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Vietnam’s Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook

Vietnam’s Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook
Vietnam’s Social App Lotus Seeks Funds To Compete With Facebook
August 25, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

Vietnam’s new social network platform, Lotus, is looking to raise as much as 1.2 trillion dong ($52.1 million) in a bid to take on Facebook....

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Google Pilot Launches Test Social Network App Shoelace
Google Pilot Launches Test Social Network App Shoelace
July 11, 2019  |  Google

Google’s Area 120 incubator, which handles the company’s more experimental offerings, has launched a new hyperlocal social networking app called Shoelace, according to reports. Get...

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Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
Vodacom, Safaricom To Acquire Rights To Vodafone’s M-Pesa
May 24, 2019  |  Partnerships

Kenya’s Safaricom has announced that it is partnering with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to the M-Pesa mobile financial services platform. Get the...

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Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
Facebook Grows User Base 8 Percent, Bullish On Commerce
April 24, 2019  |  Facebook / Meta

More consumers keep using Facebook even as the social network said on Wednesday (April 24) that it faces a fine of between $3 billion and...

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From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
From Friend’s Grandpa To Hip Elder Brother: Banks As Consumer Trust Anchors
December 03, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Almost five years ago (on Dec. 19, 2013), Target was breached. Roughly 40 million consumer credit cards were hacked, and the public outcry of shock...

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Shoclef And Making Stylists The Star Of The Retail Show
Shoclef And Making Stylists The Star Of The Retail Show
September 27, 2018  |  Retail

There is no shortage of app and eCommerce platforms out there looking to match up consumers with personal shoppers. As a well-established part of high-end...

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Strava’s Journey From Fitness App To Fitness Ecosystem
Strava’s Journey From Fitness App To Fitness Ecosystem
September 12, 2018  |  Social Commerce

In some ways, Strava is a very much like any social media platform, albeit with a slightly narrower focus than most. Founded as an online...

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How Adventure Commerce Is Finding New Adrenaline Through Social
How Adventure Commerce Is Finding New Adrenaline Through Social
September 10, 2018  |  Retail

Tour operators who offer a wildlife adventure or a skydiving experience may face a common challenge: How can they market their activities to the right...

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