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Report: Criminals Using Snapchat To Illegally Sell Guns

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According to report this week, abuse of the communications and advertising features of Los Angeles-based Snapchat is playing a significant role in the sale of firearms outlawed in California. However, the recent arrests show how easy it is for criminals to bypass those rules on any social networking platform.

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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

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and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Report: Snapchat Nearing 1 Billion In Ad Revenues

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A report, published by eMarketer on Tuesday, says that Venice, California-based Snapchat will earn an estimated $1 billion in ad revenues next year. The report predicted that Snapchat will represent 2 percent of social network ad dollars in the US next year. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Snap Chops 100 More Employees

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The cuts this time apparently came from the advertising side of Snap, and follows a big layoff of engineers in February. Venice-based Snap has cut another 100 of its employees , according to reports on Thursday, as it continues to trim its workforce. READ MORE>>.

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Neel Grover: How Indi Is Helping People Earn Money For Their Knowledge

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The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

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Want To Meet Someone New? How Tinder Is Catching Fire, With Justin Mateen

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No, not Snapchat--it''s Tinder --a mobile app and service which lets users rate people nearby them, and if the feeling is mutual, connect them. Justin Mateen: The vision for Tinder, is about social discovery. There are plenty of other social networks out there, who do a good job of connecting you with your existing network of friends.

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

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As the value for users decreased, it naturally decreased the ROI for advertisers and their clients too.The CPM on Twitter was very high and still remains one of the highest today. But if you can make the right moves, the right choices, at the right time, you can become the number one network. The value of tweeting was decreasing.