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Discord Grows a Central Hub of Social Gaming and Community Engagement
Discord Grows a Central Hub of Social Gaming and Community Engagement
November 20, 2024  |  Connected Economy

Initially designed to fill a need for multiplayer gamers to interact, the communications platform Discord has grown into a vital hub for gamers, developers and...

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Google Unveils Experimental Keen Social Network For Users’ Interests
Google Unveils Experimental Keen Social Network For Users’ Interests
June 19, 2020  |  Retail

To help users share their passions with the world, Google unveiled a place for “long-term interests” called Keen that was made as part of its Area...

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Walmart, Nextdoor Launch Neighbors’ Helping Initiative
Walmart, Nextdoor Launch Neighbors’ Helping Initiative
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

Walmart and Nextdoor have joined forces to make it easier for neighbors to help each other during the COVID-19 pandemic. The largest retailer in the...

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Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
Facebook’s Marketplace Facing EU Antitrust Scrutiny 
April 06, 2020  |  Facebook

The European Union (EU) is targeting Facebook’s Marketplace as the next leg in its antitrust investigation, according to a Monday (April 6) report in the...

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Crypto Startup RSK Acquires Social Network Taringa
Crypto Startup RSK Acquires Social Network Taringa
September 27, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Crypto startup RSK will buy Spanish social media network Taringa in a bid to expand and to gain access to the platform’s 20 million users,...

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Uhive To Pilot Blockchain-Based Social Network This Year
Uhive To Pilot Blockchain-Based Social Network This Year
September 12, 2019  |  Blockchain

New social network Uhive has raised $2.3 million in funding, and it ran a successful pilot program that attracted 50,000 early access-users. Now, the network’s...

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Nextdoor Continues Rapid Growth With $170M Funding Round
Nextdoor Continues Rapid Growth With $170M Funding Round
September 10, 2019  |  Investments

Nextdoor, a social network that aims to offer a community-centric feel, just closed a $170 million Series F funding round, according to reports. Four months...

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Social Network Telegram Races To Release Promised Cryptocurrency
Social Network Telegram Races To Release Promised Cryptocurrency
August 28, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

While Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra hangs in regulatory limbo over concerns of money laundering and a threat to financial stability, popular social network Telegram has...

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Vietnam’s Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook
Vietnam’s Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook
August 25, 2019  |  Facebook

Vietnam’s new social network platform, Lotus, is looking to raise as much as 1.2 trillion dong ($52.1 million) in a bid to take on Facebook....

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