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Clubhouse, a tiny audio chat app, breaks through
17 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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New York Times
By: Erin Griffith and Taylor Lorenz
The 11-month-old app has exploded in popularity, even as it grapples with harassment, misinformation and privacy issues. Robert Van Winkle, who is better known as the rapper Vanilla Ice, held court online last week with more than 1,000 fans.
In a rambling conversation, Van Winkle praised the poses of the 1990s band Bell Biv DeVoe and demurred when asked about his relationship with Madonna. He dispensed advice on real estate and life, saying, You got to protect your happiness to protect your life. At one point, an attendee serenaded the gathering with an a cappella version of his hit Ice Ice Baby.
Clubhouse: the wildly popular audio chat app
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Clubhouse, the invitation-only audio chat app, exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic when people could not get together person but now the once niche platform has far higher goals.
Launched less than a year ago, Clubhouse which recently encountered a censorship hiccup in China is looking to establish itself as the standard-bearer for digital audio.
The concept is simple: once you re invited to join, you can start or listen to conversations in digital rooms, ranging from a major talk by someone famous to a chat within a small group.
Weâre off to Mars: Investors aim high after Teslaâs punt on Bitcoin
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It was the moment the cryptocurrency world had been waiting for. Long seen as being on the fringes of finance, struggling for legitimacy and too volatile to be considered a sensible investment, Bitcoin has been viewed with suspicion by regulators and governments.
So Mondayâs announcement that Elon Muskâs Tesla, one of the worldâs biggest companies, had invested $US1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) in the digital currency felt like a stunning validation.
Not to be outdone, fintech investor Sheel Mohnot shared his own topless selfie in Hawaiian swim trunks and sneakers.
Not everyone was impressed
Other tweets admonished the investor for posting a shirtless selfie on Twitter, the industry s virtual water cooler. 2021 is hard enough let s just not with the shirtless VCs, Kim Taylor, founder and chief executive officer of Cluster, an online marketplace for mechanical and electrical engineers looking for jobs, tweeted. Men of VC: let s stop posting topless photos of ourselves on this website, Hustle Fund cofounder Eric Bahn added.
Chamath adheres to a strict diet and fitness regime
Still, it s hard to knock the routine that s responsible for Palihapitiya s bod, which he also shared in a follow-up tweet.