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Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a ChangeFebruary 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM  Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Science, Technology, Social Media, Software, Nick Clegg, Computing, News Corporation, Social Software, Like Button, Social Information Processing, Entertainment Culture, Technology Internet, News Media Bargaining Code, Global Affairs Nick Clegg Read 103 people like this. Like Facebook Promises to Let Users Share News in Australia Again After Negotiations With GovernmentFebruary 23, 2021 at 6:00 AM  Tags: Facebook, Science, Australia, Social Media, Software, Computing, World Wide Web, Social Software, Josh Frydenberg, Social Information Processing, Technology Internet, News Media Bargaining Code, Facebook Promises 111 people like this. Like Facebook Bans News in Australia and I Feel FineFebruary 17, 2021 at 5:00 PM  Tags: Google, Facebook, Science, Australia, Social Media, Software, Computing, Advertising Revenue, World Wide Web, Social Software, Criticism Of Facebook, Blog Hosting Services, Technology Internet, Facebook Bans News 95 people like this. Like ‘Slow dating’ app Once is acquired by Dating Group for $18M as it seeks to expand its portfolioJanuary 22, 2021 at 9:13 AM Five-year-old ‘slow dating’ app Once has been acquired by the Dating Group, one of the largest companies in the dating world, for $18 million in cash and stock. Dating Group has 73 million registered users across a range of portfolio fatting apps including Dating.com.
Clémentine Lalande, co-founder and CEO of Once, will continue leading the company under a 2-year agreement. Fellow Co-founder Jean Meyer retained a stake in the company after departing two years ago.
Once has 9 million users on its...Tags: TC, Europe, Tinder, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Dating, IAC, Bumble, Match.com, Social Software, Clementine, Co-founder, Lalande, Dating Group, Clémentine Lalande 44 people like this. Like Sources: Hinge Health has raised $310M Series D at a $3B valuationJanuary 5, 2021 at 6:34 PM Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based company that offers a digital solution to treat chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions — such as back and joint pain — has closed a $310 million in Series D funding, according to sources.
The round is led by Coatue and Tiger Global, and values 2015-founded Hinge at $3 billion post-money, people familiar with the investment tell me. It comes off the back of a 300% increase in revenue in 2020, with investors told to expect revenue to nearly triple again in 2...Tags: Health, Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Europe, London, San Francisco, Tech, Software, United States, Surgery, Physical Therapy, Daniel Perez, Tiger Global Management, Bessemer Venture Partners, Social Software 22 people like this. Like Instagram revamps its mobile messaging app ThreadsNovember 19, 2020 at 9:03 AM Instagram is continuing to develop its standalone messaging app, Threads. Last month, the company to make it possible for users to message everyone, instead of just “close friends,” as its other messaging app, Direct, once did. Today, Instagram is releasing a redesigned version of the Threads app with updated navigation and a Status tab, as well as support for posting photos and videos to your Instagram Story.
The changes address some of Threads’ shortcomings in usability. Though the app ...Tags: TC, Facebook, Apps, Messenger, Instagram, Social Media, Tech, Messaging Apps, Facebook Applications, Social Software, Instagram Story, IGTV Reels 30 people like this. Like Instagram expands new ‘Guides’ feature to all usersNovember 17, 2020 at 9:00 AM Earlier this year, Instagram launched a new feature called “Guides,” which allowed creators to share tips, resources and other longer-form content in a dedicated tab on their user profiles. Initially, Instagram limited Guides to a select group of creators who were publishing content focused on mental health and well-being. Today, the company says it’s making the format available to all users, and expanding Guides to include other types of content, as well — including Products, Places, and Pos...Tags: Social, Instagram, Tech, Website, Guides, Software, Social Network, Travel Guides, Operating Systems, Mobile Software, Social Software, Like Button, Select, Instagram Shop, Initially Instagram, Snapguide 39 people like this. Like Instagram expands new ‘Guides’ feature to all users, upgrades SearchNovember 17, 2020 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Social, Instagram, Tech, Website, Guides, Software, Canada, Ireland, Social Network, Travel Guides, Operating Systems, Mobile Software, Social Software, Australia New Zealand, U S U K, Like Button 62 people like this. Like Plenty of Fish app was leaking users’ hidden names and postal codesDecember 23, 2019 at 12:37 PM Dating app Plenty of Fish has pushed out a fix for its apps after a security researcher found they were leaking information that users had set to “private” on their profiles.
The app was always silently returning users’ first names and Zip postal codes to the app, according to The App Analyst, a mobile expert who writes about his analyses of popular apps on his eponymous blog.
The leaking data was not immediately visible to app users, and the data was scrambled to make it difficult to read. But ...Tags: Security, Apps, Privacy, Tech, Spokesperson, Law Enforcement, Software, IAC, Mobile App, Social Software, TechCrunch Plenty of Fish 41 people like this. Like Dating.com acquires Dil Mil app for South Asian expats as dating apps consolidateNovember 25, 2019 at 10:30 AM Following the recent news about the Badoo and Bumble and Badoo exit there is more consolidation in the dating app space. It seems many dating apps are running for the exits ahead of the launch of dating on Facebook.
