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Twitter is partnering with two groups of academic researchers to figure out how to measure the health of conversations happening on the platform.

Itall part of the companycontinuing long game for social relevance. Despite the fact that it lost 1 million users, the company also posted $100 million in profit during last

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Maisie Williams, whobest-known for playing Arya Stark on Game of Thrones, announced earlier this year that shefounding a startup called Daisie. With the app set to launch on August 1, Williams and her co-founder Dom Santry came by the TechCrunch New York office to discuss her plans for the company.

Daisie will offer a way for

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More bad news for subscription movie ticket service MoviePass, which acknowledged yesterday that there was an unidentified issue preventing people from using their MoviePass credit cards to get tickets.

A regulatory filing from parent company Helios - Matheson offers more insight about what happened. The filing (first spotted by Business Insider

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Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunchventure capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

This was one hell of a week. Happily, we had our own Connie Loizos, Matthew Lynley, and Alex Wilhelm on hand, along with InitializedCapital&sAlexis Ohanian to pick over the mix.

First up we had zero

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SuperAwesome, the &kidtech& startup valued now at over $100 million, is today launching its own alternative to YouTubeembedded video player. The technology is aimed at kids publishers & not consumers directly & and is part of the companylarger platform of kid-safe technology. This includes tools for social

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Facebook had a rough day yesterday when its stock plunged after a poor earnings report. What better way to pick yourself up and dust yourself off than to buy a little something for yourself. Today the company announced it has acquired Redkix, a startup that provides tools to communicate more effectively by combining email with a more formal

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  2. Enterprise barcode scanner startup Scandit raises a $30 million Series B
  3. Snap40 raises $8M for its AI-powered patient monitoring solution
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