/
Navigation
C
Chronicles
Browse all articles
C
E
Explore
Semantic exploration
E
R
Research
Entity momentum
R
N
Nexus
Correlations & relationships
N
~
Story Arc
Topic evolution
S
Drift Map
Semantic trajectory animation
D
P
Posts
Analysis & commentary
P
Browse
@
Entities
Companies, people, products, technologies
Domains
Browse by publication source
Handles
Browse by social media handle
Detection
?
Concept Search
Semantic similarity search
!
High Impact Stories
Top coverage by position
+
Sentiment Analysis
Positive/negative coverage
*
Anomaly Detection
Unusual coverage patterns
Analysis
vs
Rivalry Report
Compare two entities head-to-head
/\
Semantic Pivots
Narrative discontinuities
!!
Crisis Response
Event recovery patterns
Connected
Nav: C E R N
Search: /
Command: ⌘K
Embeddings: large
VOICE ARCHIVE

Jacob Wolf

@jacobwolf
35 posts
2024-09-24
I'm sort of on WP Engine's side in this argument... Like Vercel, they certainly take advantage of developers' lack of know how (same could be said for many SaaS apps). But they've also contributed a ton to open source and making WordPress better — ACF, WPGraphQL, etc.
2024-09-24 View on X
TechCrunch

WP Engine sends a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic to “retract false, harmful, and disparaging statements”, after Matt Mullenweg called it a “cancer”

WordPress hosting service WP Engine on Monday sent a cease-and-desist letter to Automattic …

2024-07-08
SGDQ, a community event to benefit charity, has more viewers than the Esports World Cup, a Saudi state-backed tournament with the largest prize pool in esports history. I'm sure the Crown Prince is very happy with their investment 👍 [image]
2024-07-08 View on X
CNN

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing”, as the country hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF owns some of the biggest gaming companies

In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.

Anyone who thought EWC was going to do any better than other regular esports events — aka mid viewership with exception of the major calendar hallmarks of each game — is super dense. It's not the lack of money that's the industry's problem. It's the lack of interest.
2024-07-08 View on X
CNN

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing”, as the country hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF owns some of the biggest gaming companies

In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.

2024-07-07
Anyone who thought EWC was going to do any better than other regular esports events — aka mid viewership with exception of the major calendar hallmarks of each game — is super dense. It's not the lack of money that's the industry's problem. It's the lack of interest.
2024-07-07 View on X
CNN

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing” as it hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF has bought some of the biggest gaming companies

In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.

SGDQ, a community event to benefit charity, has more viewers than the Esports World Cup, a Saudi state-backed tournament with the largest prize pool in esports history. I'm sure the Crown Prince is very happy with their investment 👍 [image]
2024-07-07 View on X
CNN

A look at concerns about Saudi Arabia “sportswashing” as it hosts the Esports World Cup; Saudi Arabia's PIF has bought some of the biggest gaming companies

In the heart of Saudi Arabia's capital, a seismic moment for esports is underway; one which has triggered both excitement and concern across the industry.

2024-02-20
During the early years of flat screen TVs, I thought Vizio was the one to beat — their quality was impeccable and the consistency between each TV was remarkable. But the past seven or eight years, they've been lapped by LG and Samsung and maybe even TCL. Interesting deal.
2024-02-20 View on X
CNBC

Walmart agrees to acquire TV maker Vizio for $2.3B, or $11.50/share, to boost its ad business via Vizio's SmartCast OS, which lets users stream content with ads

- Walmart is buying TV maker Vizio for $2.3 billion in cash.  — The move is a bid to boost the big-box retailer's high-margin ad business.

2023-11-09
Activision Blizzard's confirmed in a statement @YiskaOut that the Overwatch League is over. As Yiska and I both previously reported, Blizzard's already begun negotiating with independent organizers to run Overwatch esports in 2024—with the likely winner being ESL FACEIT Group. [image]
2023-11-09 View on X
PC Gamer

Activision Blizzard plans to transition away from the Overwatch League to evolve the esports competition in a “new direction”; exiting teams may get $6M

Competitive Overwatch may return, but not in its current form.  —  Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt …

2022-12-15
I know this is (likely) an Elon acquisition-related budget cut. But I'm sort of surprised by how good Twitter is at acquiring otherwise functional tech, not properly marketing or servicing it, and then killing it when it fails. Revue joins Vine, Periscope, and others. https://twitter.com/...
2022-12-15 View on X
Engadget

Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, after acquiring the company in January 2021

If anyone ever wants to compare Meta/Facebook and Twitter, these anecdotes are really important. Facebook bought Instagram and WhatsApp and has only made them bigger (ignore Oculus, the tech is still too niche). Twitter's acquired things and driven them into the ground.
2022-12-15 View on X
Engadget

Twitter plans to shut down its newsletter platform Revue and delete all related data on January 18, 2023, after acquiring the company in January 2021

2022-10-01
Of the people who were texting with @elonmusk about his Twitter acquisition, @riotgames co-founder @MarcMerrill said: “you are the hero Gotham needs — hell F'ing yes” https://twitter.com/...
2022-10-01 View on X
Big Technology

A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition

Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.

