What is Clubhouse?
Launched in 2020, Clubhouse is an exclusive, members-only audio chat social networking app that lets users enter and leave different virtual chat rooms, listen in on discussions on a wide variety of topics, and even, in some cases, participate in them. You can enter and leave a room at will, exploring the various talks going on at any given time, and create a room to start your own talk if desired.
The app, created by software developers Alpha Exploration Co., has enjoyed tremendous success with its exclusive group of members, catapulting to a more than $1 billion valuation by January 2021, not even a year after launch.
Experts caution privacy, security issues over popular app Clubhouse
02/17/2021 08:35 PM
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Taipei, Feb. 17 (CNA) People planning to use social media app Clubhouse, the No. 1 downloaded app in Taiwan at the end of January, should take precautionary measures given the lack of proper protection currently provided by the app, experts at accounting firm KPMG Taiwan said in a statement Wednesday.
The app, owned by U.S. firm Alpha Exploration Co., is currently only available to users of Apple Inc s iOS devices. It enables users to open online chat rooms and discuss issues of their choice or interest.
16 February 2021
The hype around invite-only audio app Clubhouse is only growing. Ever since Tesla founder Elon Musk hosted an audio-chat on Clubhouse with Robinhood CEO Vald Tenev on the platform, the platform exploded with two million downloads on the App Store and about 10k downloads on the Google Play Store as of January 2021, market intelligence company Sensor Tower said.
Founded by Alpha Exploration Co. which is led by CEO Paul Davison, in Asia, the app has become popular among industry players in Asia, including AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, Fave founder Joel Neoh, Grab group VP of marketing Cheryl Goh, CEO of Sinovation Ventures and AI expert Kai-Fu Lee, and co-founder of myBurgerLab Renyi Chin who have scheduled and participated in chats. Influencers including Malaysian Jenn Chia and Singaporean Wendy Cheng, who is also known as Xiaxue, have also joined the app. At the same time, Tribal Worldwide Singapore recently jumped on the Clubhouse hype by gett