If you're from social networks, you're wasting time by not going to Lemon8, the beauty and fashion app that's succeeding in the United States. TikTok is behind.
Yesterday we talked about Lemon8 for the first time. And this app has gone from ostracism to stardom in just a few weeks. Right now it is number one in the download stores in the United States and is slowly landing in other markets.
Lemon8, an Instagram-like lifestyle app from ByteDance (the creators of TikTok), has welcomed a group of creators in the last week. Lemon8 is a platform for creators to share photos and short videos about wellness, travel, food and beauty.
If you want to get in on the Lemon8 hype and try your luck as an early adopter of the hottest new social networking app, here’s how to get started creating your first post.
Next, you will be asked to select your interests, such as home, travel, wellness, food, fashion, accessories, etc. Once you have created your account, you will need to finish setting it up.
Here you will write a bio, choose a profile picture and link to your TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube accounts if you wish.
Choose your photos
Now that your account is set up, you are ready to start posting. Before making a post, you will need to grant Lemon8 access to your photos. You can give the application access to selected images or to your entire camera roll.
Once you have chosen your photos or videos for your first post, you can choose a template based on the theme of your content.
Luckily, you don’t need a separate photo editing app when using Lemon8. The app has plenty of templates, filters, fonts and stickers to make your photos fit a certain mood or aesthetic.
With Lemon8’s editing tools you can take very simple photos and turn them into artistic publications for social networks.
Create a caption
Lemon8 posts do not have to have a caption, but it is advisable to write one to make your posts more visible. There are two parts to a Lemon8 caption: a headline and the body text.
You can use the templates if you need help creating a caption, and the templates are related to trendy topics such as beauty, food and travel.
You can also add hashtags at the end of your caption to increase the visibility of your post, as people searching for a hashtag may find your post. That’s it!
Meta Verified, Meta's payment verification service, is now available in the US, granting a series of advantages to those who pay for the subscription.
At the end of February, we reported that Meta was testing in Australia and New Zealand a method of user verification by monthly subscription. The measure, which would seek to recover revenue after the huge losses on its investment in the Metaverse, seems to “copy” or at least be inspired by the user verification system set up by Elon Musk on Twitter, where users can display a verification badge if they pay for it.
Now, Meta has launched this verification system called “Meta Verified” in the United States, allowing users to access a number of benefits if they pay a subscription each month.
What are the advantages of Meta Verified?
Among the advantages of being a Meta Verified subscriber are the blue verification badge that many want, anti-phishing protections, exclusive stickers, and direct access to customer support (contacting Meta if you have a problem can be an ordeal). Subscription also grants greater reach on posts, although this feature is not available to U.S. users.
Meta Verified costs $11.99 per month if the subscription is purchased via the web, or $14.99 per month if purchased through the mobile app (for digital store commissions).
How to subscribe to Meta Verified
To subscribe to the service, you will need to go to your account settings, go to the Account Center and then click on Meta Verified. After starting the process, you will need to provide an identity document and wait for validation from Meta. Once you get the go-ahead, you will be able to enter your payment method and subscribe.
It is important to note that if you already have a blue verification badge, you do not need to subscribe just to get it (or for fear of losing it). Accounts verified by traditional methods will still have their badge, although they will not enjoy the benefits of the Meta Verified subscription.
At the moment, Meta Verified is only available for users in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, so if you are from another region (such as Spain), you will not be able to subscribe. However, it will most likely eventually reach all the markets where Meta operates, so if you want to know when you will be able to subscribe, you can sign up now on their waiting list.
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The Queen singer passed away in 1991, a few days after announcing that he had AIDS. With his departure, music lost the best voice of the 20th century.
Queen is one of the groups that anyone names when asked: what are the most important bands of the entire 20th century? Freddie Mercury changed the world of music with the greatest voice to ever touch a microphone.
Freddie was not alone in the band, of course. Alongside him were Roger Taylor, drummer; Brian May, guitarist; and John Deacon, bassist. All of these are still alive, even the group Queen is still performing with Roger and Brian as the original members.
