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Are Weibo shops the future of social e-commerce in China? - WalktheChat Weibo is dead? That’s the most common misconception in social media in China. Weibo has been showing very healthy signs of growth as of Q3 2016: MAU grew 34% year-over-year! So, who are the largest…

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Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo is the first album to go platinum entirely from streams | The Verge The Life of Pablo, released in February of last year, has been streamed over 3 billion times worldwide, and has just hit 1.5 billion streams in the US — making it the first album to be RIAA-certified…

Can trust in the news be repaired? Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla and others are spending $14 million to try A global coalition of tech leaders, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders, including Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark, on Monday announced a $14 million initiative to …