2022-09-30
Of the people who were texting with @elonmusk about his Twitter acquisition, @riotgames co-founder @MarcMerrill said: “you are the hero Gotham needs — hell F'ing yes” https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-30 View on X
Big Technology

A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition

Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.

2022-09-11
After less than a week, it turns out Ninja did, in fact, feign the signs of a mental health crisis as a publicity stunt for a streaming announcement. Here's why that's so bad in a world where mental health problems in streaming are a major issue. https://www.jacobwolf.report/ ...
2022-09-11 View on X
Washington Post

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins announces that from now on, he will simultaneously stream on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter

The mainstays of Twitch's ‘Fortnite’ era recently made big moves.  The receptions were quite different.

2022-09-10
After less than a week, it turns out Ninja did, in fact, feign the signs of a mental health crisis as a publicity stunt for a streaming announcement. Here's why that's so bad in a world where mental health problems in streaming are a major issue. https://www.jacobwolf.report/ ...
2022-09-10 View on X
Washington Post

Tyler “Ninja” Blevins says he will be simultaneously streaming on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter

The mainstays of Twitch's ‘Fortnite’ era recently made big moves.  The receptions were quite different.  —  Not so long ago, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins was nigh-inescapable on Twitch.

2022-09-08
Sometimes I love being an Apple consumer. They make high-quality products and pretty streamlined software and I respect the hell out of Tim Cook as a logistics expert (other than their previous involvement with forced labor in China). But then he says stuff like this... https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-08 View on X
The Verge

Answering a question on iMessage-RCS interoperability at Code, Tim Cook suggests “[buying] your mom an iPhone” to end green bubbles

Asked about RCS support in iMessage, Apple's CEO said users aren't asking for it  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging …

2022-05-23
Wow. What a hell of a story. Comcast acquiring EA would've been nuts for gaming. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-23 View on X
Kotaku

Report: Electronic Arts is looking to sell or merge; sources say EA pursued an NBCUniversal merger and held acquisition talks with Disney, Apple, and Amazon

2022-05-22
Wow. What a hell of a story. Comcast acquiring EA would've been nuts for gaming. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-22 View on X
Kotaku

Report: Electronic Arts is looking to sell or merge; sources say EA pursued an NBCUniversal merger and held acquisition talks with Disney, Apple, and Amazon

The Madden and Apex Legends publisher is apparently looking for a way out  —  Alerts  —  The video game market is consolidating …

2022-05-21
Wow. What a hell of a story. Comcast acquiring EA would've been nuts for gaming. https://twitter.com/...
2022-05-21 View on X
Kotaku

Report: Electronic Arts is looking to sell or merge; sources say EA pursued an NBCUniversal merger and held acquisition talks with Disney, Apple, and Amazon

The Madden and Apex Legends publisher is apparently looking for a way out  —  Alerts  —  The video game market is consolidating …

2022-04-12
One of the most striking parts of the new @TeddyAmen @LauncherWP story about PlayVS is that founder and CEO Delane Parnell says he wasn't “personally involved” in sending cease & desist emails to non-profit organizations. How is that possible? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-12 View on X
Washington Post

Educators say esports infrastructure company PlayVS is misrepresenting itself as the exclusive provider of interscholastic high school esports for some games

publishers. If you work for a studio that oversees a major esports title, I'd like to hear your point-of-view. My DMs open. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kevin Hitt / @kevin_...

2022-04-11
Even though it'd cost me money, I like @profgalloway's idea of charging public figures and corporations a monthly service fee that scales with your following. Twitter is mostly for PR anyhow. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-11 View on X
Axios

Elon Musk tweets that all Twitter Blue subscribers “should get an authentication checkmark” and that the service should be ad-free for a lower ~$2/month price

👏 @elonmusk 👏 https://twitter.com/... @joelkatz : This actually makes a lot of sense. It would make Twitter a lot more money and would make it much more expensive to get your bots ...

Even though it'd cost me money, I like @profgalloway's idea of charging public figures and corporations a monthly service fee that scales with your following. Twitter is mostly for PR anyhow. https://twitter.com/...
2022-04-11 View on X
@paraga

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter's board despite being offered a seat

Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. https://twitter.com/...