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Makers Fund-backed virtual social app MEW woos comic fans in the US

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Raven Gao didn’t set up virtual social platform MEW to ride the metaverse wave. He began working on MEW in mid-2019 with a Tencent veteran because he wanted to build a virtual safe haven for socially awkward introverts like himself. MEW’s interface can be perplexing for many people at first glance.

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How to Conduct Effective Virtual Recruitment Events for Global Teams

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That is why virtual recruitment events are the perfect solution for reaching out to various sources of talents, marketing and selling the brands and employers, and conducting the recruitment process online. What Are Virtual Recruitment Events? Such events have become helpful to organizations in addressing the above challenges.

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Social app IRL makes its first acquisition with deal for digital nutrition company AaBeZe Labs

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IRL, the SoftBank-backed social app and recent unicorn , is today announcing its first acquisition. The company is purchasing, for an undisclosed sum, the “digital nutrition” company AaBeZe Labs and its portfolio of IP with the goal of making IRL a healthier and more ethically designed social networking app.

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Clubhouse launches payments so creators can make money

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Clubhouse, a one-year-old social audio app reportedly valued at $1 billion , will now allow users to send money to their favorite creators — or speakers — on the platform. It's cool to see a new social platform focus first on *participant* income rather than internalized monetization / advertising.

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The Landing is bringing shoppable social and collaboration to interior design

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A young generation of users shops with community in mind, whether that’s buying merchandise from your favorite influencers or giving into those Instagram advertisements after spending way too much time on the grid. There’s also Modsy, which has raised north of $70 million to date , which helps users virtually redesign their homes.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

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Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo , the digital disposable camera social network. District Court for the District of Columbia put it in his recent decision , “No one who hears the title of the 2010 film ‘The Social Network’ wonders which company it is about.” Daniel Liss. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Boasberg of the U.S.

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Countable brings in $12M for virtual brand communities

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A lot of things are changing quickly with social media, which has become more toxic in some ways and less trustful about safety and security of its users, as well as taking away some of the controls that brands had to engage with their audience on their terms,” Myers said. “It How engaged are your employees?