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Bringing books into the TikTok era: Amazon’s Kindle Vella and the rise of the new ‘story platforms’

GeekWire

It’s part of the company’s long history of pushing the boundaries of publishing, including its original online bookstore; its expansion into Kindle e-books and devices; and its acquisitions of the CreateSpace self-publishing platform, Audible audiobook service and Goodreads reading community. Wattpad Images).

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Interview: How Wizards of the Coast plans to continue Dungeons & Dragons’ explosive growth

GeekWire

This includes a 2023 feature film; a partnership with the relaunched G4 cable television network to air this summer’s D&D Live show; Wizards’ first foray into publishing D&D -based video games; a special event in honor of D&D ‘s most popular signature character; and of course, more books and content for D&D.

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How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

Vox

From games to crypto mining to AI In 1993, long before uncanny AI-generated art and amusing AI chatbot convos took over our social media feeds, three Silicon Valley electrical engineers launched a startup that would focus on an exciting, fast-growing segment of personal computing: video games.

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Joe Rogan, confined to Spotify, is losing influence

The Verge

To do this, we pulled data from the analytics tool Social Blade to track the Twitter following of every guest who went on Rogan’s podcast between December 2019 and July 2021. For comparison, in the week before he went on Rogan in 2020, Santino gained 1,173 followers on his own, so Rogan gave him a bump of 500 more followers the week after.

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The Future of Learning: Exploring the Potential of Educational Platforms

Kitaboo

There are various certification programs and collaborative curricula that contribute to skill development or help students clear competitive exams. You can also explore forums or social media networks to get valuable insights into the performance of such platforms.

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Hackathons vs Conference: Which One Works The Best for Blockchain Industry?

Hacker Earth

One of the most widely used programming languages in the world, C++ is about 4 decades old. In comparison, Blockchain tech only arrived at the scene sometime in 2008, and is still considered comparatively ‘new’. Learning and skill development: Participants learn about new technologies, programming languages , or tools.

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Seattlepi.com will try newsletter strategy in Hearst’s ‘next phase’ for former newspaper website

GeekWire

The rise of local blogs, social media, and now newsletters have chipped away at the audience for major news sites over the past decade. in 2020 and has written a soon-to-be-published book on bridging the nation’s political and cultural divides. Seattlepi.com is far from alone in experiencing this trend.

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