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They are boisterous, argumentative and at times downright hilarious. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Arab world are turning to Clubhouse , the fast-growing audio chat app , to mock and vent against longtime rulers, debate sensitive issues from abortion to sexual harassment, or argue where to find the best and cheapest shawarma sandwich during an economic crisis. The discussions are endless as they are breathless. More than 970,000 people from the Middle East have downloaded the new platform since it launched outside the U.S. in January. It has offered space for in-person conversations in an age where direct contact is at the mercy of the pandemic and it's brought together those at home and the many in exile or abroad. But mostly, it has offered a release for bottled-up frustration in a region where violent conflicts and autocrats have taken hold and where few, if any, avenues for change - or even for speaking out - seem tenable. "It is an open coffeehouse that … [Read more...] about Loud debates, fun banter: Over 9,70,000 in Middle East find outlet in Clubhouse

Follow any of the bleak headlines on the woes of traditional retail lately, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that mall-type stores are going the way of your local Blockbuster. Growing numbers of online shoppers, the narrative goes, are suffocating department stores, apparel outlets, and everything in between. Are we headed for a future without retail stores? Bulletin is betting on just the opposite. “This is the cheesiest way to say this but brick-and-mortar isn’t dead, it’s just broken,” said Bulletin CEO and co-founder Alana Branston. “A lot of physical retail fails because these extremely dated companies sort of throw a store together and sign a 10-year lease.” In other words, it's not that stores don't have a future — it's just that they need to look and operate differently. Branston thinks Bulletin can be that future. The young Y-Combinator-backed startup operates a small chain of New York stores stocked almost exclusively with otherwise online-only brands that pay … [Read more...] about The future of retail is permanent pop-up shops, according to this startup

China's cryptocurrency trading ban is very close to reality. The country's regulators have reportedly issued an order to all local cryptocurrency exchanges to halt new user registration by midnight on Sept. 15 and publicly notify users when they'll formally close. China's state-owned Caixin broke the news on Friday, ending weeks of rumors and speculation about the country-wide crypto trading ban. While the news isn't official yet, Caixin said it has seen the policy document and confirmed its authenticity with a source close to China's regulators. This is more bad news from Bitcoin, whose price started to fall after China's regulators said they would ban all ICOs (initial coin offerings) in the country. The price of Bitcoin and nearly all other cryptocurrencies has dropped sharply in the last couple of days. At time of writing, one Bitcoin is price at about $3,014, down 18.54 percent in the last 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap , and down nearly 40 percent from its July … [Read more...] about China orders all Bitcoin exchanges to close

College grads and career-changers, be warned. When you search around for a job at your favorite startup (perhaps even on Mashable’s job board ?), you’ll start seeing the buzziest of job descriptions: “Growth Hacker.” The name sounds simple enough, but it’s easy to be confused about what a growth hacker is meant to do around the office, and how it differs from other, more traditional positions. Here’s a breakdown of what companies mean by “growth hacker” and when and how you can become one yourself. Growth Hacking is Marketing Despite what you may think upon seeing the term, a growth hacker isn’t the same as a traditional technical hacker. So don’t expect that you need to be some kind of Internet wizard or high-level developer to be one. In fact, growth hacking is specifically geared toward marketing. Confused? The easiest way to think of a growth hacker is the ideal, lean startup marketer. Because there is very little cash to toss around in a scrappy, newly-formed company, … [Read more...] about Growth Hacker: A Buzzword Surrounded by Buzzwords

Video courtesy of NowThisNews Power to half of Mercedes-Benz Superdome, including the scoreboard, went dark with 13:22 left in the third quarter of the Super Bowl. Gameplay resumed at 9:10 p.m. ET after nearly 35 minutes of head scratching. During the outage, Twitter lit up with speculation as to what caused the outage. Oreo also shared a yummy reactionary tweet . Is this the part where Bane comes out? — Joe Fernandez (@JoeFernandez) February 4, 2013 Beyonce used up all the power with this: twitpic.com/c0qk4t #SB47 — NowThis News (@nowthisnews) February 4, 2013 Who backed up against the light switch? — Bill Maher (@billmaher) February 4, 2013 Sending some LEDs to the @ mbusa Superdome right now... — Audi (@Audi) February 4, 2013 Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in NOLA. — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) February 4, 2013 When the lights go out in the #superdome ... The networks make more money :) #Superbowl … [Read more...] about 15 Things That May Have Caused Super Bowl Power Outage