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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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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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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

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Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. making their way to Los Angeles.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Because this is all VCs do and if we intend to work with all of our fellow VCs and entrepreneurs when the rain ends and the sun shines again our reputations matter greatly. The iPhone was released.

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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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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. They are texting their friends about the sunglasses they love, the shoes they love, the tennis racket they use.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

TechCrunch LA

Betaworks is betting on the content studio aspect through companies like SuperPlastic , a new startup launched by Paul Budnitz, the founder of the alternative social network ello and Budnitz Bicycles. Budnitz is perhaps best known for Kidrobot , a manufacturer of branded collectibles and toys for adults and kids everywhere.