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Upworthy Type Headlines: To Like or Dislike?

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Upworthy, a site that focuses on curating social cause related videos and content has been receiving a lot of media attention for changing how bloggers write headlines. But is this a signal that people are growing weary of the “and you won’t believe what happened next” headlines? What about Facebook?

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Report: Substack, the highly hyped newsletter platform, has ditched plans for a Series C

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Still, if Substack’s broader fortunes should change, it would be the second, highly hyped consumer company in a16z’s portfolio to have truly captured the public’s imagination, then lost momentum. Like Substack, the audio-based social network Clubhouse has gathered the bulk of its funding across numerous rounds led by a16z.

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Good morning! We regret to inform you that the wealthy are at it again

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Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Get super stoked, because we are hype. Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. And it makes us here on the show look good!

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Why are we still dating LinkedIn in 2021?

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. We are beyond hyped about it. That led us into a conversation about a professional network for independent workers that is competing with LinkedIn, and a collaborative workspace for interior design fans.

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Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, Meta’s in trouble and it’s time to admit self-driving cars ain’t gonna happen

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Apple’s Elon problem : Darrell’s headline says it all, really: “Twitter’s Elon problem could soon become Apple’s Elon problem, too.” At issue is that Apple updated its developer guidelines this week, one of which “seeks rent on revenue made by social networks around promoted posts.”. Meta is in trouble : That’s the headline.

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Blog Roundup: Lessons from Kony 2012 Video Campaign

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It’s been close to two weeks since Invisible Children released it’s "Kony 2012" video, which quickly spread across social networks, blogs, and made headlines across major news networks and newspapers like the NYT and the Washington Post. KONY, Networked Nonprofits, and Transparency by Beth Kanter.

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Builders and VCs explore the impact of air mobility on urban planning at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

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Other companies where Gysin held CEO and EVP positions include Asempra, McData Corporation, Novell/Volera, PGSoft and Silver Spring Networks. Prior to Wisk, Gysin served as the president and CEO of Liquid Robotics, an autonomous ocean robotics company that changed the way the world accesses, collects and monitors ocean data.

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