Keep Up! With Cereal Head Media

Turns out social media apps have the biggest impact on sleep patterns, and GameStop has a whole team working on NFTs and crypto.

It's a new year and we're feeling a little over stimulated with social media, but we're stoked about web3.

How did we get here?  And where in the world is Zuck taking us?

RANDOM:

Batman Trailer

UK Schools are using facial Recognition for Lunch Payments

Scream is Back

TECH:

Facebook Launches New Video Ad Series Calling for Improved Regulations for Social Media

Twitter Launches Ticketed Spaces on Android, Now Available to all US Users on iOS

Instagram Adds Live-Stream Scheduling to Drive More Awareness and Viewers

Twitter Tests Ads in Tweet Replies, Which Could Provide New Opportunities for Brands and Creators

NFTs that Think

RANDOM:

Adidas is making Xbox sneakers

Russia launches movie actress and producer to space for cosmic film shoot

Netflix will edit phone numbers out of Squid Game following prank calls

Claire Foy to Play Sheryl Sandberg

TECH:

New Report Finds YouTube Facilitated 394,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs in the US in 2020

Internal Documents Show Facebook Usage Among Young Users is in Steep Decline

Instagram Retires IGTV Brand, Merges Video Feed Posts into a Single Format

Snapchat Launches New Program to Help Young People Become Political Candidates

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Fun:

Disney and Scarlett Johansson have settled their lawsuit

Squid Show on Pace to Be Netflix’s Biggest Show Ever

Tech:

Discord will now let you set a unique avatar in each of the servers where you hang out

TikTok Looks to Get in on the NFT Craze with its Own NFT Collection

Twitter Shares First Look at Coming NFT Integration for Profile Images

TikTok Announces New Advertising and Branded Content Partnership Options at TikTok World Event

Facebook's First Big Investment into the Metaverse, and What it Means for the Future of the Company

FUN STUFF:

SpaceX launches its first private crewed mission to space

Disney says the rest of its 2021 slate of movies will have exclusive theatrical releases

How Chad ended up hosting Dolce and Gabbana’s first Twitter Spaces event

THE GOOD STUFF

YouTube Launches First Podcast, Exploring How Online Creators Have Found Success

Stories to Reels, New 'Favorites' Listing

Facebook Publishes New Insights into the Ongoing Impacts of the Pandemic on SMBs

Apple’s iPhone 13 event: the 8 biggest announcements

Internet

How the largest direct air capture plant will suck CO2 out of the atmosphere

Tiny swimming robots may help clean up a microplastics mess

The Matrix Resurrections - Official Trailer (2021) 

The internet

Facebook Unveils $299 Smart Glasses, its First Step Towards AR Wearables

TikTok Teams Up with MTV for New 'Trending: VMA' Awards

Chad’s DAO is sort of a big deal now

Twitter Launches Initial Test of 'Communities' Topic-Based Groups Within the App

Dispo launches a test to gauge user interest in selling their photos as NFTs

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Twitter Launches 'Super Follows' Creator Monetization Option

Instagram Launches '10 Days of Live Shopping' Event to Showcase its Evolving eCommerce Tools

TikTok Shares New Creative Peformance Insights to Help Marketers Improve their Strategic Approach

Clubhouse Adds Spatial Audio, Now Averaging 700k Rooms Per Day

Facebook Adds New Fantasy Games Element to Tap into the Rising Popularity of Fantasy Sports

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Today we are joined by special guest Stephen Seidel of the The Seidel Agency to talk Tik Tok, weird nutritional squares, Elon admitting that his self driving cars "aren't great", and Instagram announcing the sunsetting of the Instagram Strory Swipe Up.

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