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Snapchat snags Instagram business lead as its COO
If turning down the previous acquisition offers of $3 billion (or $4 billion, depending on the source) didn’t convince you that Snapchat is becoming a force to be reckoned with, this next move will. It wasn’t too long ago that Emily White moved from Facebook to Instagram, and now she’s heading over to Snapchat to…
Facebook testing feature to surface old posts
AllThingsD reports that Facebook is testing a way to resurface past News Feed posts. Facebook confirmed the new feature in a statement: “We’re testing a new way to help you remember favorite moments by making it easier to revisit previous News Feed posts,” “When you click on this notice, you will see a selection of…
Tencent’s 1 billion users and it just got started on the international market
Steve Tappin writes on his LinkedIn blog about Tencent’s charge to overtake Facebook. Tencent has 818 million active users on its chat client QQ and 236 million active users on its messaging app WeChat. The surge in popularity of WeChat is not surprising. It has many features and it encourages social connection. WeChat has neatly…
Now trending: $4 billion
With Snapchat reportedly turning down acquisition offers in the $4 billion range, it now feels that Facebook and Google got a pretty sweet deal to purchase Instagram and Waze for approximately $1 billion apiece. Will the next wave of acquisitions start from $4 billion? Is $4 Billion the New $1 Billion? Snapchat says its users…
IDrive backs up you Facebook uploads and media you were tagged in
IDrive launches a new feature to back up your Facebook photos and media, including those that you were tagged in. The service is now available to all IDrive users (including those on the free 5GB plan) and once all the data from Facebook is backed up, users can access their images and videos from any…
Apple invests heavily in solar power
Environmentalists will love the fact that Apple is moving in this direction. While large companies like Facebook and Google are looking into it as well, not forgetting that Facebook is building a data center in Iowa that will be fully powered by wind energy, it’s good to see Apple take such an initiative. Special report:…