Freddie Mercury left, but artificial intelligence is very bold
It has been more than 31 years since Freddie Mercury died at the young age of 45. No one should die so young, especially not when you have the best voice in living memory. He could sing opera, pop, rock and reggae. There was no octave that could resist him.
And in our heads, Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara his birth name) will always be a middle-aged, energetic man with a good shock of black hair. But what would he look like now if he hadn’t passed away in 1991?
Time has allowed us to see Brian May and Roger Taylor grow old. And very gracefully too, giving concerts, being public and accessible people, proudly carrying the pride of being members of one of the greatest bands in history.
Well, we’d better stop imagining what Freddie Mercury would look like now because artificial intelligence has done the job for us. The picture you have above is how OpenAI’s DALL-E tool imagines the singer.
The photo above is how Stable Diffusion, the other great image tool managed by artificial intelligence, imagines it. We would have liked to use Midjourney, but it has been blocked for going too far.
Honestly, they haven’t done good old Freddie Mercury any favors with such images. It’s true that age doesn’t suit anyone, but Freddie looks like he’s been run over.
For those who have been traumatized, there is no reason to take at face value what artificial intelligence imagines, it is only one possibility among many. Freddie could now be full of Botox, have joined a gym, etc.
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Why is no one talking about the blockbuster of the year? The poor marketing decisions that have led to the failure of D&D: Honor Among Thieves.
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieveshas become the biggest surprise of the moviegoing season. The film has garnered the not inconsiderable score of 91% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as the favor of 93% of the public. For a blockbuster, this is a very unusual score and speaks very well of the film.
The film starring Chris Pine brings the world of Dungeons and Dragons back to the cinema -which has already been tried in the past with more pain than glory, and if not ask Jeremy Irons-, and it does it in the best possible way. Although in this article we will not make spoilers, we could summarize it as a Guardians of the Galaxy in a medieval fantasy world. It even matches it in charisma, as its synopsis makes clear:
“A charming thief and a group of adventurers embark on an epic quest to recover a long-lost relic. However, their adventure goes dangerously awry when they mess with the wrong people.”
However, the feature film is not enjoying the groundbreaking box office that one might expect from such a success. In fact, it has failed to win the public’s favor right off the bat, and its campaign has been more about taming the negative reviews from fans of the original game than showcasing its true virtues. But what happened here?
A trailer that is far from the final product
Normally, when we see a trailer we find a much more polished product than the final feature film or series. Being only a couple of minutes long, a mix of epic music, cool shots and witty one-liners are all it takes to get the audience rushing to the theaters.
Seeing a cool trailer and then being disappointed by the movie is common. It happened with Josh Trank’s Fantastic 4, the last episode of Star Wars or Batman V Superman. And it’s something that happens even more in video games, as is the case with Cyberpunk 2077 or No Man’s Sky.
But to have it happen the other way around is to have very little tomorrow in marketing, and in this case it has happened that way. The trailer we saw for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves kept the fun tone of the movie, but cut off at the best moments, without giving a clear perspective of the story and leaving behind all the pride felt by its creators for adapting D&D to film.
Thus, the trailer did not please anyone. Dungeons and Dragons fans thought they were being laughed at, and fans of the genre didn’t have much of a reason to go to the theaters. There was almost nothing in the trailer to invite you to see the film, and while you could glimpse that it might be good, it was more reminiscent of a bad Power Rangers movie or a Dwayne Johnson adventure film than it turned out to be.
Oh, and don’t make us talk about the poster, that’s when we get angry.
Turning away Dungeons and Dragons fans
Whether it was great -as it turned out to be- or awful, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves started from a position of privilege. As with Star Wars or Marvel fans, the movie already had a solid base of role-playing game fans who were sure to flock to the theaters.
However, no actions have been taken to attract this audience. Beyond its disappointing trailer, what would have been logical would have been to invite original role-playing creators, reach out to channels related to the genre and make the most “geeky” part of the fandom understand that everything has been done with respect and affection, as it has turned out to be.
