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Hampton Roads

Animals roaming the mall in Va. Beach? What’s up?

VIRGINIA BEACH
Darlene Mueller spoke to her husband on the phone.
“We’re at the mall and Lindsey’s riding an elephant,” she said.
The Portsmouth resident smiled when she realized he thought their granddaughter, Lindsey Daniel of Moyock, was atop a live circus creature. Nope, she told him. The 12-year-old was gallivanting through Lynnhaven Mall on a motorized animal.

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Fast Company

Is Snapchat One Step Closer To Being A Major Content Discovery Platform?

The messaging app is adding Mashable, IGN, and Tastemade to the Discover tab, upping its count to 15 publishers.

In an ongoing effort to bring more media brands onto its Discover platform—and boost advertising revenue—Snapchat has struck deals with Mashable, IGN, and Tastemade. But this time, the app will not be removing partners to make room for the new additions, unlike when it introduced BuzzFeed last month.

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Fast Company

BlackRock Acquires FutureAdvisor, In A Bid To Win The Investor Tech Arms Race

All customers want, it seems, is a dashboard for investing.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, just made an unusual purchase: a startup called FutureAdvisor, which offers low-cost, algorithm-based automated portfolio management. The company, whose dashboard is designed for use by investors who might not be able to pay a conventional money manager, is based in San Francisco and has primarily targeted a techie user base to date.

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