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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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ZipaClip Goes Straight For Sexting Market

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Skip any talk about self-destructing messages for "privacy": an Irvine-based company, Aclipsa Mobile Video Solutions, said this morning that it has launched a new Android app specifically for "consenting adults". zipaclip sexting mobile android instant messaging' READ MORE>>.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. Eventually, Nigam sees the company expanding into a full-fledged social network, which he said Gen Z is “starving for.”

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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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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

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15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited. Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). We’re all socially connected (so great businesses spread faster). Where are we today? The iPhone was released.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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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. “We saw the impact that the rise of mobile was having on linear. ”

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What You Can Learn from a Scorpion

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On the one hand it denied Facebook from enormous amounts of web traffic that Google controlled at the time but in the longer-run due to network effects of social networks it made Facebook significantly more powerful. What are the chances that SnapChat or WhatsApp would emerge without getting crushed like a bug?

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