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Report: Snapchat Valued At $10 Billion In New Funding

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Venice-based Snapchat is in the midst of raising a new round of funding, led by storied venture capital investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which valued the company at close to $10 billion, according to a report. The report also said that Snapchat has around 100 million monthly active users now using its messaging service.

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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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Aclipsa is taking aim at the popularity of instant messaging service Snapchat, which gained some of its initial traction from users using the app for "sexting", the practice of sending suggestive images via mobile apps and texts. READ MORE>>. zipaclip sexting mobile android instant messaging'

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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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6 Reasons Earned Social Engagement Surpasses Paid Ads

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Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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Still, he expressed hesitancy to characterize and market the startup as an NFT company, although NFTs are core to its business model. Eventually, Nigam sees the company expanding into a full-fledged social network, which he said Gen Z is “starving for.”

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6 Ways The Business Social Media Players Are Changing

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Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Don’t Buy It ,” he asserts that “earned” social engagement drives better business results than paid social exposure.