Mobile GIF platform Tenor is out with the list of its top 5 gifts this year. The company's co-founder and CEO David McIntosh explains what they say about sentiment in 2017.
The top five GIFs of 2017 are the guy blinking, baby crying, Jonah Hill's "yay," Shaq laughing, and Obama's "Oh yeah." McIntosh says negative emotion searches went up 31 percent in 2017. Meanwhile, positive emotions decreased 18 percent.
"We can get a great sense of how people are actually thinking and feeling," says McIntosh. Though GIF searches were more negative overall, searches for "laughing" nearly doubled since 2017.
Kirk Clyatt, an anchor at Sinclair Broadcast for several years, says the company has been trying to strongarm all its content as far back as 2001. The network owner has gotten a lot of heat in recent days after a video showing anchors from local networks across the country read the same scripted lines went viral.
Airbnb Magazine's special projects director, Laura Brounstein, picks a handful of global events that you need to see, from the world's largest water fight to a cheese chase.
The celebrity home improvement expert says termites are the biggest pain in the back...yard. They can cause over $5 billion worth of damages to American homes every year, Vila told Cheddar.
Female gamers, like Janet Rose, are often told that they are mere distractions in the male-dominated industry. They are also frequently exposed to sexual harassment online. Rose, who streams on Twitch as "xChocobar," shares her experience.
Sony's PlayStation produces games that are exclusive to the platform, much like the media companies, and that's what keeps gamers loyal, says Asad Qizilbash, the company's Vice President of Marketing. "God of War" is an example of a PS exclusive and the next version comes out on April 20th.
The game's protagonist, Kratos, has evolved and now has a son, which adds depth to the storyline. The playing experience is sharper too, says Asad Qizilbash, PlayStation's Vice President of Marketing. The new "God of War," a PlayStation exclusive, comes out on April 20th.
Fortnite is not only popular but also extremely difficult to win. Janet Rose, who live streams on Twitch as "xChocobars," lives to tell the tale and discusses what it's like to be a female gamer.
The video game has become such a cultural phenomenon that even rapper Drake has jumped on the bandwagon. Why? "It's like Hunger Games," says Brandon Davis, Special Assignment Producer at ComicBook.com.
Paul Kermizian, the co-founder of the popular arcade bar, used to collect vintage games as a hobby. By combining that passion with his love of craft beer, he created a multi-location business.
Paul Kermizian, co-founder of the popular Barcade, says vintage games are like a "work of art." The arcade/bar combines 80s games, like Street Fighter and Pacman, with craft beer.
