on Indonesia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, with targeting that is more broad, extending to technology, gaming, and energy companies, as well as democracy activists.

Industry 198

Industry Technical Review Telecommunications Malware 198

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A data breach at French cloud gaming provider Shadow may be worse than the company initially suggested, according to a sample of the stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

Data 271

Data Games Social Engineering 271

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Sandbox VR aims to be an immersive social experience through a combination of full-body motion capture and VR technologies. Sandbox VR develops its own games and technology, unlike other competitors that operate with licensed games, Zhao noted. It allows players to step into another world and go anywhere with their friends. .

VR 301

VR Virtualization Games Technical Review 301