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Here's our exclusive first look at Facebook Avatars, its new personalized lookalike stickers for chat & comments tcrn.ch/2WdMmu8
Facebook Avatars (left) are designed to be more inclusive of diversity, but aren't as cute or sassy as Snapchat's Bitmoji (right)
Facebook tells me its open to monetizing Avatars through sponsored or purchased clothing, in case virtual you feels insecure unless they're wearing Supreme too
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Top takeaways from my video+gaming panel at #AllThingsRTC:
-Video chat can 4X usage & 2X retention for games
-Streaming is evolving from Twitch to narrowcasting to friends & live synchronous play
-Gamers need their own social networks or non-gamers get annoyed like Zynga+Fb
Video chat massively ups risk of abuse in games, including bullying of ‘default’ users who haven’t bought/earned fancy skins. Developers should look to safety-as-a-service providers like @TwoHatHQ & @AntiToxinTech
The social+gaming industry loves the validation of Epic/Fortnite acquiring Houseparty, even if it wasn’t a big financial win. It’ll make it easy to squad up before play. Thx to our panelists & attendees!
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Josh Constine
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This startup is crazy. Helium's IoT network has 200X range of Wifi at 1/1000th cost of cellular...but relies on $495 P2P routers it wants people to buy to earn its crypto token... tcrn.ch/2IG2LDb
Helium just raised a $15M Series C bringing it to $51M, and it's signed up Lime & InvisaLeash to use its cheap trackers. But will enough people buy the Helium Hotspot? tcrn.ch/2IG2LDb
What wild luck to spend 6yrs building a wireless protocol startup and then to have the perfect use case -- rental bike/scooter tracking -- emerge the year you launch.
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We’d heard rumors that Houseparty was considering acquisition after challenges fundraising. Fortnite’s owner seems like a good home medium.com/@houseparty/ho…
Houseparty gets to survive as part of Epic, while an acquirer like Fb or Twitter might have shut it down & reassigned the team. This is a win for Houseparty’s users
Fortnite-owner Epic emerging as a social app acquirer could encourage early stage social funding, while giving Fb another competitor to point to amidst anti-trust scrutiny
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