Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding

February 28, 2023

Mammoth, a recently launched Mastodon app that’s trying to make it easier on users who want to join the decentralized social web, has a notable financial backer. The company confirmed that its leading pre-seed investor is Mozilla, a proponent of the open web, who invested in the company’s first general round alongside others, including Long […]

Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth’s pre-seed funding by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists

February 28, 2023

The Block-owned music streaming service TIDAL is shifting the way it pays artists after an experimental program failed to generate results. Unlike Spotify and other market leaders, which pay musicians small fractions (…of fractions) of pennies for each play, TIDAL has taken a more imaginative approach to artists payouts. The platform, which targets consumers who […]

TIDAL will cut ‘direct artist payout’ program to invest more in emerging artists by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app

February 28, 2023

Bluesky, the Twitter alternative backed by Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey, has hit the App Store and more testers are gaining access. Though the app is still only available as an invite-only beta, its App Store arrival signals that a public launch could be nearing. We haven’t heard much from Bluesky since October 2022, […]

Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch