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Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year Stacey and her flock (I'm one of the honorary turkeys) will launch this year's Tweetsgiving , another 48-hour celebration. Good fundraisers (and marketers ) know that tugging at the heart strings can open the wallet. He describes last Thanksgiving's Tweetsgiving campaign and Blame Drew's Cancer campaign. .

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This new language app is like Netflix meets Masterclass, but for learning French

Fast Company Tech

According to a 2022 study from researchers in Turkey , 44 participants from Kosovo who watched Turkish TV series with subtitles for one to two years saw measurable improvements in all four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing.) subtitles, can be a surprisingly effective way to build your real-world language skills.

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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Applications to the newly launched programs are now open, in addition to applications for long-established programs in Berlin, Paris, Belgium, and Amsterdam.

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Opontia gets $42M to buy more e-commerce brands in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa

TechCrunch

Though it launched with eyes on the Middle East and Africa, the company has only made efforts in some parts of the former (the UAE and Saudi Arabia) while making significant headway into Central and Eastern Europe, particularly Turkey and Poland. “Poland is six times the size of Egypt, for example, in terms of e-commerce spend.

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SoftBank-backed Korean edtech startup Riiid acquires Langoo, expands in Japan  

TechCrunch

Riiid has been actively penetrating the global market since 2020 after it opened the U.S. I t is set to open an R&D center in Canada, the spokesperson added. . Beyond the TOEIC mobile app, the company launched an ACT prep mobile app with ConnectMe Education in early 2021 in Egypt, Turkey, UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

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Dear Sophie: Will published articles better my odds of getting an O-1A or H-1B visa?

TechCrunch

Tenacious in Turkey Dear Tenacious, Thanks for reaching out to me with your questions! to open an office for your startup. Department of State maintains a list of treaty countries , which includes Turkey. Is that true? Which publications are valid? Should they be tier-1 or in English? Thank you for your help!

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Apple’s App Store hosted kiddie games with secret gambling dens inside

The Verge

But then, instead of launching an ugly monkey-flipping endless runner game filled with typos and bugs, the very same app launches a casino experience: This @AppStore app pretends to be a silly platformer game for children 4+, but if I set my VPN to Turkey and relaunch it becomes an online casino that doesn’t even use Apple’s IAP.

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