The Dating.com Group – an investment of SDVentures – has acquired Dil Mil, a San Francisco-based dating app for expats from India and other South Asian countries. The acquisition was via a combination of cash and Dating.com Group stock. According to Dating.com, the deal values the co...Tags: Travel, TC, Facebook, Tinder, China, India, New York City, America, San Francisco, Social Media, Ceo, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Vice President, Bumble 24 people like this. Like Dating.com Group acquires Dil Mil app for South Asian expats as dating apps consolidateNovember 25, 2019 at 10:30 AM Following the recent news about the Badoo and Bumble and Badoo exit there is more consolidation in the dating app space. It seems many dating apps are running for the exits ahead of the launch of dating on Facebook.
The Dating.com Group – an investment of SDVentures – has acquired Dil Mil, a San Francisco-based dating app for expats from India and other South Asian countries. The acquisition was via a combination of cash and Dating.com Group stock. According to Dating.com, the deal values the co...Tags: TC, Facebook, Tinder, China, India, New York City, America, San Francisco, Social Media, Tech, Ceo, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Vice President, Bumble 26 people like this. Like WeTransfer is getting weird…August 28, 2018 at 10:53 AM What do you do if you’re a European startup competing against the likes of Box and Dropbox, and are looking to make a splash in international markets like the U.S.?
Well, if you’re the Dutch startup WeTransfer (which raised a cool $25 million about three years ago to take the U.S. market by storm), you get weird. Really, really, avant garde-level weird.
WeTransfer, Funky Dutch Cousin Of Dropbox And Box, Gets $25M To Go Large In The U.S.
The latest overture to the hipsterati is the company’...Tags: Amazon, TC, Cloud Storage, Tech, Software, United States, Computing, Dropbox, File-sharing, Artist, Michael, Social Software, Tyler, McSweeney, Cloud Applications, Krule 18 people like this. Like Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming to Disrupt SFJune 6, 2018 at 1:28 PM Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd has always done things her own way.
Whether it’s standing up for her political beliefs, building a company with fully outsourced engineers or avoiding the usual startup fundraising runaround, Wolfe Herd follows her own instincts in building a business. Which is why we’re super excited to announce that Whitney Wolfe Herd will join us at TC Disrupt SF 2018.
Wolfe Herd first came on the scene as a co-founder and VP of Marketing at Tinder, where she he...Tags: Social, Startups, TC, Apps, Tinder, Social Media, Tech, Ceo, Bumble, Whitney Wolfe, World Wide Web, Social Software, Badoo, Andrey Andreev, Disrupt Sf 2018, Whitney Wolfe Herd 21 people like this. Like YC-backed Muzmatch definitely doesn’t want to be Tinder for MuslimsAugust 3, 2017 at 10:13 AM  Tags: Social, Startups, TC, Apps, Y Combinator, Europe, Tinder, Tech, Dating, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Dating Apps, Muslims, Yc, Social Software 96 people like this. Like Buffer Adds Twitter-Based Customer Service ToolsFebruary 29, 2016 at 7:00 PM  Tags: Startups, TC, Marketing, Customer Service, Buffer, Social Software, Respondly, Buffer Adds Twitter Based Customer Service Tools 124 people like this. Like Who’s really shaping the digital future?February 19, 2016 at 5:30 AM  Tags: Facebook, Books, Technology, Workplace, Digital, Social Media, Linkedin, NEC, Gartner, Facebook at Work, Forrester, Social Software, Social Sciences, Digital Economy, Gartner Inc, Digital World 43 people like this. Like Buffer Rejiggers Its Open Salary FormulaNovember 25, 2015 at 12:05 AM  Tags: Startups, TC, Salary, Buffer, Social Software The Power of Crowds – We Will GatherSeptember 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM One area that Social Media has revolutionised more than any other is crowdsourcing. It was one of the communication shifts that prompted the foundation of Redcatco, and was the topic of my talk at the first Social Media in Business event in the UK. At the time the focus was on sourcing information and ideas; much has changed since then.
Crowd Sourcing
Crowds – large collections of unrelated people – can be highly effective at providing information to aid decision making. Although, in his book ...Tags: Twitter, Crowdsourcing, UK, London, Social Media, Tom Watson, Social Software, Nesta, Riotcleanup, Summer Riots, Wewillgather, Cabinet Office, Facebook and Twitter, James Surowiecki, Clay Shirky, Dan Thompson The Power of Crowds – We Will GatherSeptember 18, 2012 at 4:59 AM One area that Social Media has revolutionised more than any other is crowdsourcing. It was one of the communication shifts that prompted the foundation of Redcatco, and was the topic of my talk at the first Social Media in Business event in the UK. At the time the focus was on sourcing information and ideas; much has changed since then.
Crowd Sourcing
Crowds – large collections of unrelated people – can be highly effective at providing information to aid decision making. Although, in his book ...Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Crowdsourcing, UK, London, Social Media, Tom Watson, Lifehacks, Social Software, Nesta, Riotcleanup, Summer Riots, Wewillgather, Cabinet Office, James Surowiecki, Clay Shirky |
