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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information.

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Starcount.com: Charting The Stars In Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Measuring Your Popularity On Social Media. Starcount , he explains as he demonstrates the site via his laptop projected on a large TV screen, is a social media measurement engine that aggregates and measures social media popularity on a global and local scale across any genre. The interview proper begins.

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

Social Media. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. Grammy CMO spells out social media savvy. Social Media. Link to your launch page on all of your social media accounts. Check out this social media strategy for startups for more specific techniques on leveraging Twitter and Facebook. #9

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Messaging Landscape 2017

VC Cafe

“Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc”?—? Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. messaging apps are the new social networks, they are valuable, important and sticky.

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Scale of Messaging Landscape 2017

VC Cafe

“Take a moment think who would actually miss you if you deactivate all your social networking accounts, whatsapp, BBM etc”?—? Now bigger than social media, messaging apps are on practically every phone, and only growing in engagement. messaging apps are the new social networks, they are valuable, important and sticky.

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Are Facebook Investors Playing Russian Roulette?

crowdSPRING Blog

For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. While China and Russia are both huge markets, it’s doubtful that their revenue per user will be equal to the revenue per user in Europe or the United States.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

This was especially true as we found some of the best developers to be in Russia and India, therefore splitting the travel. For about a year now, weve been working on a social network for sports fans, FantasySportsMatrix.com. =) Weve found that costs and risk can be minimized significantly if your team can handle the UI in-house.