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LinkedIn Employs AI and Games to Promote Daily User Visits
LinkedIn Employs AI and Games to Promote Daily User Visits
July 21, 2024  |  Social Commerce

How often do you visit LinkedIn? The platform wants your answer to be “every day.” To that end, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (FT),...

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Instagram Tests Personal Fundraising Feature
Instagram Tests Personal Fundraising Feature
July 21, 2020  |  Facebook

Instagram is debuting a new way to raise money, the company announced in a blog post. The photo- and video-sharing social networking service owned by...

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With Appetite For Data And Social, Restaurant App Taste Gets Personal
With Appetite For Data And Social, Restaurant App Taste Gets Personal
January 08, 2019  |  Retail

Entrepreneurs are constantly solving problems, and those challenges often come out of personal experiences. Kevin Vanderwarker, who co-founded dining recommendation platform Taste, traveled across the...

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Instagram Value Tops $100B
Instagram Value Tops $100B
June 26, 2018  |  Facebook

New data shows that Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100 billion — if it were a stand-alone company. According to Bloomberg, this...

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White Label, Red Envelope Virtual Gifting In The New Media Space
White Label, Red Envelope Virtual Gifting In The New Media Space
October 09, 2017  |  Platform Payments

When was the last time you used, or heard anyone talk about, the livestreaming mobile app Periscope? In hindsight, that big trend may look like...

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First Equity Deep Dive On Snapchat Revealed
First Equity Deep Dive On Snapchat Revealed
February 15, 2017  |  Investments

Goodwater Capital, the new consumer technology venture firm, has released what is seen as the first deep dive of Snapchat’s business, saying that while a...

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Facebook Launches Search
Facebook Launches Search
October 23, 2015  |  News

Facebook users will now find themselves with the ability to universally search across the entire social network. Starting yesterday (Oct. 22), the company’s search capability...

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EU Cybersecurity Law Cracks Down On Internet Giants
EU Cybersecurity Law Cracks Down On Internet Giants
August 10, 2015  |  News

New EU cybersecurity regulations may force Internet giants to tighten up their security protocols in order to keep authorities in the loop about breaches, Reuters...

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