PayPal detailed two initiatives related to the coronavirus pandemic: One aimed at helping customers tap into their government stimulus payments, and the second to provide access to small business loans through the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program. The payments platform said in a blog post that users who don’t already have a PayPal Cash…
Even Netflix’s TV Rivals Are Capitalizing on Tiger King’s Surprise Success
It’s not just Netflix that’s benefiting from the unexpected success of its docuseries Tiger King. The whole TV entertainment ecosystem, including NBC’s sketch comedy mainstay Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central comedians and broadcasters like Fox, is creating programming inspired by the runaway hit. Tiger King, which follows the bizarre world of big-cat enthusiasts like Joe…
Why Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Could Be a Lifeline for the Sick | WSJ
Instagram Redesigns IGTV App, Improves How Videos Are Shared to Stories
Instagram revamped its stand-alone IGTV application and changed the way IGTV videos can be shared to Instagram Stories. The app was redesigned with creators and discovery in mind. The new home page features a popular creator at the top, as well as content from accounts the user follows in a feed-like experience. Instagram The app’s…
3D Printing Enters ‘Game-Changing’ Era as Supply Shortages Spark Creative Solutions
As social distancing measures were ramping up in late March, freelance creative director Tito Melega and German product designer Amine Arezki had a flash of inspiration during an impromptu lunchtime Zoom gathering hosted by a mutual friend. Arezki was discussing the use of 3D printing to help fill some of the shortages in medical masks…
Publicis Groupe Reports Q1 Earnings, Outlines Cost-Saving Measures
Publicis Groupe acknowledged a series of cost-cutting measures in its Q1 performance today, announced ahead of its previously scheduled date of April 23. “We are implementing a 500 million euro cost-reduction plan with full impact in 2020, to adapt and be recovery ready. We are asking our shareholders for solidarity with our company and our…
Canceling Cannes Lions 2020 Puts It on ‘the Right Side of History’
This is shaping up to be a year different than nearly all the ones that came before it. And that’s true for marketers as well, who are facing a year without the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the advertising industry’s biggest event of the year. The announcement of Cannes’ cancellation came earlier this month,…
This Creepy Mask Lets You Unlock Your iPhone’s Face ID | WSJ
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Short-Form Streamer Quibi Hits 1.7 Million App Downloads in Its First Week
More than 1.7 million people have downloaded Quibi, the app for shortform mobile-only streaming service, since it debuted one week ago, “significantly exceeding” the company’s expectations, the new service said today. Quibi was No. 1 in the Google Play store’s entertainment section, No. 2 in the Apple App Store’s entertainment section and was in the…