Instead, the marketing team has made some pretty horrifying decisions in this regard, the worst being the fact that they invited three streamers with nothing to do with this universe to dub characters from the movie: xBuyer, Shooter and Widler.
In a senseless display of modernity, they chose these streamers, whose content is based on soccer, cryptocurrencies and viral challenges, to play the characters. This already opened the dubbing controversy at the time, since the actors’ community has been complaining for years about this kind of decisions that hurt the film. And on top of that, it further alienated its potential audience.
As it could not be otherwise, once we have seen the film, we are faced with a scene dubbed in a shameful way and that ruins all the humor it contained. In short, decisions of the past that do nothing more than make it clear that the film industry is still headed by dinosaurs.
Are we saturated with so many franchises?
The last reason why Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves may not be having the expected impact is the saturation of franchises. Although we have been receiving movies of famous sagas and brands that achieve incredible successes for almost two decades, the trend is beginning to change.
The veiled failure of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and the subsequent layoffs make it clear that Marvel Studios is realizing that they can’t live forever by doing the same thing. It’s been 3/4 of the same with DC Comics, which is reinventing its universe for the umpteenth time to reengage audiences. And Star Wars sales are not what they used to be.
Taking all this into account, it doesn’t seem that bringing new franchises to the movies is the best idea. This could have hurt Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and if it had been released 4 or 5 years ago, no one doubts that it would have done much better.
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Little hidden features that can make our use of the iPhone much more efficient and comfortable at the same time.
The iPhone has become an indispensable tool for many people worldwide. It has revolutionized the way we communicate, view information and perform everyday tasks. With a plethora of applications available in the App Store, the iPhone is capable of doing almost anything, from managing emails to helping us do our tax returns with an identity certificate, to allowing you to pay for anything in installments with Apple Pay Later, to name just a few.
An event that, every June, presents us with all the news that we should be able to enjoy in September. An event that, by its nature, is always full of the best surprises.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is one of the most important events of the year for software developers in the Apple ecosystem and users of the company’s products around the world. During this conference, Apple unveils new versions of its operating systems, development tools and other key technologies for the platform. Let’s review everything there is to know about WWDC.
With a backlight that we can easily adjust to our needs, we can write comfortably wherever we are.
The way we type on our iPad significantly influences our comfort and productivity. While typing directly on the touchscreen can be an option, there is also the feel of a physical keyboard, such as the Magic Keyboard, to consider for a more comfortable and efficient experience.
Discover the alternatives to E3. Now that the video game event has been cancelled, we leave you with others that could replace it.
The day has finally arrived. After years and years of agonizing and with less and less power, we have said our final goodbye to E3. What was once the most important video game event in the industry; the place where studios showed their great news, has said goodbye forever.
The main reason for the cancellation of E3 is the lack of participating companies. Without Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft, it already seemed that it was not going to have much life. But after the announcement of non-attendance by Ubisoft, its only great hope, the event has decided to close its doors.
The end of E3speaks of a new trajectory in the video game industry, where things are going to be done differently each time. However, there are still a few events to keep an eye on in order to stay on top of the news.
The best alternatives to E3
Without going any further, three events will take place this summer that, while all are smaller and/or niche, recapture some of the original spirit of E3. These events are as follows:
Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest – June 8
Summer Game Fest started in 2020 and aims to be the perfect alternative to E3. In previous years we saw, as part of the festival, the first Elden Ring trailer and the announcement of The Last of Us multiplayer game. This year, all eyes are on a Cyberpunk2077 expansion. Festival organizers say it will be the “biggest” in its history, so stay tuned.
The Xbox Showcase of previous years is a mine of news, with the announcement that Overwatch 2 would be free or the first gameplay of Starfield. Microsoft’s standalone event is the perfect place for company announcements, and this year promises to be just as interesting. In addition, a show dedicated to Starfield will be held after the event.
Ubisoft will not be, for the first time, at E3. But instead it will present, next June, an event of its own in which they will surely take the opportunity to present Assassin’s Creed Mirage in depth and focus on other expected titles such as the remake of Prince of Persia.
He is one of the most hated people of the moment and ended up in jail thanks to his anger with Greta Thunberg. Now his case has turned upside down.
