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Enplug: Bringing Social Media To A Display Near You

socalTECH

What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. Nanxi Liu: In 2010, an industry report came out that predicted that digital signage was going to be a $4 billion market in 2014. Our software is an open platform.

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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

TechCrunch LA

The account “hack” was architected by brud as part of an ongoing virtual reality drama playing out on Instagram and other social media platforms between avatars it had developed, all designed to attract media attention, according to people with knowledge of brud and its plans. ” That was a lie.

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

“Whether it be a passion for an obscure manga or your favorite football team, Kik has shown an incredible ability to provide a platform for new friendships to be forged through your mobile phone.” Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014.

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Performance marketing agency MuteSix bets on content and data to boost DTC e-commerce

TechCrunch LA

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. “They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. Another big thing we’re trying to solve is incrementality.

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7 Winning Strategies For Smartphone App Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. We don’t hear about the remaining three million apps that are mostly free, and garnering only trivial revenue through advertising. After this connection, you need not share the 30% of all revenue collected by the store platform.

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Siemer Summit: Connecting Global Digital Media & Technology Leaders

Tech Zulu Event

The event attracted over 500 distinguished attendees from around the world in the digital media and technology industry including advertising, media, data, eCommerce, software, social and gaming. 2014 Wavemaker Award recipients are: Hang Ten Award: Advertising & Marketing Services. “The Silver Push.

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A platform that puts political lobbying back into the hands of everyday people

StartUp Beat

That’s a large part of why he decided to create LawMaker.io , which bills itself as a revolutionary platform that gives those in the U.S. Touting itself as a “free lobby for the lobbyless,” Thakkar said its a platform that could very much change the face of U.S. ” Lawmaker.io We built LawMaker to change this.