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Global Media Strategy Communications www.globalmediastrategy.com PR client, content sharing startup, Digify to the rescue once again ... Gmail users can now track, unsend, and/or self-destruct their Gmail attachments 'any time' for 'any reason'

http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/07/digify-can-set-gmail-attachments-to-self-destruct-mission-impossible-style/

Digify can set Gmail attachments to self-destruct, Mission Impossible style Digify is announcing a security technology that makes it possible to track, unsend, and even self-destruct email attachments sent through Google's Gmail.

Google pushes ahead with RCS messaging app to run on Android phones

By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld

Messaging services on Android devices get dinged by users for being too complex and fragmented, at least when compared to the universal app approach with Apple iMessage on iOS devices.

Google recognizes that it needs to make improvements to messaging on Android devices. To that end, the company bought Jibe Mobile, a provider of Rich Communications Services (RCS). Last fall, Google committed to the RCS carrier standard for support of mobile messaging, including group chats, high resolution photos and more. Read full story: https://lnkd.in/bVQrSGx

Google pushes ahead with RCS messaging app to run on Android phones Messaging services on Android devices get dinged by some users for being complex and too fragmented, at least when compared to the universal app approach with Apple iMessage on iOS devices.

Startup MeWe Launches Free, 'No Ads' Social Network

by Chris Preimesberger,

"We are debunking the myth that a Web company has to spy on and track members to make money," founder and CEO Mark Weinstein told eWEEK.

There are excellent reasons why social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter have multiple millions of daily users: Reason No. 1 is that they deliver great value to global audiences; No. 2, of course, is that they cost little or nothing to use.

They represent that classic Information Age business trade-off: You get social network value in exchange for the use of your personal information, most often in aggregate, for advertising and marketing purposes. Obviously, most people are okay with that; some are not as comfortable. But there's always that shadow of a doubt about whether your personal information is completely secure and that the network and its advertisers aren't looking over your shoulder 24/7.

What if you could use a network like Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter, yet not have to face that trade-off? And if that network was free of charge, would that be an inducement to use it? Um, that's likely.

MeWe, a new network engineered with its users' data privacy built in, is betting that a lot of people will say yes to both of those questions. The Mountain View, Calif.-based startup, whose parent company is Sgrouples.com, launched its freely available social network out of beta March 9 with more than 200,000 members already using it.

eWeek full story: http://www.eweek.com/cloud/startup-mewe-launches-free-no-ads-social-network.html

_a Global Media Strategy Communications www.globalmediastrategy.com Silicon Valley PR update

Startup MeWe Launches Free, 'No Ads' Social Network

Global Media Strategy Communications, LLP PR client MeWe announces $3.8 million funding, launch of next-gen social network, & presents as a SXSW Startup Accelerator Finalist this week in Austin, Texas

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MeWe Raises $3M, Launches Privacy-Centered Social Network

Member Data : Privacy-by-Design for Millennials Around the World

MeWe is betting that millennials will migrate away from Facebook in favor of an ad-free, privacy-centered social network. The company closed its third seed round, worth $3 million, on March 1. "Our members are our customers. They're not our product to sell," founder and Chief Executive Mark Weinstein said. "We believe that our built-in revenue model will actually prove to be as popular, or more, than other social-media companies."... Full story: http://bit.ly/1pby10W

Announcement: http://bit.ly/223VrHk

RIP SMS? Google is building the next generation of text messages
- Daily Telegraph

Text messaging is fighting back. Google and the world’s biggest telecoms companies, including Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and America Movil, have announced a joint initiative to bring “Rich Communications Services” – the long awaited successor to SMS – to life.

.. unlike WhatsApp or iMessage, so the theory goes, it will be a universal, open system: not tied to any one device or app. Google's participation comes after its acquisition of RCS service Jibe last year.__Globalmediastrategy.com PR Update

see more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/02/23/rip-sms-google-is-building-the-next-generation-of-text-messages/

a www.globalmediastrategy.com 'Silicon Valley Tech PR' update, J.Lettes, CEO

RIP SMS? Google is building the next generation of text messages The humble text message was the best way to chat using mobile phones for years, but the rise of the smartphone and messaging services like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and iMessage have rendered them all but obsolete. Text messages are expensive on some contracts, need a mobile signal instead of jus…

Garage Tech Ventures' Bill Reichert on Interest Rates, Startups & Unicorns Please feel free to share :). -- a Global Media Strategy Communications client update. - Jeff Lettes, CEO

http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/interest-rates-unicorns-and-what-the-fed-means-to-silicon-valley/

Interest Rates, Unicorns And What The Fed Means To Silicon Valley Changes in macroeconomic forces -- starting with the interest rate hike -- could have a dramatic impact on Silicon Valley and other regions.