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Twitter Intros 140 Sec Videos, Launches its Version of FB Mentions

Twitter has announced that now users can create 140 seconds videos and tweaked its Vine app. What’s more, the company has launched its own version of Facebook’s Mentions app, called Engage, which allows creators to better manage interactions with their followers.With video Tweets increasing by over 50 percent since the beginning of 2016, Video is becoming increasingly central to the real-time conversations happening on Twitter.

Snapchat Expands Shareholder Base and Raises US$1.8 billion

Photo-messaging app Snapchat Inc. keeps growing its business and expanding its shareholder base. The company raised US$1.8 billion with a Series F funding round, according to an SEC filing from Thursday. The Venice based company expects the business to grow by a lot more in 2017, to somewhere between US$500 million and US$1 billion.

Social Media Giants Enter Live Video: Twitter to Stream NFL, FB Adds Tab

The National Football League (NFL) has selected Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football to a global audience.The move will help NFL reach new generations who are moving away from tv or web browser content to on-demand sources. The addition of streaming to Twitter could give users new ways to interact with its platform.

Will Hispanics Love an Ad-Supported Mobile Phone Service? (UPDATED)

Mobile platform Unlockd has partnered exclusively with Boost Mobile, one of Sprint’s prepaid brands, to launch the first of its kind Android app Boost® Dealz that will help customers reduce monthly phone payments in exchange for viewing ads. (Interview with Sprint’s Oscar Meza and TruMC’s Alice Ovadia-Updated).

Super Bowl: Pre and Post-Game Stats & Hispanics Viewers

Portada reflects on the Super Bowl’s digital performance: Streaming viewership was at its highest ever, Facebook and Twitter generated less game-related activity than last year and Instagram got in on the Super Bowl video content bandwagon. And what Hispanic Audiences did…

THE TOP SITES IN 9 LATAM COUNTRIES: What You Need to Know

In which 4 Latin American countries does LinkedIn make the top 10 list? Which countries have a particularly high amount of local players among the leading sites? And what country has no less than 3 financial institutions among its top 10 players? Find out , as we analyze the September ComScore rankings in 9 Latin American countries.

Twitter to Release new Feature “Moments”

What: Twitter has released a new feature dubbed  “Moments,” a content curation feature oriented to  discover content from live events. Why it matters:  Twitter has been trying to better