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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. In a post on Kik’s blog on Friday the MediaLab said that it has “finalized an agreement” to acquire Kik Messenger. Securities and Exchange Commission. .”

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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. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Software Startup Portfolium Acquired by Salt Lake City’s Instructure

Xconomy

Founded in 2014 by CEO Adam Markowitz, Portfolium sells academic institutions access to what it calls its ePortfolio network, which, along with hosting student portfolios, also offers student assessments and job matching services. Students at schools that subscribe use the platform for free.

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TakeLessons CEO Discusses Chromatik Buyout, Why it’s a Good Fit

Xconomy

San Diego-based TakeLessons set out nine years ago to create a Web-based platform that helped match music students with qualified instructors. The company’s last VC round in early 2014 raised $7 million. Now TakeLessons has completed another acquisition, buying Chromatik, a Santa Monica, CA-based provider of digital sheet music.

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Flying With A Wounded Wing: Why Twitter Still Has More Than A Chance

Tech Zulu Event

Launched in July of 2006, Twitter was a platform that experienced consistent and steady growth for many years. They hit the coveted one million user milestone and within two years a billion tweets had been sent on the platform. In fact, Twitter was one of the first mobile social media platforms. The ROI was solid.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

socalTECH

By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. We have enough money to last until February of 2014, but here are the options. We basically closed our $70M round of funding in February of 2014, which is what we actually announced yesterday. That was a pivotal moment.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music's To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

socalTECH

By then, it was obvious that the original thesis behind the acquisition by Scripps was just not there. We have enough money to last until February of 2014, but here are the options. We basically closed our $70M round of funding in February of 2014, which is what we actually announced yesterday. That was a pivotal moment.

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