February 2024

Starbucks Odyssey’s community lead sees NFTs as the best way to build brand loyalty

February 22, 2024

The NFT space may be down substantially from all-time highs, but brands and loyalty programs looking to reach fans in new ways can still find value, said Steve Kaczynski, co-author of the book “The Everything Token” and community lead for Starbucks Odyssey. “Brand anchors” to gated areas like reward programs is something that companies will […]

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Almost half of adults on TikTok have never posted a video, research shows

February 22, 2024

Adults on TikTok lean camera-shy, a new study from Pew Research Center suggests. A survey of 2,745 adults who use TikTok revealed that 48% of respondents have never posted a video, and a typical user hasn’t even updated their bio. It’s not abnormal to prefer lurking to making original content on social media. In fact, […]

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Chrome gets a built-in AI writing tool powered by Gemini

February 22, 2024

Google Chrome is getting a new AI writing generator today. At its core, this Gemin-powered tool is essentially the existing “Help me write” feature from Gmail, but extended to the entire web and powered by one of Google’s latest Gemini AI models. The company first announced this new tool in January and it remains in […]

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Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu hops into StrictlyVC LA on February 29

February 22, 2024

We’re announcing an exciting addition to our speaker lineup for StrictlyVC Los Angeles on February 29. Jesse Lyu, founder and CEO of rabbit Inc., will be joining us and showcasing rabbit r1, the pocket-sized AI hardware assistant that took CES — and the broader news cycle — by storm last month.  Lyu is an entrepreneur […]

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Locker organizes your shopping links into virtual wish lists and collages

February 22, 2024

After years of copying and pasting shopping links into spreadsheets and taking screenshots of products to share with her friends and family, Kristine Locker finally decided to launch a social shopping platform (which she named after herself) that could take her endless tabs and organize them into a shareable, virtual wish list all in one […]

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3 Outsourcing Stocks Driving Success

February 22, 2024
With the rise in the incorporation of digital technology, the outsourcing industry’s future appears to be in a bright spot, accelerated by innovation and supported by robust expenditure. Therefore, fundamentally…