Snapchat finally begins sharing analytics with its creators and influencers
6 years ago
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Snapchat is finally starting to share analytics with creators on how well their content is doing. Snap Inc. announced the new feature on Wednesday and will update Snapchatters with a large following on who is viewing their [..]
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Fitbit acquires health management startup Twine
6 years ago
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Fitbit has come a long way since its step-counting days. The wearable technology company has been scooping up acquisitions faster than its users have been shedding pounds.
In an effort to transform from a hardware company to [..]
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Visa and Mastercard increase fees for investing in cryptocurrencies to almost 10 percent
6 years ago
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Investing in cryptocurrencies is about to get harder—and a lot more expensive. Two of the world’s largest credit card processors, VISA and MasterCard, have just changed the way that the purchase of [..]
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and Chase to Start an Insurance Company
6 years ago
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From opening cashier-less grocery stores to running its own (award-winning) movie and television show production company (not to mention the online marketplace thing), Amazon seems to have its hand in everything these days, [..]
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Fiverr acquires freelancer software platform And Co
6 years ago
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Fiverr, an online marketing place where freelancers can be hired, is acquiring AND CO, a New York City startup that helps freelancers manage their client relationships.
Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman said in a report that Fiverr [..]
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COO Anthony Noto leaves Twitter to become CEO of financial startup SoFi
6 years ago
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In a big Silicon Valley shakeup, Twitter has just announced that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Anthony Noto has resigned. Noto, who has been with the social media company since 2014, has reportedly been named as the new [..]
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Huffington Post Drops its Contributor Platform
6 years ago
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Since the founding of the Huffington Post almost 13 years ago, it has relied on contributions from unpaid bloggers. However, on Thursday, the HuffPost said that it was immediately dissolving its self-publishing contributors [..]
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A bitcoin conference has stopped taking bitcoin as a form of payment
6 years ago
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The North American Bitcoin Conference is no longer allowing people to pay for tickets with Bitcoin. The conference, set to take place in March, has implemented this policy due to “network congestion and manual [..]
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GoPro Exiting the Drone Market and Putting Itself Up for Sale
In just a few short years, GoPro has gone from being wildly successful to (literally) falling from grace. The beloved action camera company has just announced that not only will it be pulling out of the drone and aerial [..]
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Instagram to test cross-posting stories to WhatsApp
6 years ago
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Facebook, owner of Instagram and WhatsApp, is testing a feature with a small group testing a feature that will allow users to post their Instagram Stories directly to WhatsApp as a WhatsApp status. This feature is similar to [..]
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