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Crypto gaming firm Cauldron raises $6.6M to build ‘Pixar of web3’

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If you close your eyes and are listening to a Pixar film, you can’t see the art or technology but the story is still gripping you. The capital will be used to hire talent from the game and film industries while building out its experiences, Warrick said. Storytelling is what matters.”. million pre-seed round, Warrick said.

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How Ryan Reynolds and Mint Mobile worked without becoming the joke

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Lenovo famously hired Ashton Kutcher as a product engineer to help develop the Yoga 2 tablet, on which I assume you are all reading this post. Maximum Effort was founded to help promote the actor’s first Deadpool film. The film raked in $783.1 The bid appears to have worked. only wireless service.

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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022

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Founded by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter in 2011, IROKO boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content globally. Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film. To be honest, $10 million to $15 million will be for corporate development; the rest will be secondaries for shareholders.

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Video Streaming App Development

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But the difference is that live streaming platforms use the Internet for the data delivering and give the capability to stop, rewind and even record the video if necessary. In this case it is similar to Smart TV player development. Most often such type is used for TV programs translating, series and films. Audio streaming.

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Enso emerges from stealth to help enterprises make sense of their data

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The cofounders of Enso , they’ve authored film visual effects tools that help to simulate particles — a data-intensive process. He worked with Brodacka at Flowbox, where Brodacka was responsible for designing and developing image processing libraries for processors and graphics cards. . Image Credits: Enso.

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The 11 ways in which the metaverse is shifting software development  

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The 11 ways in which the metaverse is shifting software development Gunnar Menzel 28 Mar 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Over the past 70 years, we have seen many technology disruptions that impacted the way we design, develop, and deploy software. For developers, the shift away from using text for coding is still a big unknown.

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Creative Juice launches a $50M fund to invest in creators

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Creators are the next generation of [small and medium-sized businesses] in America,” said Gandhi, who was formerly the head of business development and strategy at Plaid , a fintech unicorn. “If Channels like Oompaville , Grow With Jo and Internet City have also received Juice Funds.

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