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by on January 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers

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Facebook will now show AMBER alerts in US users’ News Feeds

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by on January 13, 2015 at 1:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

In an effort to help locate missing children in the US, Facebook will send out AMBER Alerts on its Web and mobile apps to users in targeted areas. The alerts, issued by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and local or state police, include photos and details about the missing children and will show up by default on the News Feed — the first screen shown to users when they log in to Facebook. AMBER Alerts previously came through Facebook pages set up for individual states, and users had to opt in to receive notifications. ➤ Introducing AMBER Alerts on Facebook [Facebook…

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BOOST your startup: The Next Web’s growth program is open for applications!

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by on January 13, 2015 at 12:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Voice

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Boost is back. The Next Web’s renowned startup growth program returns to Amsterdam this April for our 10th anniversary conference – an event that we can say with full confidence will be our best yet. We’ve got a lot in the pipeline for this very special decennial occasion, including a complete overhaul for Boost; a program that has already proven a huge success for aspiring and ambitious early-stage startups. Over the years, we’ve helped young companies from all over Europe, North America, South America, Israel, India and more to secure the capital, coverage and customers that they need. Our most-recent Boost competition winner, Fly…

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Play ‘choose your own adventure’ on Twitter

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by on January 13, 2015 at 12:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, choose your own adventure, experiments, games, Insider, Links, Social Media

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When I was a kid, I loved spending hours poring through Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy books. The idea that you get to dictate what happens with the protagonist and are responsible for their success or failure really grabbed me, as it did anyone who got into the genre. While I don’t find (or make) a lot of time for Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) books in my life any more, I’m pleased to see interesting uses of Twitter to tell a narrative in a way I might actually consume. This, for example, from Terence Eden is a short…

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App Annie launches Usage Intelligence, a tool to track how often users engage with apps

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by on January 13, 2015 at 12:29 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Mobile analytics firm App Annie today launched Usage Intelligence, a new tool to help developers track active users, time spent on the app, usage frequency and more. The announcement comes alongside the company’s Series D financing, having raised $55 million in its latest round. It also said its active user base grew by 75 year-to-year in 2014, particularly after its acquisition of analytics firm Distimo last May. App Annie customers can find the new usage information right below the Intelligence tab, with data on how users are accessing an app, average session times, total usage time across various time frames and the countries in which the app…

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