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CLOAK and swagger: Apparel brand teams with Microsoft for ‘Minecraft Dungeons’ fashion line

GeekWire

A “Minecraft Dungeons” cloak available from the apparel company CLOAK. Gamers caught up in the release of the new “Minecraft Dungeons” video game on Tuesday probably haven’t given much thought to what they’re wearing. CLOAK Photo).

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Twitter is the latest social media network to combine shopping and livestreams

The Verge

Twitter is hosting its first shopping livestream on November 28th at 7PM ET, the company announced today as it becomes the latest social media platform to embrace the trend. Promotional images show how Twitter’s live shopping interface is split between a video livestream, an online catalog, and a feed of tweets. Image: Twitter.

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Why avatar-based social gaming app Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a ‘metaverse’ company

GeekWire

They can then use those avatars to travel into one of a few million player-created “rooms,” where they can play games, create custom experiences, and socialize with other users. Despite its status as a virtual social space, Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a “metaverse” company.

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How TikTok monetizes dangerous health trends in real time

Vox

She’s posted several videos to TikTok Shop, the platform’s new e-commerce tool, promoting Aliver Jamaican Black Castor Oil. One of these videos has more than 1.5 The people who are like, ‘Eh, blah blah blah, TikTok people are just lying,’” Belle says in one video. “No, Its popularity spans several social platforms.

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Reflecting your identity through digital communication

Dataconomy

Emails, instant messages, video conferences, and other digital channels make up a significant portion of business interactions nowadays. Social media accounts. Video call backgrounds Video callers should carefully consider backdrop environments and camera framing just as they mind the apparel they wear during a conference.

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Photos: Russell Wilson and Ciara take it to the ‘House’ and toast their first fashion store in Seattle

GeekWire

The store is heavy on the use of Flowcodes, a type of QR code designed to optimize customer engagement, taking shoppers on their smartphones to everything from size charts to fashion videos to in-store augmented reality experiences. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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TikTok’s shopping push left my For You page in shambles

Vox

There are multiple offers of what appear to be knock-off pickle jar sweatshirts, a design that was originally printed and sold by an Indiana clothing boutique and then popularized when a bunch of fitness and beauty influencers started wearing it in their videos. This is, on the surface, not that unusual for e-commerce in 2023.

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