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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

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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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one. At Betaworks, the firm is exploring the popularity of these virtual characters — and the role that artificial intelligence and new content creation technologies will play in reshaping entertainment and social media platforms.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Eventually, Nigam sees the company expanding into a full-fledged social network, which he said Gen Z is “starving for.” ” He views Facebook and Snapchat primarily as messaging apps and said Instagram is having an “identity crisis.”

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Doppels Is the Birthday Matching App You’re Going to Love

Tech.Co

Each day Doppels will let you know whose birthday it is within your social network or local area and offer you a wish, gift or text option. Snapchat Stories are an easy way to send your friend a birthday wish. Doppels also gives others the opportunity to send you a note or gift tailored to your interests. How great is that?!

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

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We have a couple of thousand retailers and a product catalog of 80 million products, and every day, people are posting their photos and videos to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. They are texting their friends about the sunglasses they love, the shoes they love, the tennis racket they use.

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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005). Again he looked to the media industry history and pointed out that before Ted Turner founded CNN he had an entertainment channel.

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