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LinkedIn’s China rival Maimai raises $200M ahead of planned US IPO
Maimai, China’s biggest rival to LinkedIn, has revealed today that it received a $200 million D Series investment back in…
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Study ties Facebook engagement to attacks on refugees
A study of circumstances and demographics attendant on attacks against refugees and immigrants in Germany has shown that Facebook use…
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Movado Group acquires watch startup MVMT
The Movado Group, which sells multiple brands, including Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss, has purchased MVMT, a small watch…
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Facebook is going back to college
Kids these days take a greater interest in practical things than we give them credit for. For example, this summer…
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Facebook says birthday fundraisers have raised more than $300 million over the past year
Facebook marked the first anniversary of its birthday fundraisers by revealing that more than $300 million in donations have been…
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South Korean women protest against growing epidemic of spycam porn
Credit: Korea Exposé On August 4, a 35-degree Saturday, 70,000 women gathered in the streets of Seoul wearing masks.…
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Openbook is the latest dream of a digital life beyond Facebook
As tech’s social giants wrestle with antisocial demons that appear to be both an emergent property of their platform power,…
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We DM’d a lot of strangers to ask why they use Drake lyrics on Instagram
Have you ever heard of a musical artist named Drake? Of course you have. Because he’s everywhere. Hard Fork?…
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Emoji update proposal includes 55 different couples — where are the gingers?
Credit: Nicole Gray Unicode today published a blog post with a link to a short list of the candidates for…
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Here’s Twitter’s position on Alex Jones (and hate-peddling anti-truthers) — hint: It’s a fudge
The number of tech platforms taking action against Alex Jones, the far right InfoWars conspiracy theorist and hate speech preacher,…
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