TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

TechCrunch reached out to Bumble for comment on the IPO report. The company declined to comment. Coinbase files to go public confidentially and we’re hyped. Unpacking Poshmark’s IPO filing. Bloomberg reports that Bumble could target a valuation of between $6 and $8 billion. This squares with prior reporting.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Mark Cuban is getting in on the audio and podcasting hype. Fatemi declined to comment, and Cuban confirmed that “yes,” he is a co-founder. While these aren’t formal podcasting apps — there’s no way to record a Clubhouse conversation natively — they all seem to take advantage of the podcasting hype buoyed by Spotify.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2011

2 Learn: The learning happens through interacting and commenting. Someone will share something, and you can ask a follow up question or read the comments of others. Many of those that I follow are on different platforms, so I tend to set up listening posts based on where my sources are. #2

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

But there is a lot of hype regarding Web 2.0, and I want to talk about that hype, and talk about the possible pitfalls of jumping on the Web 2.0 I’ll then talk about blogging, podcasting and vlogging, which I think are probably the most hyped, and potentially least useful for nonprofits to jump into without a lot of thought.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Tools for VolCom Groups: Blogs, RSS, Tagging, Wikis and Beyond," I wanted point to a new (to me) UK nonprofit technology blog discovered via a comment to my post about technology stewards and also weave in some more notes on UK examples. Miles Maier is blogging at the London ICT Champion and he left a comment. Virtual Village???including

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

With all the hype growing around this new social media platform, you’re probably asking how it might be useful in your fundraising strategy and whether you should jump on the bandwagon. By liking, commenting, reposting, or sharing, you and your followers can keep a conversation going across your networks. Sound familiar?

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Aaron Frank, brand manager for Serial 1, wouldn’t comment on future models but did note that the prototypes from EICMA are “indicative of what Serial 1 eBicycles may look like.”. One thing’s clear, though: this wasn’t one of the three prototype bikes that Harley showed at last year’s EICMA Motorcycle Show in Milan.

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NTEN

MARCH 8, 2012

As social media evolves, every drop of news, hype, or rumor can cause a consumer reaction. People share, comment, and chat, and suddenly, you’ve got a chain reaction. A flash crisis happens when a negative post, comment, blog, or video goes viral and the winds of chatter whip it up into a firestorm.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Verizon and AT&T are hoping new swaths of C-band cellular radio spectrum will help make the 5G hype closer to reality , but the big mid-band 5G rollout may have a side effect. No airline would comment to The Verge on expected delays, nor would the Airlines for America industry group that the airlines pointed us to.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

GoPuff declined to comment. They include Berlin’s much-hyped Gorillas and London’s Dija and Weezy , and France’s Cajoo , all of which claim to focus more on fresh food and groceries, where margins are arguably tighter. However, an announcement could come in the next few weeks if not sooner.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

though is more hype than useful. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 09.21.06 I think that a lot of Web 2.0, particularly RSS and folksonomies, are aspects of Web 2.0 Some of Web 2.0, How many nonprofits really need to have a blog? Anyway, I’ll have more to say about Web 2.0 soon, once I finish catching up. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Alanna 08.13.08 But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available. I sure hope the reality catches up. Way to go, NPR! Something to watch. {

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

We’ve compiled notes from Accel ’s Sameer Gandhi about views concerning Public as one of its backers and Index ’s Jan Hammer about Robinhood and its market, as well as comments from Public.com and M1 Finance about what they see regarding consumer trading interest in the future. We’ll also put similar questions to their backers.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 at 1:02 pm thanks for deflating a bit of the industry hype and prattle with this provocative and essential idea. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Pundits have been weighing in on the role of social media in sparking the uprising, and whether it is a necessary ingredient in accelerating modern revolutions or simply an over-hyped notion.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

TripActions didn’t comment on any public listing plans, but its not unique to see a company raise ahead of a financial event of that scale. The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype. The company also acquired a number of travel management businesses, adding to its now more than 2,500 employees. Oh look, TripActions raised at a $9.2B

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We told the spokesperson that we'd be happy to update the piece with additional comment from Allstate, but that we wouldn't change our factual claims unless the WSJ did. For obvious reasons, that's a ridiculous request.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Alternatively, the company is “hyping” itself ahead of a sale, as is often the case with “hot” startups. So far Clubhouse is demurring on all this, and declining to comment more directly to the media. Twitter reportedly broke off talks to acquire the startup at a $4 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg.

