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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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Environmental, social and governance tracking gets easier with ESGgo

TechCrunch

You can’t swing an ethically sourced, locally produced, sustainably raised dead fish these days without hitting a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals in a company’s board meetings or annual reports. ” European VC funds are building community around ESG initiatives. .

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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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Your Social Media Presence Can Help You Land (or Lose) a Job Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

And if you’re currently employed, how do you walk the tightrope between subtly reaching out to your social media contacts and not setting off alarm bells with your employer? In this article, the author speaks with two experts about how to strategically manage your presence on social media when searching for a new role.

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A Better Way to Measure Social Impact

Harvard Business Review

All impact investors report the financial returns from their funds and investments, and many provide metrics on intended social outcomes, such as numbers of individuals served, or quality jobs created.

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