Snap Cuts 120 Engineers, Citing Job Performance
socalTECH
MARCH 8, 2018
Venice, California-based social networking app developer Snap Inc. The layoffs represent around 10 percent of Snap's engineering team. Snap also cut employees in December.
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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 19, 2019
.” MediaLab is a holding company that owns several other mobile properties , including anonymous social network Whisper and mixtape app DatPiff. MediaLab said it has “some ideas” for developing Kik going forwards, including making the app faster and reducing the amount of unwanted messages and spam bots.
Uber Shuts Down
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
Los Angeles-based Uber, the online social networking web site run by former Friendster CEO Scott Sassa, has shut down. Uber developed software used to upload, organize, and share content through a free web site; the site also provided photo galleries, slide shows, videos, and blogs.
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