Weekly Web Roundup

The 1851 Franchise staff is back with a bevy of fun, exciting and intriguing links from the past week

SPONSOREDUpdated 4:16PM • 05/11/16

Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux, who is always a wealth of good sound bites, let slip that the company is working on a t-shirt. What type of t-shirt you may ask? Well Seydoux didn’t elaborate much, but he said it’s something you’ve never seen before. - Matt Diaz

Google wants to lend a helping hand to local news sources. Google News has introduced a new “Local Source” tag that will allow first-hand accounts of nearby news to show up first on Google News. - Chad Cohen

Anheuser-Busch is looking to make beer great again. The company will be launching limited-edition labels, changing “Budweiser” to “America” through the election season in America. - Sarah Mellema

Not to be outdone by Tidal, Spotify will be further expanding its reach on the digital market by launching 12 original video series. The content will come from the likes of actor Tim Robbins and Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons. - Cassidy McAloon

In order to compete with Facebook Live, Twitter-owned Periscope has launched a number of new features. One of which is the ability to broadcast from a drone. - Ryan Paul

The message bots takeover is upon us! Facebook announced there are more than 10,000 developers building bots for the social media site’s messaging platform. – Chris Zois

The dream of the 90’s is alive at Bath & Body Works. The chain will be reissuing some throwback ‘90s scents to capitalize on the recent wave of nostalgia hitting the market. – Andi Summers