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Scammed and exploited, she built an AI-driven app for immigrants like her

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Immigrants face an enormous number of challenges and difficulties. In particular, without a local base of family or friends to depend on, new immigrants often find themselves in the dark about reliable information on essential services like housing, healthcare and banking. After being scammed and exploited, one immigrant founder decided to try to help other […]

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Gmail’s new ‘summary cards’ help you take action on your emails, like tracking packages and checking into flights

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Competition in the email market is heating up. After Apple’s iOS 18 introduced a slew of Gmail-like features to Apple’s Mail app, including categorization of transactions, updates, and promotions, as well as the addition of Smart Replies (in the coming iOS 18.1 update), Google on Wednesday announced a set of enhancements for Gmail, too. Google’s

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Whatnot’s annual GMV hits $2B, introduces new rewards program

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Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, announced on Wednesday that its annual gross merchandise volume (GMV) surpassed $2 billion this year.  The GMV milestone comes on the heels of its recent product launch: Rewards Club, a customizable loyalty program where sellers can create their own rewards for buyers to

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Livestream shopping app Whatnot adds a rewards program as GMV tops $2B

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Whatnot, the livestream marketplace platform for trading card collectors and sneakerheads alike, is offering a bit of positive news at a time when the overall livestream shopping industry is failing to gain traction in the U.S. The company announced on Wednesday that its annual gross merchandise volume (GMV) in livestream sales surpassed $2 billion this

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Threads users can now see who follows them from other fediverse servers

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed.  The company said users will now have up to 15 minutes to make

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Croissant debuts a cross-posting app for Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon

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People participating on the open social web have a problem: it’s not yet possible to post on one of the social networking sites and have that post reach everyone across multiple sites, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads. While third-party tools are available, most are designed for small businesses and creators, not individual consumers, often costing

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