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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Social investment platform eToro to acquire fintech startup Gatsby for $50M

TechCrunch

Multi-asset social investment network and Robinhood competitor eToro has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gatsby — a fintech startup which also aimed to go head to head against Robinhood — for $50 million in a cash and common stock deal. The acquisition marks eToro’s fourth major one since its 2007 inception.

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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

If you find all the noise around social media to be confusing, rest assured that you’re not alone. If you adapted to desktop computers, fax machines, cell phones and the Internet, then I suggest you need to view social media as the next progression on the continuim of advancement.

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Social Media Responsibility | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In today’s post I’m going to explore responsibility as it relates to social media – the responsibility that comes with living in the real world vs. a perpetual state of virtual reality. As most of you know, I’m a big fan of social media. While this caused a tense moment, he appears to be okay now.

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Social Media Influence | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I’m going to tell you the cold hard truth about social media…what you need to know that most people won’t tell you. I’m going to tell you the cold hard truth about social media…what you need to know that most people won’t tell you.

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Leadership and Social Media: Going Beyond The Keyboard

Terry Starbucker

It was a catalyst to a Social Media AND a Leadership revelation - person to person, and face to face, still mattered. And I figured out a way to to that – it was called SOBCon. We got a bunch of people together in Chicago in May of 2007 (nearly 100 of them), and I got my chance to connect face to face.

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3 Cybersecurity Technologies You Should Know

The Crazy Programmer

The majority of cyber-attacks actually use phishing or social engineering, where users are tricked into revealing personal information. SDP is based on the Defence Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) “need to know” model, devised in 2007. That way only authorized users can access it.