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Fintech Focus For March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 9:57pm | 2042Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing. Source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb One Big Thing In Fintech: The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a...
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Instagram Launches Live Rooms: What You Need To Know
Monday, March 1, 2021 - 3:39pm | 458Read More...Instagram, owned by Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), announced Monday the rollout of a new feature. What Happened: Instagram introduced Live Rooms, which will allow up to three people go live. Before this, the photo and video sharing platform permitted only one-on-one livestreaming...
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Mobile Hedge Fund Platform Titan Raises $12.5M Series A Led By General Catalyst
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 6:47pm | 534Read More...Titan, an asset manager for retail investors, announced Tuesday it raised a $12.5 million Series A round led by venture capital firm General Catalyst. To date, the company has raised $16 million. What Happened: Titan is a holistic asset management solution that builds, manages, and explains...
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Walmart To Sell Its Products Directly On TikTok Through Influencer Live Streams
Friday, December 18, 2020 - 3:57am | 383Read More...Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) said TikTok users can directly buy its products during live streams on the short-form video app. What Happened: The Arkansas-based retail giant said in a statement Thursday that TikTok users in the United States can shop for “fashion items featured in content from some...
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Could A Facebook Breakup Boost Share Value? Experts Weigh In
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 5:35pm | 617Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) faces a suit from the Federal Trade Commission and 46 states for anticompetitive behavior. What Happened: The Federal Trade Commission and states filed a suit against Facebook aimed at forcing the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp. The key point of the lawsuit is Facebook...
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Exclusive: Marketing Pro Craig Greiwe On How The Biggest Personalities, Media Houses Like Lionsgate Can Grow During The Pandemic
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 8:10am | 1542Read More...The pandemic devastated the global economy, forcing businesses and content providers to rethink their marketing and communications strategies. In unpacking how the biggest personalities and organizations like Lionsgate, DreamWorks, AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:...
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Facebook Reintroduces Instagram Lite App In India: TechCrunch
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 6:41am | 309Read More...Facebook, Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has launched a revamped version of the Instagram Lite app in India, TechCrunch reports. What Happened: Facebook had rolled back the test version of the Instagram Lite app in May this year, which was specifically aimed at emerging markets. In July, Vishal...
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FTC Orders Social Media Giants To Share Information On Data Collection Policies
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 2:46am | 487Read More...The Federal Trade Commission is asking social media companies to provide information on their policies related to the data collection and usage of a user's personal data. What Happened: The federal authority sent an order to nine technology companies seeking information on data...
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Daily High Club And RAW Natural Rolling Papers Team Up To Launch Subscription Box
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 2:54pm | 270Read More...Daily High Club, a smoking supplies company and online head shop operator that sells subscription boxes, has partnered with the iconic brand RAW Natural Rolling Papers. See also: How I Grew My 'Herbally-Focused' Instagram To 500,000 Followers With No PPC Together, they have launched...
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What To Know About Twitter Fleets And How It's Like Snapchat, Instagram Stories
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 10:09am | 319Read More...Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) shares are trading higher after the social media platform announced the launch of Fleets, which is when tweets disappear after 24 hours. What To Know: Fleets gives users the option to share momentary thoughts, which it says will help start conversations and only...
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What You Need To Know About Instagram's Redesign
Thursday, November 12, 2020 - 5:16pm | 327Read More...Instagram's app remodel places more emphasis on its TikTok clone Reels and its growing e-commerce business, CNBC's Julia Boorstin reported on "Squawk Alley." What Happened: The Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)-owned social media property added new shortcuts on its main page for Reels...
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Facebook Fails At Curbing False Political Ads Ahead Of US Election: WSJ
Monday, November 2, 2020 - 3:30am | 464Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) has failed to contain misinformation in political advertising as campaigns exploit a loophole in the company's system, reports the Wall Street Journal. What Happened: Three political groups backing President Donald Trump's re-election have found...
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Mark Zuckerberg Says WhatsApp Now Sees 100B Messages Exchanged A Day
Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 9:24pm | 472Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday at the company's quarterly earnings call that private messaging continues to be the fastest-growing form of communication — with WhatsApp alone seeing the exchange of 100 billion messages each day. What Happened: The social media...
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Facebook Prepared For Wider Content Crackdowns If US Election Sees Violence: WSJ
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 9:25pm | 396Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is considering putting to use internal tools the company has designed for “at-risk” countries to combat any conflict that rises around the presidential election in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. What Happened: The tools were...
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Snapchat Suggests Facebook Ad Boycott Bolstered Q3 Earnings
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 4:20am | 370Read More...Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), during the third-quarter earnings call Tuesday, suggested that the company may have benefited from an advertising boycott affecting rival Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). What Happened: Snapchat Chief Business Officer Jeremi Gorman, in prepared remarks for the...
