The COVID-19 pandemic minted several high-valued companies as the demand for social media skyrocketed when people were physically staying away from one another. Clubhouse, a social audio platform, reached a valuation of $4 billion within a year after it raised funds from Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global Management and DST Global. The app crossed $14 million in downloads in the first quarter of 2021, making it a pandemic-era unicorn. But the app seems to have lost its charm post-pandemic, with t
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Canadians can now pre-register for the beta version of the Clubhouse app for Android over at its official Google Play Store page, the company told iPhone in Canada in an email.
As soon as the app becomes available in Canada, those who pre-register will be informed via notification.
After more than a year as an iOS exclusive and overwhelming demand for an Android counterpart from its community, the invite-only, audio-based social media platform launched the official beta of its Android app earlier today.
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The beta is currently only available to download and use in the U.S., but Clubhouse is working on expanding availability to other English-speaking regions (and the rest of the world) in the coming days and weeks. It shouldn’t take long for the beta to cross the border into Canada.
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Perhaps the most well-known Hong Kong poet, Mary Jean Chan is a London based writer and lecturer who has been named as one of the most influential BAME writers in Britain. Her poetry book,
Flèche, meaning “arrow” in French, received high praise after it was published, winning the 2019 Costa Book Award for Poetry.
The book’s name refers to an offensive technique used in fencing, Chan’s choice of sport during her young adult years. The title symbolises the difficult feelings she feels while navigating the world, describing it as “reconciling one’s need for safety alongside the desire to shed one’s protective armour in order to fully embrace the world”.