Andrew Tate made a name for himself years ago as a successful wrestler. Aggressive, charismatic and with a lot of money. For a decade he has managed to create a loyal following for his controversial statements on social networks. He is now in a Romanian jail, though he is hours away from release.
But to understand who we are talking about and what has happened, it is better to put ourselves in situation. Andrew Tate is famous, but for a few. Enjoy the road to the fall to hell of Tate, the most provocative character of our century.
Tate is also a successful entrepreneur, having founded several businesses, including a home products company and an adult entertainment company. Hence, he is a millionaire, wrestling is not so well paid.
In recent years, Tate has gained notoriety for his controversial views on topics such as feminism, politics and life in general. He is particularly known for his stance against women and his derogatory comments.
This has earned him notoriety on social networks, where he has attracted a large following of supporters of his views, as well as critics who condemn him for his views.
A fight with Greta Thunberg that ended in jail for Tate
Due to some messages in favor of the climate and against highly polluting cars that Greta Thunberg shared via Twitter, Andrew Tate decided to make the joke of answering her through the same social network.
In the video, Andrew Tate is smoking cigars and carrying pizza boxes. In it, Tate brags about owning many high-end and highly polluting cars, assuring that he will continue to drive them and emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions. pic.twitter.com/ehhOBDQyYU
What he didn’t know was that pizza boxes on his desk would reveal to Romanian police that he was in the country, a territory that was looking for him on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape.
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan will be transferred from prison and placed under house arrest in Romania after more than two months behind bars.
They have been in detention because they are in the midst of an ongoing criminal investigation on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape.
The transfer to their home was ordered Friday by a Romanian court, CNN reported. The Tate brothers – who deny the allegations – were arrested in the country in December 2022, but have not yet been formally charged.
Romanian police alleged last year that the brothers and others close to them had formed an organized criminal group that stretched from Romania to Britain and the United States for the purpose of human trafficking.
Authorities alleged that some victims were deceived “into believing they intended to enter into a marriage/cohabitation relationship” while being transported to Romania and subsequently sexually exploited with physical violence and coercion.
At least six victims were allegedly “sexually exploited by the organized criminal group,” according to a statement from Romania’s Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).
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Authorities also allege that one of the suspects raped a victim on two separate occasions in March 2022. The Tate brothers have insisted on their innocence.
“There is no evidence in my file because I have done nothing wrong. Everyone knows I’m innocent,” Andrew Tate said in January after being taken in for questioning.
Romanian police have searched 12 properties as part of their investigation. And Romanian authorities have seized assets belonging to Andrew Tate worth some 3.5 million euros, including high-end vehicles, luxury watches and sums of money in several different currencies.
Andrew Tate is one of the most controversial and contentious figures on the Internet. His defenders have always felt that he is a free soul and that he was a role model. His detractors the opposite.
This investigation will put the former fighter in his place. The question we ask ourselves is: will he be remembered as one of the good guys or one of the bad guys? Time will tell.
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If you still haven’t tried this addictive game, we tell you how to play Vampire Survivors. Get ready, because playing a game by yourself is an understatement.
On PC
We start with playing Vampire Survivors on PC. To do so, it is only necessary to go to Steam and checkout. The good thing is that the title is at a ridiculous price of 4.99 euros. In fact, costing so little has been one of the reasons for its success (and even more considering that it has been heavily discounted over time).
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On Xbox
Vampire Survivors is also available to play on Xbox consoles, either Xbox One, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S. What’s more, we are going to give you a pleasant surprise: if you are subscribed to Xbox Game Pass, the game is included within the subscription service. In addition, it is also available to play in the cloud, so you can also play on PC from the browser itself.
If all this does not interest you and you want to buy it, in the Xbox Marketplace it is available for 3.99 euros.
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In smartphones
And we close with Vampire Survivors on smartphones. This version is available completely free of charge. You have to swallow ads, yes, of course, but you can download it at no cost from the Google Play Store and from the Apple Store.
Since the day it was released in mid-December 2022, the game has been a complete success.
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