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The Verge

JANUARY 21, 2022

A representative of Collab Land declined to comment. Even as the fake link remained present in a prominent tweet, the CryptoBatz project continued to hype the public token mint. Tim Silman, a nonprofit employee, is one person who lost money through the scam. This is an expensive lesson, I suppose.”. ETH ($5,046).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Generally speaking, it’s a nod to the digital nomad lifestyle, but in some cases, hacker homes feel closer to Hype House, a TikTok mansion laden with sponsored indulgence and wealth. Hacker homes, the newest iteration of remote work adaption, feels like a nostalgic attempt to recreate some of the synergies COVID-19 wiped out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

While the specific tactics and techniques for a tool may change, the concepts generally hold constant. Over the years, as I have watched Facebook roll out features and changes, it seems takes a predictable pattern: the big announcement, hype, backlash, more tweaks to the platform, experiments by users/organizations, and learning what works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

" Meanwhile, Clay Shirky, vocal critic of virtual worlds, in general, and Second Life, in particular, writes a follow up post blasting Linden Labs for the hype around their numbers and others speculate about the media backlash for 2007.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

The way people interact with the app affects the recommendations served, including posting a comment or following an account. If someone only follows cute animal accounts, and solely double taps to like or comments on videos about animals, TikTok will serve them more animals.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Last year, leaked documents obtained by Business Insider raised questions about the company inflating its efficacy and hyping up a curriculum that didn’t upskill folks at the level expected. Allred did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Again, like Facebook, if your nonprofit does not inspire engagement on Instagram (likes, comments, etc.), For example, the Field Museum tags itself when posting on Instagram, thus also posting to the Field Museum Location Page : That said, if your nonprofit does not yet have a Location Page, you can create one using Facebook Check-in.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“While showing lots of initial promise, lidar is failing to live up to all the hype, but the need for high-resolution systems hasn’t gone away. . “The automotive industry’s pivot to lower levels of automation makes radar more attractive than lidar,” Spartan Radar founder and CEO Nathan Mintz maintains.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

But now, Amazon is hyping a restock of the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition on Twitter, one set for Wednesday, March 30th, at 11AM ET / 8AM PT. We haven’t seen this kind of buildup from Amazon for just the Digital Edition before, so hopefully it’s a sign that there are many to go around and stock will last a little longer than usual.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2024

Despite all the hype, the average response rate of online and social media channels is disappointingly low. Let us know in the comments. The average email response rate is around 0.1%, the average response rate of paid search is 0.6%, and 0.2% How do you use direct mail in your fundraising? appeared first on Bloomerang.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It’s also unclear if the Higher Ground deal always accounted for a wider release — a Spotify spokesperson wouldn’t comment. (Ads within some of these previously exclusive shows promote Spotify, even on other platforms.) What will happen to season 2? This news amounts to a 180-degree flip in stance for the audio company.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2010

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. Leave a comment » I love that with Apple products, folks don't realize that they can't live without something until Steve Jobs tells them what they can't live without. But I'm a realist, not a fangirl. Bottom line is that the iPad 1.0 Bring on iPad 2.0.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2009

Other times, I only want to see status updates or comments around a particular subject. Maybe I’m cynical because I’m finding it a bit annoying that Google is hyping Wave to coordinate communication between contacts across different spaces, and the built-in Contact management in Gmail still sucks the way it does.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The hype and speculation that has been rampant for weeks drove up the stock price of Churchill Capital IV Corp. The investor presentation released Monday echoes Rawlinson’s earlier comments, noting that “Tesla is innovative but not luxury.” Lucid might have been the most anticipated.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2021

The Verge has not written a story about broadband access or telecom policy in recent memory without a chorus of commenters responding that Starlink would fix it in some way. Like the similarly over-hyped mmWave 5G, Starlink is remarkably delicate. Look, I know you’re hyped up about Starlink. Access gap ? Data caps ? I feel you.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

Deliver, don’t just hype - of course, marketing is important, but when the rubber really has to meet the road, be there with more than vaporware. at 8:50 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.15.07 What’s to lose? at 7:33 am Idealware 03.16.10

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 29, 2010

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. Leave a comment » I love that with Apple products, folks don't realize that they can't live without something until Steve Jobs tells them what they can't live without. Bottom line is that the iPad 1.0 Bring on iPad 2.0.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2007

This morning I came across a blog by Adam Reuters summarizing the two other blog posts I pointed to the other day on the topic of " Gauging Second Life Hype Cycle" (BTW, according to the article, a spokeswoman for Gartner said that the firm has not officially assigned Second Life a position on its Hype Cycle, but is examining the issue.).

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