Instagram adds more features to its paid subscriptions test for creators, including the ability to publish feed posts that are only visible to subscribers
Hello! Welcome back to another summer edition of Lab Weekly. Iskra Petrova / PhoneArena : Instagram Subscriptions announced: create exclusive content and increase your creator revenue Priya Singh / B...
Sources: Amazon will launch its own TV featuring Alexa and no third-party manufacturer branding in the US, possibly as soon as October
and that could be big Andrew / Phandroid : The first Amazon self-branded TV could be arriving as early as October Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Amazon expected to release own Alexa-powered TVs this year Ad...
As part of its expanded outreach to US churches, Facebook is offering subscription tools for exclusive content and donation tools during live streams
Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called N-Plus
not a guarantee it will ever exist. One thing the survey makes clear, though, is that Netflix wants to own more than just TV shows but the world of content around it. https://www.protocol.com/... Lanc...
Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
Apple launches its first standalone Apple TV+ AR app, with a For All Mankind backstory and exclusive content for the latest iPad Pro and iPhone 12 Pro models
Apple's rumored augmented reality experience for Apple TV+ has arrived in the form of For All Mankind: Time Capsule.
Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck
- Internal groups are researching options users might pay for — Social network says ‘revenue durability’ is now top priority
As Spotify continues to test its stories feature, it has tapped popular musicians to contribute to select Spotify-created playlists
both for creators and consumers. https://twitter.com/... Bersabel / @brsabel : @chriscantino with music playing such a crucial part of short form video, makes sense for spotify to test this and there'...
Squarespace now lets customers charge for access to exclusive content like podcasts, video series, and newsletters, by adding “Members Areas” for $10 to $40/mo.
Monetize your content with Member Areas. Nicole Lee / Engadget : Squarespace now lets customers add paywalls to their sites Tweets: Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Squarespace launches membership an...
Google's Stadia execs talk about plans for the service, including tackling latency issues, building an exclusive content library, and an internal game studio
Stephen Armstrong / WIRED UK :