Tinder has been operating a members-only version of the platform called Tinder Select, which is meant to serve only the elite users on the app, including CEOs, super models, and
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Snap has already tumbled 11% on day four
Snap, the parent of Snapchat, had a great first two days on the stock market, only to be followed by two terrible ones. Shares quickly tumbled to beneath $22, an
Twitter’s Moments get their own analytics
Twitter Moments, Twitter’s own take on short-form content told as a series of connected tweets, are today getting their own analytics, the company announced today. This will allow Moments’ creators
Instagram Stories launches Geostickers as its Snap attack continues
Instagram is steadily closing its feature gap with Snapchat. Today, Instagram launched its first geostickers, which let users add and arrange illustrations to their Stories posts related to their locations. The
10 best practices for R&D plan government beginners
Most managers initial start their government careers by being placed in assign of tiny groups doing tiny projects given they have demonstrated an early ability to lead. Beginning with a
Giphy quietly acquired imoji to build out its emoji and sticker business
Last week, GIF-finding platform Giphy revealed a new line of business offering artist-created stickers in Apple’s iMessage app. But what it didn’t announce was that it also made an acquisition to bolster
Facebook’s content moderation system under fire again for child safety failures
Facebook has again been criticized for failing to remove child exploitation imagery from its platform following a BBC investigation into its system for reporting inappropriate content. Last year the news organization reported that closed
Facebook is making its cross-device Atlas data available to more advertisers
Facebook is changing the way it offers the cross-device ad measurement capabilities of its Atlas platform. The company relaunched the current version of Atlas in 2014 with a focus on
Twitch introduces Pulse, its very own gamer news feed
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
Snap tumbles 12% on day three, erases gains
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. debuted on the stock market Thursday and immediately saw substantial gains on its first two days. But the excitement has already worn off, with shares tumbling more than 12
Should Snap buy Twitter?
Now that Snap is flush with public dollars, the question becomes: How to spend it? One suggestion floated as a “what if” scenario among armchair executives in banking, finance and
Old-school social networks Tagged and Hi5 bought by MeetMe for $60M
Like bizzaro Facebooks, Tagged and Hi5 launched in 2004 to help you meet new people instead of connecting you with friends you already know. Through social games and paid dating
Video: Top 5 ways to strengthen yourself from information breaches
It seems like each week there’s another large information moment from some use or another. we doubt any one of us haven’t had some volume of personal information accessed from
Classic Windows on a $35 computer: How to glow adult Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and XP on your Raspberry Pi
The Pi-powered Windows 98 smartwatch. Remember when Windows 98 indispensable a mechanism costing $1,000+ to run comfortably? Almost 20 years later, a early Microsoft OS runs on a mechanism that
Trying out Prisma’s new photo filter store
Photo filter app Prisma released an update this week giving users a new way to browse all the different styles available. And for select users, there’s also a way to create styles
