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Banks Must Up Their Social Media Game to Connect with Digital Natives

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Traditional financial institutions that want to compete with fintech disruptors like Chime and X (formerly known as Twitter) need to up their social media game. Consider that the typical user spends about 2.5 hours per day on social media. Demographically, half of the U.S.

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DOJ Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook No Slam Dunk

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While the transactions were approved by regulators, some Capitol Hill lawmakers have raised antitrust concerns and urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to break up the company and its subsidiaries. A ‘breakup’ of Facebook is thus a complete nonstarter,” the document stated, according to WSJ.

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What Quibi’s Flameout Teaches Us about Behavior Change

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Making matters worse, early versions of Quibi offered no way for users to share content with friends, stymieing growth on social media. Compared to the eons of free YouTube and other social media content viewers were happily consuming, Quibi was a non-starter. Quibi needed to move users above the FBM action line.

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Fitness Platform Raises $5M For Online Workouts

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The round valued the company at about $40 million, NEOU CEO Nathan Forster told the news service. We’re the Netflix of fitness based on our user experience and affordability, and an Amazon to content creators, in that we are a marketplace that provides trainers with a way to digitally scale their businesses,” Forster said.

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Google Shares Plans For More Instant Chrome Experience

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11), including offering its users instantaneous experiences. Dion Almaer, Google director of engineering, said the company wants to “make loading disappear, for all our users,” according to VentureBeat. In fact, a few companies are already utilizing Portals, including Fandango.

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Feelter Sources, Curates Social Sentiment For Brands

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Social media is fast becoming a significant influence on the path to purchase. Businesses are taking notice and looking for ways to source crowd insights, sentiment and authentic user experiences to leverage the sway social content has over prospective buyers. Feelter scores each relevant social media post.

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Bitcoin Daily: VeChain Blockchain Platform Loses $6.7M In Cyberattack; Bottle Pay Bitcoin Startup Shuts Down Amid New EU Regulations

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The company, which is based in London, notched $2 million in September. The Bottle Pay app once let users send small portions of bitcoin via social media handles and texts from Twitter to Telegram. The platform recently rolled out its crypto fundraising platform, “The Syndicate,” and its exchange.

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