Consumer Web/Social Media

Trump Media’s First Auditor Quits After Just a Few Months on the Job: Report

The first auditor appointed by former President Donald Trump's social media company has reportedly resigned after just a brief tenure.


US States Fight Tech Firms With Online Child Safety Bills—Are They Winning?

Many US states are fighting tech firms with online child safety bills. Who's winning this battle?..

Wall Street Expresses Concerns Over Reddit's High User Growth But Low Share Value

Wall Street brokerages express doubts about Reddit's user growth which would reach 109 million users by 2026 as Reddit's shares fall below debut price...

Donald Trump Urges His Followers to Support Truth Social as Its Parent Company’s Stock Continues to Dive

Former President Donald Trump is asking his followers to support his social media platform, Truth Social, as the stock price of its parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, continues to fall fu..


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Merus Capital forms special fund to invest in US ad-tech firm AdRoll
Palo Alto, US-based software-focused venture capital firm Merus Capital formed a special Merus Capital Opporunity Fund just after it closed its second fund at $43 million to support the late-stage dev
Blucora acquires US-based explainer site HowStuffWorks for $45M
Bellevue, US-based Internet business operator Blucora acquired Atlanta, Georgia-based explainer site HowStuffWorks in a deal valued at $45 million in cash from Discovery Communications, which had boug
Pre-IPO fraud lawsuit dismissed, Twitter gets final laugh
A lawsuit was filed against Twitter by two firms claiming that the microblogging platform has committed a pre-IPO fraud to justify the company's $10 billion valuation was dismissed by a US District Ju
Weibo celebrates public debut, venture capitalist Charles Xue release from prison
Two coincidental events took place as Weibo executives rejoiced the warm welcome it received from the international financial markets after its IPO on the NASDAQ and the release of venture capitalist
Dropbox drops some cash to add Loom and Hackpad
Cloud storage giant Dropbox spent an undisclosed amount to add San Francisco, US-based photo and video cloud storage and smart collaborative tool Hackpad to expand its product offering and improve its
LinkedIn reaches 300-million mark in registered users
Mountain View, US-based business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn already reached the 300-million mark in registered users worldwide, with half of that number coming from countries outside
Google testing balloons over Nevada for Project Loon
While news have already spread about Google's plan to bring the Internet to more people using high-altitude balloons in its "Project Loon" initiative, the search giant has finally started testing the
Twitter-clone Weibo cuts its IPO size offer
Chinese microblogging site Weibo has cut its offered IPO size after a shaky start taking in only USD286 million from 16.8 million depository shares sold which was far from the expectations on Wall Str
Citymapper takes in USD10 million Series A funding round
Citymapper has raised USD10 million Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital and other investors including Index Ventures, Greylock Partners and Connect Ventures.
Weibo's IPO sold only 16.8 million shares from the 20 million expected share sale
The initial public offering of microblogging platform Weibo has only sold 16.8 million shares instead of its expected 20 million share sale, reported TechCrunch.
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