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Apps / Social Media

Arab relationship app Baklava hits 160,000 downloads in first year

DETROIT—Developers of the Arab relationship app Baklava say the app has reached 160,000 downloads in its first year, with more than 75,000 active members daily and 10 million messages exchanged …

Customer Experience / Social Media

Customer satisfaction with news, social media slides despite surge in traffic

ANN ARBOR—When the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up in the United States in March, visits to general news websites skyrocketed and social media usage surged. Yet, even before the pandemic sent …

Social Media

Golf social media firm sets golf pun contest

CANTON TWP.—GroupChips.com, the creator of a social media platform for golf instruction, has rolled out a new website to create an online database of golf-related puns. The website, at https://golfpuns.com, …

Social Media / Venture Capital

Online memorial service Everdays raises $12M VC

BIRMINGHAM — Everdays Inc., an online service that helps families connect with memorial announcement services, announced last week it had raised $12 million in closing its Series A funding round. …

Customer Experience / Social Media

Data privacy, ads drive customer dissastisfaction in social media: ACSI

ANN ARBOR — Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter have the least satisfied users in social media, according to the latest data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index 2018 E-Business Report. Customer …

Nonprofits / Social Media

Social media success: Be organized, be frequent, but don’t be overly promotional

SOUTHFIELD — The key to social media success for nonprofits is to communicate regularly, be organized, and don’t be too promotional. That was the word Tuesday from social media expert …

Economic Development / Entrepreneurs / Social Media / Women in Tech

Mobile tech, Southfield City Centre, women in tech on today's M2 TechCast

ROYAL OAK — The Monday, Aug. 14 edition of the M2 TechCast podcast will feature a jam-packed lineup of technology and economic development newsmakers.

Cyber Security / Higher Education / K-12 Education / Social Media / STEM

Social Media, LTU Outreach, High Tech Manufacturing, Cybersecurity on March 20 M2 TechCast

ROYAL OAK — Hope for more STEM students in the future and worries about the nation’s power grid are among the highlights to be broadcast live over the internet on …

Higher Education / Social Media

Detroit Firm's Survey — More College Admissions Staff Check Social Media

DETROIT — In a recent survey conducted by The Social U, a startup business assisting young people maintain their social media profiles, 79 percent of college admissions officers reported “quality …

Entrepreneurs / Social Media

WWJ-LTU Leaders & Innovators Back With Collaboration Event

SOUTHFIELD — WWJ Newsradio 950’s Leaders & Innovators program series, held in partnership with Lawrence Technological University, is back for another program year. The first Leaders & Innovators session will …

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