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Reddit to Raise Up to $700 Million in New Funding, Valuing...
Variety reports: "Is this a sign of bubbling dot-com exuberance? Reddit announced that it is raising up to $700 million in additional funding, giving...
Facebook’s Giphy Deal Causes Competition Concerns, Says U.K. Regulator
Billboard reports: "Facebook’s takeover of GIF website Giphy raises competition concerns, Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Thursday."
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Link-in-bio monetization platform Snipfeed raises a $5.5M seed round
TechCrunch reports: "The link-in-bio business is heating up as more mobile website builders compete for a coveted slice of real estate on a creator’s...
Wannabe ‘social bank’ Kroo swerves VCs to raise a $24.5M Series...
TechCrunch reports: "Launched in February 2019, Kroo, the London-based consumer-facing fintech, raised some seed funding last year for its prepaid card service which claims...
Why Triller hasn’t left the experimental phase with advertisers just yet
Digiday reports: "Triller is seemingly moving out of the short-form video app’s shadow to hopefully capture the attention of creators and advertisers as TikTok...
TikTok, your new in-flight entertainment option
CNET reports: "Passengers traveling with the airline on Viasat-equipped narrowbody aircraft can now get 30 minutes of access to the app for free, American...
Streaming Aggregator Platform ScreenHits TV Launches Social Feature ‘TV Friends’ For...
Deadline reports: "Content and platform aggregator ScreenHits TV is launching a new social feature, TV Friends, on its mobile app which will enable users...
Microsoft, Facebook and everyone else are building the metaverse. Will you...
CNET reports: "Over the past few years, the term metaverse has re-emerged, applied to Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, VR, AR, even Animal Crossing."
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LinkedIn Acquires Tutorial Video App Jumprope as it Looks to Expand...
SocialMediaToday reports: "LinkedIn has acquired how-to video app Jumprope as part of its expanded video focus, and tying into both the development of its...
Zoom reaches $85M settlement in ‘Zoombombing’ lawsuit
TechCrunch reports: "Zoom has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the video conferencing giant of violating users’ privacy by...
