TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using front and back cameras (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

September 15, 2022

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
TikTok adds TikTok Now, a BeReal-like feature, to its app in the US, with daily prompts to capture a 10-second video or a photo using front and back cameras — TikTok launched a new feature today that is basically just a copy of BeReal, the buzzy French social app that’s been steadily gaining popularity.

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Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January, and ~9% of its active installs on Android opened the app every day in Q3 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: BeReal has passed 53M installs, its MAUs are up 2,254% since January, and ~9% of its active installs on Android opened the app every day in Q3 — Gen Z social media app BeReal encourages its users to take a photo every day — a format designed to create a daily habit.

October 10, 2022

Sources: BeReal closed a $60M Series B earlier this year valuing it at ~$600M; the app has ~20M DAUs, up from 7.9M in July 2022 (TechCrunch)

TechCrunch:
Sources: BeReal closed a $60M Series B earlier this year valuing it at ~$600M; the app has ~20M DAUs, up from 7.9M in July 2022 — BeReal, the photo sharing app, has been a huge hit with Gen Z and beyond. Now with other big social apps rushing to clone some of its no-frills ethos …

October 21, 2022

Sensor Tower: TikTok Now, the BeReal clone debuted on September 18, is in the top 10 social networking apps in 39 countries and the top 100 apps in 24 countries (Mia Sato/The Verge)

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Sensor Tower: TikTok Now, the BeReal clone debuted on September 18, is in the top 10 social networking apps in 39 countries and the top 100 apps in 24 countries — The TikTok Now feature was first announced last week and is built into the TikTok app for US users.

September 21, 2022

How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China amid a celebrity crackdown; research predicts the industry will go from ~$870M in 2021 to ~$6.7B in 2025 (Gloria Li/Financial Times)

Gloria Li / Financial Times:
How virtual influencers are gaining popularity in China amid a celebrity crackdown; research predicts the industry will go from ~$870M in 2021 to ~$6.7B in 2025 — Computer-generated avatars are a safer option as Beijing cracks down on human celebrities — China’s celebrity influencers Viya …

October 10, 2022

Sources: the fall of FTX, one of the first companies to receive a license in Dubai, prompts concerns from UAE officials over embracing crypto too quickly (Ben Bartenstein/Bloomberg)

Ben Bartenstein / Bloomberg:
Sources: the fall of FTX, one of the first companies to receive a license in Dubai, prompts concerns from UAE officials over embracing crypto too quickly — On Oct. 26, days before the collapse of his crypto exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried sat for lunch at an upscale Dubai restaurant …

November 28, 2022

Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards, and Data Visualization, brings background removing to videos, and adds a remote control to Presentations (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
Canva unveils new products Docs, Websites, Whiteboards, and Data Visualization, brings background removing to videos, and adds a remote control to Presentations — Canva is further establishing itself as more than just a user-friendly graphic design tool. The Australian company announced …

September 14, 2022

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