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Twitch to relaunch Curse, acquired last year, as the more social Twitch Desktop App

[ad_1] Hot on the heels of [ad_1], video game streaming site [ad_2] today announced its new desktop application, Twitch Desktop App. This is actually a rebranding of Curse App — an application [ad_1] from the video game community and software maker Curse…

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March 13, 2017

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Facebook Messenger’s PM director Martinazzi leaves after launching Day

[ad_1] Completing almost 8 years at Facebook, Director of Product Management [ad_1] has left the company. His last product, [ad_2]. A Facebook “OG”, Martinazzi was well-liked and respected at the company. He worked with the growth team in some of…

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March 12, 2017

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That time Facebook went too far

[ad_1] Facebook’s attempts to clone Snapchat know no limit.The social networking giant is in the enviable position of owning a number of the world’s most used internet services and applications. Facebook the social network is closing in on two billion registered users…

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March 11, 2017

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Chinese dating app Momo sees record revenue growth thanks to live streaming

[ad_1] Editor’s note: This post [ad_1], an editorial partner of TechCrunch based in China.Momo, China’s top location-based social networking app, has [ad_2] and added solid financial figures to back it up, according its most recent earnings report. The company, which was…

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March 10, 2017

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How Facebook Messenger evolved into a chat camera

[ad_1] A picture is worth a thousand words… that no one wants to type on a tiny screen. And even if you did mash in all that text, it’d still lose the subtleties of sarcasm or sincerity. To express the…

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March 9, 2017

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Gobi raises $500K to take on Snapchat

[ad_1] Norwegian startup Gobi raised $500,000 at a $15 million valuation to take on Snapchat with its “Stories” communication tool. The platform enables users to create public and private groups where users can share photos and videos that stay around for three days…

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March 8, 2017

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Twitch introduces Pulse, its very own gamer news feed

[ad_1] With the introduction of its own in-house social stream, Twitch hopes users won’t stray too far beyond its purple walls. Twitch’s newest feature is called Pulse and will collect into one big gaming-obsessed feed the real-time social happenings of…

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March 7, 2017

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Facebook tests reactions and Dislike button (!) on messages

[ad_1] Facebook finally has a Dislike button, but it’s not where you’d expect.How do you reply to a specific message in a rapid-fire chat thread? Facebook wants you to attach emojis to your friends’ messages the same way you do…

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March 5, 2017

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The Associated Press’ plan to put hyperlocal data in the hands of reporters

[ad_1] Since 2013, The Associated Press has been making an intentional effort to put data in the hands of local reporters. In the last few years, this meant assisting with Freedom of Information Act requests and putting a team of…

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March 4, 2017

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Snapchat stock finishes up 44% on first day

[ad_1] Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, had a great day in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. After pricing the IPO at $17 per share yesterday, the stock opened at $24. It then closed the day at $24.48, a 44…

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March 3, 2017

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Octane AI boldly bets that Convos are the future of content

[ad_1] One billion people use Facebook Messenger every month. And no matter how bad the current perceptions of the bot scene are, that number is hard to ignore. Octane AI is counting on celebrity content creators to build conversational experiences that…

LMWS Asia

March 2, 2017

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6 Tips on Running Micro-Influencer Campaigns

When you’re the only one making decisions on how to reach more users for your product, knowing which direction to take can be tough. In the past four years, influencer marketing has become a reliable customer acquisition channel for software-as-a-service…

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March 1, 2017