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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

In a post on Kik’s blog on Friday the MediaLab said that it has “finalized an agreement” to acquire Kik Messenger. “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read. In acquiring Kik, the holding company is expanding its mobile app portfolio.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. James Citron – Outspoken , pioneering the combination of mobile messaging and advertisements.

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4 Strategies That Must Be Part of Customer Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. Blogs must provide value to customers.

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Some Perspective on Twitter vs. Meerkat

Both Sides of the Table

Yet someone the raw nature of filming & consuming on mobile is new. I built it on a platform given to me for free by a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars of which I receive value. They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click. YnJM8aeru9.

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6 Trends Are Driving A Data Tsunami For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

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The Future with Social App Invasions | Snapchat, Then Came ‘Yo’ and Now It’s Emojli

Tech Zulu Event

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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Is Your Use Of Social Media For Marketing Working?

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore. In 2014 Tumblr overtook Instagram as fastest-growing social platform, and Snapchat is the fastest-growing mobile app, driven largely by Millennials and teens.