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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round

The link-in-bio company is warming up as more mobile site home builders contend for a desired piece of property on a developer’s TikTok, Instagram or Twitter. Linktree leads the area, protecting a current $ 45 million Series B raise to develop out e-commerce functions, however Beacons boasts competitive developer money making tools with simply a …

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Cent, the platform that Jack Dorsey used to sell his first tweet as an NFT, raises $3M

Cent was established in 2017 as an ad-free developer network that enables users to use each other crypto benefits for excellent posts and remarks — — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, however with Ethereum. In late 2020, Cent’s little, San Francisco-based group produced Valuables , an NFT market for tweets, and by March, the …

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Tencent’s WeChat suspends new user registration in China to comply with ‘relevant laws and regulations’

Tencent’s WeChat said on Tuesday it is temporarily suspending registration of new users in China as it works to comply with “relevant laws and regulations,” the latest Chinese firm to face regulatory scrutiny in the world’s largest internet market. In a social media post, Tencent said it is “upgrading” its security technology to align with …

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YouTube acquires Indian social commerce startup Simsim

YouTube has acquired social commerce startup Simsim, the Google-owned firm said on Tuesday. Neither of the firms disclosed the terms of the deal, but two people with knowledge of the matter told TechCrunch the Indian startup was valued at over $70 million. Two-year-old Simsim had raised about $17 million prior to today’s announcement and was …

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TikTok funds first episodic public health series ‘VIRAL’ from NowThis

TikTok is taking another step toward directly funding publishers’ content with today’s announcement that it’s financially backing the production of media publisher NowThis’ new series, “VIRAL,” which will feature interviews with public health experts and a live Q&A session focused on answering questions about the pandemic. The partnership represents TikTok’s first-ever funding of an episodic …

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Twitter is exploring the use of Facebook-style emoji reactions

If you’re old sufficient to keep in mind the outrage that followed Twitter’s choice to change stars with hearts (aka likes rather of favorites), then you understand that Twitter’s user base has strong sensations about how it wishes to engage with tweets. Now, Twitter is thinking about another transformation on this front that might shake …

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