Social Media

Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

Rise of Conversational Commerce, Importance of Crypto and Social, Retail Sales Up 0.7%
Rise of Conversational Commerce, Importance of Crypto and Social, Retail Sales Up 0.7%
October 18, 2021  |  Today In Data

Cryptocurrency and social media are two more tools in retailers’ belts. Plus, retail sales continue their slow rebound, and all the latest news from Amazon...

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ByteDance Valuation Tops $400B
ByteDance Valuation Tops $400B
October 15, 2021  |  Investments

TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation has reached $400 billion based on anonymous sales by online traders, with some analysts seeing that number climb higher, according to...

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Square, TikTok Team up to Link Online Sellers via Social Media Platform
Square, TikTok Team up to Link Online Sellers via Social Media Platform
September 29, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Global software, payments and hardware platform Square has joined forces with short-form video platform TikTok to offer a new integration to connect online sellers to...

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UK Antitrust Regulators Approve Facebook’s Kustomer Acquisition
UK Antitrust Regulators Approve Facebook’s Kustomer Acquisition
September 27, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Facebook Inc., has received the go-ahead from antitrust regulators in the United Kingdom to move forward in purchasing Kustomer Inc., a New York-based software company,...

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The Bay, Pinterest Collaborate on Bilingual Digital Lookbook
The Bay, Pinterest Collaborate on Bilingual Digital Lookbook
September 23, 2021  |  Retail

Canadian retailer The Bay and social media platform Pinterest on Thursday (Sept. 23) announced a new partnership to create bilingual digital lookbooks using “pinnable” products...

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Facebook Blasts Britain’s Concerns About Its Giphy Acquisition
Facebook Blasts Britain’s Concerns About Its Giphy Acquisition
September 08, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Facebook made an argument against selling Giphy in response to Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), after the British regulator flagged access and competition concerns...

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Graber To Lead Twitter-Backed Social Web Startup Bluesky
Graber To Lead Twitter-Backed Social Web Startup Bluesky
August 16, 2021  |  Personnel

Cryptocurrency developer Jay Graber announced Monday (August 16) on Twitter she has been chosen to lead decentralized social media platform Blue Sky. In the Twitter...

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Reddit’s Value Surges To $10B Amid New Funding Round
Reddit’s Value Surges To $10B Amid New Funding Round
August 12, 2021  |  Investments

Social media platform Reddit’s valuation is up to more than $10 billion as it works to raise as much as $700 million in a fundraising...

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Facebook Takes Steps To Improve Data Portability
Facebook Takes Steps To Improve Data Portability
August 09, 2021  |  Data

Facebook on Monday (Aug. 9) announced several updates to its Transfer Your Information (TYI) data portability tool that will make it easier for users to...

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