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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. Hardworkers — a Cambridge, Mass.-based

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

The 10 startups in Yellow’s third batch include: Brightly : a media platform and community that promotes ethical and sustainable brands. Hardworkers : a professional network for blue-collar workers. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. making their way to Los Angeles.

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The Future with Social App Invasions | Snapchat, Then Came ‘Yo’ and Now It’s Emojli

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Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. “There’s no reason why you won’t see it across the board.

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

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Our interview today is with serial entrepreneur Neel Grover , the CEO and founder of Indi (indi.com). Indi operates an app which lets people get paid for sharing their social content, making product recommendations, and more. The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform.

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

Tech.Co

After logging into your account via Facebook API, the platform uses your date of birth as the core data to help you calendar all of your friend’s birthdays and discover other people around you who also celebrate your special day. Snapchat Stories are an easy way to send your friend a birthday wish. How great is that?!

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The Old Ways Of Social Media Marketing Are Broken

Startup Professionals Musings

Where are the young social media users going? They are going to Instagram, Tumblr, Snapchat, Kik, and other applications. By some measurements Twitter was the fastest growing social network of 2012. If you can figure out why people care about your product, you’ll have success regardless of the platform du jour.