December 16, 2016
Next Entertainment wants to make it possible to live stream for a living
A Taiwan-based startup called Next Entertainment has raised $25 million in...
December 15, 2016
Amino Apps raises $19.2M to build more mobile communities
Amino Apps, a startup aiming to reinvent online forums for the mobile...
December 14, 2016
Bumble invests in gay dating app Chappy
Bumble, the dating app that puts women in the driver’s seat, has...
December 14, 2016
Imgur tries to mature into a meme social network with chat and following
There should be a term for how, given enough time, every social app adds a...
December 9, 2016
Fading anonymous social network Yik Yak is reportedly laying off most of its employees
Yik Yak, the once universally recognized anonymous social network that...
December 9, 2016
Sean Rad steps away from CEO role (again) to run Tinder’s new Swipe Ventures
Today, Tinder is launching a new M&A branch of the company called...
December 9, 2016
BuzzFeed hires Gilad Lotan as VP of data science
BuzzFeed has a new vice president leading its data science team. Gilad...
December 8, 2016
Waggle raises $2.3 million because the internet doesn’t have enough funny animal videos
A startup called Waggle raised $2.3 million in seed funding to become the...
December 8, 2016
Sequoia-backed video chat app Tribe spammed its customers’ address books
Can mobile app startups please stop building SMS invite systems into their...
December 6, 2016
Hacker News calls for “political detox,” critics cry censorship
Can social media even exist without political debate? What about...