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Medium acquires social book reading app Glose

TechCrunch

Glose has been building iOS, Android and web apps that let you buy, download and read books on your devices. Sure, there are social platforms that let you talk about books, such as Goodreads. There are also some gamification features that help you stay motivated as you read difficult books — you get streak rewards for instance.

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Can AI help you binge books? BingeBooks is a new service to do … exactly that

TechCrunch

The pandemic has been terrible for many industries, but the book industry has gotten a rare reprieve in an otherwise dismal past decade. Locked in homes and forced to socially distance from others, us humans have more time on our hands and more need to connect to characters than ever before. No boring book clubs.

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How social science research can inform the design of AI systems

O'Reilly Media - Data

He’s in the process of writing a book on these topics, and was gracious enough to give an informal preview by way of this podcast conversation. Continue reading How social science research can inform the design of AI systems.

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Chefclub raises $17 million to expand its food media brand beyond social networks

TechCrunch

Chefclub has been building a major media brand on social media platforms. It starts with cooking books, obviously. Chefclub has sold 700,000 books so far. As those books are self-published, the company gets to keep a good chunk of the revenue. Overall, they generate more than 1 billion views per month.

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Fresha raises $100M for its beauty and wellness booking platform and marketplace

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Fresha — a multipurpose commerce tool for independent wellness and beauty businesses such as hair, nail and skin salons, yoga instructors and more, based first and foremost around a completely free subscription platform for those businesses to schedule bookings from customers — has picked up $100 million.

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How to Foster Psychological Safety in Training (and Build a Courageous Learning Culture)

Let's Grow Leaders

Thats exactly what we explored in our book, Courageous Cultures. ” In her book The Fearless Organization , she focuses specifically on how leaders can foster psychological safety to drive learning, innovation, and growth. They provide physical prompts that lower social risk and get everyone participating.

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

TechCrunch

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. 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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