February 6, 2020
Instagram gives unfollow suggestions in new ‘following categories’
Instagram will now show you who you interact with least frequently in case you want to unfollow them. In an effort to help you keep your feed clean…
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February 6, 2020
Google Maps adds more crowdsourced transit data and gets a new navigation bar
Google is updating Google Maps on Android and iOS with a revamped tab bar at the bottom, a new icon and a couple of new features. In particular,…
Read articleFebruary 5, 2020
How Hoop hit #2 with its Tinder for Snapchat
Snapchat’s developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users. Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster, rocketing to No. 2 on the overall…
Read articleFebruary 4, 2020
Snapchat hits 218M users but big Q4 losses sink share price
Snapchat still isn’t profitable nearly two years after its IPO. In Q4 2019, Snap lost $241 million on $560.8 million in revenue; that’s up 44% year-over-year and an…
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Messenger Kids adds expanded parental controls, details how much kids’ data Facebook collects
Facebook’s messaging app for families with children, Messenger Kids, is being updated today with new tools and features to give parents more oversight and control over their kids’…
Read articleJanuary 31, 2020
How Dubsmash revived itself as #2 to TikTok
Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death. After a brief moment of virality in 2015 alongside Vine (R.I.P), Dubsmash was bleeding users faster than it could…
Read articleJanuary 30, 2020
Medloop secures €6M from Kamet Ventures and AXA for self-service patient app
Medloop, which allows patients to manage healthcare needs and providers, has secured €6 million from Kamet Ventures and AXA. The cash will be used to enhance its product…
Read articleJanuary 30, 2020
Snapchat launches Bitmoji TV: zany 4-min cartoons of your avatar
If you were the star of every show, would you watch more mobile television? Snapchat is betting that narcissism drives resonance for its new weekly videos that put…
Read articleJanuary 29, 2020
Facebook hits 2.5B users in Q4 but shares sink from slow profits
Facebook beat Wall Street estimates in Q4 but slowing profit growth beat up the share price. Facebook reached 2.5 billion monthly users, up 2%, from 2.45 billion in…
Read articleJanuary 29, 2020
Verkada raises $80M at $1.6B to be every building’s security OS
Fifty iPads were stolen from Verkada co-founder Hans Robertson’s old company. Only when they checked the security system did they realize the video cameras hadn’t been working for…
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