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Salon software Mangomint raises $13M as it booms in post-COVID labor shortage
Ever needed to read your credit card information on the phone to make a massage appointment? The process is annoying, and it makes you wonder how safe it is to give a stranger your personal details. That’s why Los Angeles-based Mangomint built a SaaS tool that strives to streamline the booking experience for the beauty […]
Salon software Mangomint raises $13M as it booms in post-COVID labor shortage by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms
Social collectibles platform Revel describes itself as ‘a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics.’
Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
WhatsApp lets you undo ‘Delete for Me’ in case you hit that button too quickly
WhatsApp has introduced a feature to undo the ‘Delete for Me’ action to save you from being potentially embarrassed over accidentally deleting a message only for you that you wanted to pull for everyone on the app. The new feature, called ‘accidental delete,’ brings a five-second window to let users reverse the action of deleting […]
WhatsApp lets you undo ‘Delete for Me’ in case you hit that button too quickly by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
YouTube is testing a feature to let users in India watch a video in multiple languages
Today, at the Google for India event, the company made several announcements focused on healthcare content on YouTube. In particular, it is testing a feature to let users switch between multiple audio tracks in different languages. For now, this feature is only available with a set of healthcare videos with language support for English, Hindi, […]
YouTube is testing a feature to let users in India watch a video in multiple languages by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
The Download: metaverse ethics, and spotting AI text
Design and implement a content governance system to increase ROI
Vanity metrics don’t measure how engaged potential customers are; they simply gauge the relative popularity of your business.
Design and implement a content governance system to increase ROI by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Meta abused its dominant market position to benefit Facebook Marketplace, EU’s initial findings show
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that it’s proceeding with an antitrust investigation into Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc. (Meta), over the way it ties together its core social network and Marketplace classified ads service. The Commission’s Statement of Objections also points to “unfair trading conditions” related to how it uses data gleaned from rival […]
Meta abused its dominant market position to benefit Facebook Marketplace, EU’s initial findings show by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch