February 24, 2017
Facebook’s mobile prodigy launches video charades game
Michael Sayman was just 17 when Facebook hired him, but he’d already built 5 apps. Now 7 years after his first launch, the Facebook product manager has just…
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February 24, 2017
SoFi confirms $500 million in new funding as it pushes beyond lending
Online finance startup SoFi got its start refinancing student loans but gradually has been adding other services to members. To expand into new regions and move closer to…
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RCS, Google’s answer to iMessage, expands to 27 more carriers and OEMs
While messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat and WeChat rake in ever more users, features and relationships with key brands, and Apple’s iMessage continues to play strong with iPhone users,…
Read articleFebruary 23, 2017
Facebook tests ad breaks in all types of videos, giving creators a 55% cut
Facebook today announced it has begun testing ad breaks that interrupt on-demand video, using a small set of partners who will earn a 55 percent ad revenue share…
Read articleFebruary 22, 2017
SocialRank Realtime helps marketers get more proactive on social media
SocialRank co-founder Alex Taub classifies most brand interactions on social media into two broad categories. They’re either broadcasting to all of their followers or, if they’re communicating individually,…
Read articleFebruary 22, 2017
Wattpad debuts Tap, an app for reading chat-style short stories
A new mobile app called Tap, launching today, introduces a different way to read stories on your phone: as text message-like chats. The app is the latest from Wattpad, a social…
Read articleFebruary 22, 2017
Instagram lets you post up to 10 photos or videos as 1 swipeable carousel
Instagram wants you to share a more complete picture of your experiences in its classic feed, not just its Snapchat Stories clone. Today, Instagram launches the ability to…
Read articleFebruary 21, 2017
Dick Costolo joins Maybe Capital — a new satirical board game about Valley VC
As the TV show Silicon Valley has shown, the tech community there is ripe for satire. So it’s not surprising that the next “product” to be born into…
Read articleFebruary 21, 2017
Hanging out at Snap’s unremarkable IPO roadshow
One of the remarkable things about the roadshow presentations for hotly-anticipated IPOs — where they’ll make a pitch to investors and answer questions — is that they are…
Read articleFebruary 20, 2017
Instagram VP Kevin Weil joins board of social fitness app Strava
If you’re trying to build the Instagram for exercise, it helps to have the guy building Instagram for Instagram. That’s why Strava has added Instagram head of product…
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