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Medium acquires social book reading app Glose

TechCrunch

Sure, there are social platforms that let you talk about books, such as Goodreads. But Glose’s differentiating point is that the social features are intrinsically linked with the reading features — those aren’t two separate platforms. Glose Is A New Ebook Reader That Turns Reading Into A Social Experience.

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How Lydia wants to make payments more personal and social

TechCrunch

More importantly, the company is positioning its mobile app as a social product — not a fintech product. When I met with Lydia’s co-founders Cyril Chiche and Antoine Porte, they both had read my recent article on Zenly , another popular social app designed in Paris. A fintech app or a social app. Image Credits: Lydia.

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Primitives wants to turn your crypto wallet into a social network

TechCrunch

DJ Gabeau, one of Snapchat Stories’ earliest engineers and founder of web3 social network Primitives , told TechCrunch that he thinks NFTs can be a genuinely enjoyable way for people to connect with one another digitally and make memories. Users don’t have to go through multiple steps to claim the assets, he added.

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AI as a catalyst for ESG: Empowering CIOs to drive sustainable innovation

CIO

In today’s fast-evolving business landscape, environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria have become fundamental to corporate responsibility and long-term success. This article delves into the transformative potential of AI, genAI and blockchain to drive sustainable innovation.

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Turkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual mobile games

TechCrunch

Spyke Games , which hopes to bring a new dimension to casual games by using multiplayer functionality and other social elements, has raised $55 million in a seed round of funding. She said the team there “unintentionally” built in social elements into Toy Blast and “stumbled” on to a community of players.

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Global AI regulations: Beyond the U.S. and Europe

CIO

An earlier article described emerging AI regulations for the U.S. Building on that perspective, this article describes examples of AI regulations in the rest of the world and provides a summary on global AI regulation trends. and Europe. This allows for more rapid and targeted legislation when needed.

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Social Media Engagement in Early 2025

Martin Fowler

A few years ago, whenever I published a new article here, I would just announce it on Twitter, but since the Muskover its importance has declined, and now I post updates to several services. To compare engagement on these services, I've looked at reposts, likes, and replies to two dozen of my recent posts.

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