FIR #213: Getting Serious About The Metaverse

The metaverse is front-and-center in this episode of The Hobson & Holtz Report as the future of the metaverse begins to take shape and businesses start to pay attention. Also in this episode: You.com is a new search engine that delivers clear advantages over Google for anyone conducting research (as opposed to simply looking for the answer to a question), a look at a methodology for businesses to ramp up their TikTok efforts, and Neville shares his observations about the Center Cam webcam. Updates to social audio services are at the heart of Dan York’s Tech Report.

Our FIR recording sessions are now being streamed live, because why not? We already stream it in order to capture a backup recording on YouTube; we’ve just been making these restricted streams. We have decided to make them public so you can watch and comment. Our next recording is scheduled for Saturday, December 18, at noon ET. You’ll see our pre-recording conversation as well as seeing how the sausage gets made. Watch live here.

(You can watch the video of the making of this episode, though it’s clearly too late to share comments we can read right into the show.)

We are hosting an FIR Communicators Zoom Chat each Thursday during the stay-at-home period at 1 p.m. ET. For credentials needed to participate, contact Shel or Neville directly or request the credentials in our Facebook group or send an email to [email protected]. Note, there will be no FIR Zoom Chat on Thursday, November 25, which is Thanksgiving in the U.S.

Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Neville’s link blog, Outbox, is available, as well.

Links from this episode

* You.com wants to remake the search engine

* So what is “the metaverse,” exactly?

* Building the Metaverse Megadeck

* What is Web3 and Why Are All the Crypto People Suddenly Talking About It?

* Execs seemed confused about the metaverse on Q3 earnings calls

* Workplace from Meta will merge with Microsoft Teams

* Microsoft now envisions Teams as the ‘gateway to the metaverse’

* Is the Metaverse friend or foe to travel?

* The Tao of DAOs

* DAOs, Blockchain, and the Potential of Ownerless Business

* Barbados to Become First Sovereign Nation With an Embassy in the Metaverse

* Sweden to open embassy in Second Life (from 2007)

* <a href="https://www.coindesk.