News Microsoft Introduces Mesh for Teams to Collaborate in the Metaverse Macro Strategist: James Sterling Microsoft plans to combine its software products into a single metaverse where people can interact with each other using augmented and virtual reality. In Mesh for Teams, users can create their own virtual 3D avatar and use it during meetings.
News Twitter Blue Is Now Available for Users From the US and New Zealand Macro Strategist: James Sterling This subscription allows users to read ad-free articles from over 300 US news sites, including The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic. Twitter promises to donate a portion of the revenue to the publishers that participate in the subscription.
News YouTube to Stop Displaying the Dislike Count on Videos Macro Strategist: James Sterling By hiding the dislike count, the company wants to protect authors with a small number of subscribers from dislike attacks and foster a respectful relationship between content creators and their viewers.
News Instagram Was Duped Into Believing Its CEO Was Dead Macro Strategist: James Sterling The scammer abused the memorialization feature of Instagram, which one can use to inform the moderators about the death of the owner of the Instagram page. Such an account becomes impossible to edit or delete, and you cannot log into it.
News Apple Will Soon Let Your Family Access Your iCloud Data When You Die Macro Strategist: James Sterling With the Digital Legacy feature, you can choose up to five people who will gain access to your iCloud data after you die. Heirs will need to provide a death certificate of the account holder and a special access key to log into their account.
News Instagram Now Lets All Users Add Links to Their Stories Macro Strategist: James Sterling Instagram has announced a new feature that allows all users, regardless of the number of their followers and account status, to attach clickable links to their Stories. Previously, this feature was only available to popular or verified accounts.
News Boston Dynamics' Robots Recreated the Rolling Stones' Iconic Music Video Macro Strategist: James Sterling It should be noted that this video is interesting not only as a form of entertainment. It also shows the evolution of robots developed by Boston Dynamics, which are now more agile and less clumsy.
News Xiaomi Unveils the New Lineup of Redmi Note 11 Smartphones Macro Strategist: James Sterling Xiaomi has held a Chinese presentation of the new Redmi Note 11 line of smartphones. It features three models: Redmi Note 11, Note 11 Pro, and Note 11 Pro +. It is unknown when the global presentation of the Redmi Note 11 lineup will take place.
News Facebook Changed Its Company Name to Meta Macro Strategist: James Sterling The name Meta should reflect the new direction the company plans to take – creating the so-called metaverse. The main goal of the metaverse is to connect people and help them communicate easily even if they are far away from each other.
News Elon Musk's Boring Company Gets Approval for Las Vegas Tunnel System Macro Strategist: James Sterling One of Elon Musk's startups, Boring Company, has received approval from local authorities to build a network of high-speed underground tunnels near Las Vegas. The Vegas Loop tunnel system will stretch for 29 miles (46.6 km) with 51 stations available.
News Instagram Introduced Collabs and Other New Features Macro Strategist: James Sterling Instagram will now let its users upload photos and videos via a browser on a computer. Previously, users could only create posts in the app, while they could only view and like posts in the browser.
News Microsoft Is Shutting Down LinkedIn in China Due to Increased Censorship Macro Strategist: James Sterling LinkedIn, the social networking platform for professionals, will cease operations in China this year. It will be replaced with a new job search application called InJobs that won't have a news feed or the ability to share content.
