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Social Media Vetting Looms For Visa Applicants

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Add social media to the list of inputs for vetting U.S. Trump has debuted a new questionnaire for visa applicants across the globe seeking entry into the United States that considers social media and biographical information. visa applicants. said the additional data sought brings “arbitrary power” to U.S.

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round

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IRL , or In Real Life, the social calendar startup created to help users meet over shared experiences, announced a $16 million Series B funding round on Tuesday (Sept. The San Francisco-based company said the infusion of new cash will be used to reinvent its web product and expand the platform overseas. .

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12 Startups Showed Their Latest and Greatest at INV Fintech Demo Day

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EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Fintech Is Back

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Wine.com Uncorks A Vintage Year

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For 2020, the company will aim to attract customers in three new ways: a wine-of-the-month club, more events at wineries and an increase of paid social media. Bergsund likes to tell the story of a panicked customer from San Francisco who called just two weeks ago. Bergsund’s goal is to grow that to 10 -15 percent.

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Meet Revuze, The Startup Bringing Artificial Intelligence To Brand Management

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Let’s face it, data analysis can be a costly and time-consuming affair and can sometimes take weeks or months of scouring through troves and troves of data from a number of channels, like sales, surveys, customer reviews and social media, to even interpret how consumers might be responding to a certain brand or product.

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Five At Five: Twitter Warns Investors On Monthly User Totals

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Twitter executives warned that monthly active users have been cut by about three million as the social media platform moved to purge spam and dormant accounts, curb abuse on the system and comply with new privacy regulations. Google Bans Apps that Mine User Devices for Crypto. RadioShack Poised to Make Comeback Bid.