September 11, 2015
Rep A Cause With Facebook’s New Temporary Profile Pics
Your profile picture is the message you send most. There’s no easier, more ubiquitous way to raise awareness for a cause then splashing your pic rainbow for gay…
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September 10, 2015
Fama Helps Businesses Find Social Media “Red Flags” Before Hiring Someone
Fama Technologies aims to help companies screen potential employees by analyzing their social media posts. You might not like the idea that something dumb you posted years ago…
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Facebook Gives Verified Profiles Its Mentions App With “Live” Streaming And Posts Just To Followers
Journalists might start sharing a lot more of their links to Facebook, as now they can finally opt out of spamming their friends and instead only post to…
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Tinder’s Super Like Says More Than A Simple Right Swipe
Tinder has today unveiled a new feature called Super Like, which is just about as close to ‘love’ as you can come on the ultra-popular dating app. In…
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Instagram Ads Go Global, Including New 30-Second Commercials
Instagram is done experimenting and is ready to ramp up ad revenue. It’s making three big changes today to attract marketing dollars from around the world and other…
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Facebook Equips Business Pages With Mobile Storefronts For Shopping And Services
Likes ≠ Dollars. Facebook wants Pages to actually earn money for the 45 million small businesses that use them. So today Facebook is upgrading Pages with a tabbed…
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Mobile App Letgo Raises $100 Million From Naspers To Take Over Classifieds In The U.S.
Can a mobile classified app topple the behemoth that is Craigslist? A company called letgo aims to find out. Its app, which lets users buy and sell items locally, has…
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Pinterest Brings On A New Head Of Its Advertising Partner APIs
Pinterest has brought on a new executive to manage the technology its marketing developer partners use to power advertising campaigns on Pinterest. Michael Akkerman, formerly a vice president at…
Read articleAugust 31, 2015
Wiselike, The Q&A Platform For Professionals, Picks Up $1.25M In Seed Funding
There is no shortage of Q&A platforms on the web. But today, a new startup with fresh funding is looking to repurpose the Q&A format into something more…
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AOL Acquires Photo And Messaging Startup Kanvas Labs
AOL is announcing another acquisition — Kanvas Labs, maker of mobile social apps. An AOL spokesperson told me that the company will continue to offer the existing Kanvas Labs products.…
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