HT @Personanondata Amazon Alexa Education Skill API for integrating Alexa skills into edtech services from K-12 (allowing parents to check in w teachers abt child’s grades/behavior) to higher ed (students ask Alexa abt assignments/check progress) #voice
YouTube is experimenting with ways to make its algorithm even more addictive
RT @nycmedialab A tweak to YouTube’s sidebar algorithm could potentially increase watch time by 0.24% – which may = tens of millions $ for Google. Jonas Kaiser said the change will perpetuate the “formation of more isolated communities” by leading people towards extreme content (even more). https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614432/youtube-algorithm-gets-more-addictive/
What if Instagram could automatically tell your Close Friends you’re 🏠 (home), 🤓 (working), 🚗 (on the move) or 🛋️ (chilling and might want to hang out)? That’s the idea behind Instagram’s new companion app Threads, a Close Friends-only messaging experience that opens to the camera with shortcuts for instantly sending specific people photos and videos.
My company, Penguin Random House is using virtual reality to enhance how people read and appreciate books. Author Romina Garber discusses how VR is used with her Zodiac series. #TeamPRH #VR
Google wants to connect your lights, your fridge, your irrigation system, and more to help you get to work on time, exercise more — and maybe even yell less. Via @cbinsights#smarthome
ICYMI HT @Personanondata Bookshop is targeting online customers who are not currently buying books on indie bookstore sites but want an alternative to Amazon
RT @FirstBook Wow! “According to library data, 20% of suspended library cards belong to children younger than 14, which is not a group cities can afford to discourage from reading.”
RT @mediagazer Content recommendation company Taboola has bought rival Outbrain for $250M in cash and 30% equity; Taboola says it will hit $1B in revenue in 2019
ICYMI Fascinating history! Originally sold to a private buyer in the U.S., the book used in the obscenity trial about D.H. Lawrence’s novel was acquired by Bristol University after a fund-raising campaign.
ICYMI Three films acquired by Apple will reach theaters this fall. And the company is working with the studio A24 on producing Sofia Coppola’s next movie.
From my company, @penguinrandom Come celebrate #CuentosUnidos IRL! We are hosting a night of storytelling at our House in NYC on 10/10 and you’re invited – all ticket profits are going to @diversebooks #teamPRH
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