The Unprintable App That Wants to Empower Content Creators

In October, Ms. Lugrin published a blog post announcing the FYPM. Wrote, “born out of anger”. Targeting influencer marketing platforms, most said it’s “really just another platform designed to help more business owners tap into influencer talent, but in a new “innovative” way! After building a prototype of FYPM, it was accepted into a 10-week …

Payments App Square to Acquire Australian Company Afterpay

Payments app Square is acquiring Australian “buy now, pay later” company Afterpay in a deal worth nearly $29 billion to Afterpay. The deal will help San Francisco-based Square further expand in Australia, its second largest market, which is used by thousands of small businesses to process credit card transactions. The deal also promotes Afterpay’s service …

Chinese Tencent has suspended registrations for its popular app WeChat.

Tencent booth at an internet conference in Beijing earlier this month. Tencent’s WeChat service dominates Chinese social media.Credit…Tingshu Wang/Reuters Chinese internet giant Tencent said Tuesday it is temporarily suspending new user registrations for its hugely popular WeChat app, fearing new regulatory pressures despite insisting that the outage was the result of a technical upgrade. Tencent …