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Foursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
Foursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
May 31, 2019  |  Retail

At a time when Foursquare has notched $150 million in fresh funding, the location technology company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc. David Shim, the...

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Shopify Partners With Snap On Marketing Integration
Shopify Partners With Snap On Marketing Integration
April 30, 2019  |  Mobile

Shopify and Snap have formed a partnership that will allow Shopify merchants to buy and manage Snapchat Story ad campaigns on Shopify’s platform. “Last year,...

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SNAP Recipients In NY Can Now Buy Groceries Online
SNAP Recipients In NY Can Now Buy Groceries Online
April 19, 2019  |  Retail

While the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between Walmart and Amazon was somewhat quieter this week than it has been in the for the...

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UK Regulator: Stop Pushing Kids Into Apps
UK Regulator: Stop Pushing Kids Into Apps
April 16, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

The U.K.’s tech regulator, the ICO, wants companies like Facebook and Snap to stop enticing kids to their websites and apps. According to The Financial...

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BlackBerry Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter
BlackBerry Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter
February 28, 2019  |  Legal & Regulation

BlackBerry, the once-maker of the BlackBerry mobile phone, has filed a lawsuit against Twitter contending the social media platform operator engaged in patent infringement. According...

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Ex-Snap CSO Rivals Amazon With eCommerce Startup Verishop
Ex-Snap CSO Rivals Amazon With eCommerce Startup Verishop
February 12, 2019  |  eCommerce

A former Snap executive is planning to take on Amazon with the launch of a new eCommerce platform. Imran Khan, who spent three years at...

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Earnings March On As GrubHub Stumbles, Snap Has Pep
Earnings March On As GrubHub Stumbles, Snap Has Pep
February 08, 2019  |  Earnings

The data deluge continues, and the earnings roundup this week has some positives — such as in Fiserv’s gains ahead of a tie-up with First...

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Sizzle/Fizzle: Snap Earnings Sizzle, Bitcoin Fizzles
Sizzle/Fizzle: Snap Earnings Sizzle, Bitcoin Fizzles
February 08, 2019  |  Exclusive Series

Sizzle Snap: Shares snap upward, up by 21 percent, in the wake of earnings that soundly beat projections. Daily average user count may have stanched...

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Two Snap Executives Leaving Over Inappropriate Behavior With A Contractor
Two Snap Executives Leaving Over Inappropriate Behavior With A Contractor
January 20, 2019  |  Personnel

Two senior executives recently left Snap, the maker of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, for allegedly conducting inappropriate relationships with a contractor that was outside the...

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