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Have you been to a website recently where you read every word and absorbed every image on the homepage, but you still weren’t sure what the business actually does? Those companies have spent a great deal of time developing a beautiful website and probably even more time on the product or service. But, they have […]

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 Vouch Financial, a social lending startup founded by ex-PayPal and ex-Prosper alumni offering customers loans with lower interest rates, has raised $3 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing. The company also confirmed the investment details to us, noting that the round, led by Alex Rosen of IDG Ventures, actually closed last year but had yet to be disclosed. Other investors… Read More

How to Make a Living as a Writer (Jeff Goins Shares Exactly How)

(click play on the video above, or click here if you're reading this in email) As the traditional publishing industry has shrunk over the past decade, some writers are actually finding it easier to earn a full-time living.

Twitter's problems with delayed timelines have been resolved

UPDATED 10:16 p.m. ET

It's not just youTwitter had problems with what the company said was "an issue with tweeting and a delay in timelines."

The issue, that affected Twitter for mobile, Twitter.com and third-party Twitter clients, was resolved after one and a half hours on Monday.

Some of the issues included delayed mentions, missing retweets or favorites, delayed or nonexistent timeline updates and disjointed direct messages.

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Twitter said on its status website that it had experienced issues, noting that engineers were "working on it," before later updating it to say the problem had been fixed. The company did not say what caused the issue. Read more...

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Here’s How Chat Apps Are Becoming As Important As Social Media For Brands

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