TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2022

Conceptually, social commerce isn’t new — it has existed in some form ever since people have made recommendations to each other. Today social networks are more powerful than ever, and startups and corporations are innovating new commerce models that leverage the greater reach available to us.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

This is called social proof, which is a physiological effect that influences your decisions every day, whether you know it or not. We’ve found that effectively using social proof can lead to up to 400% improvement in conversion. How businesses use social proof. Social proof for B2B. Social proof for SaaS.

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Ooda Loop

AUGUST 23, 2024

Built on the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) developed by Project Liberty Labs, Frequency gives people control of their own data, privacy, and safety. Together with MeWe, a privacy-first social media platform, they’re building a new internet that empowers users and gives them ownership over their digital identities.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Public App, a location-based social network that connects individuals to people in their vicinity, has raised $41 million in a new round, just six months after securing $35 million as the hyper-local Indian startup looks to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest internet market.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

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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Openxcell

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Forbes reports that the number of people using social media worldwide has reached 4.9 Over the last few years, social media has evolved from being primarily a communication channel and entertainment platform to marketing and growing businesses, contributing to significant social and political discussions.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

Gamification and social hooks have become cornerstones across every category of consumer apps these days, and today one that’s using these to build out a new e-commerce platform in Europe is announcing a seed round to give its growth a boost. Translating that to today’s internet landscape in regions like Europe and the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

Linktree’s latest funding will be used on tools that make social commerce easier. This is in partly because people have been spending more time on social media and e-commerce shopping during the pandemic. Linktree raises $10.7M for its lightweight, link-centric user profiles.

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Hacker Earth Developers Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Social Media Ours is a generation that thrives on social media. The algorithms of social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram have been optimised to serve job seekers and recruiters alike. Use Predictive Analytics: In this age of fast paced internet, everybody makes data-driven decisions.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Sometimes, the internet’s most viral memes may seem entirely incomprehensible (like when Baby Gronk rizzed up Livvy Dunne), but the things that captivate our attention online matter. Can you believe that it was only this summer when Baby Gronk rizzed up Livvy Dunne?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli’s team, including founders Prateek Chaturvedi (seated, right front row and Ivana Medea Tjandra (center front row). KitaBeli , an Indonesian social commerce app for group buying, announced today it has raised a $10 million Series A.

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InfoWorld

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Internet may be the greatest creation of modern technology, and it is a work in progress. At the heart of its ongoing development are three different visions of what the Internet might become. In this article, we'll explore the three ideas guiding the technological and architectural future of the Internet: Web 3.0,

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Kentik

APRIL 10, 2023

In the past year, we have used Kentik’s unique datasets to show some of the conflict’s impacts on Ukraine’s external internet connectivity, ranging from DDoS attacks and large outages , to the rerouting of internet service in the southern region of Kherson. 185.64.45.207 Miranda-Media Ltd 201776 76.742 9. datagroup.ua.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Nicknamed the “26 words that created the internet” by Jeff Kosseff, Section 230 established a liability shield for platforms that host third-party content. In the nascent days of the internet, 230 created favorable legal conditions for startups and entrepreneurs to flourish, cementing the United States as a world leader in software.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 4, 2022

CIOs need to use social media to connect with other professionals Image Credit: Jason Howie. It turns out that the answer might be right before us: social media. What a CIO needs to remember when they start to venture into the scary online world of social media is that they are going to want to not share too much.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2023

Social music streaming startup Stationhead announced today that it’s launching a new live commerce tool that allows select artists and hosts to sell digital tracks to fans during livestreaming parties on their stations. Stationhead lets you turn your favorite songs and playlists into an internet radio broadcast.

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The Parallax

JUNE 26, 2020

But one oft-used government tactic in some countries to limit the ability of their citizens to communicate and organize has been absent so far: There have been virtually no reports of state-mandated Internet shutdowns in response to the protest. READ MORE ON GOVERNMENT INTERNET INTERFERENCE.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Signal AI , an artificial intelligence startup that trawls the vast sea of internet and other publicly available data to provide organizations with sentiment insights and other information to make better business decisions, has raised $50 million. Indeed, Signal AI itself used to be called Signal Media and focused mainly on this area as well.

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InfoWorld

MARCH 25, 2024

At the same time, however, frustrated employees are filing trouble tickets over slow internet, customers are dropping out in the middle of online transactions because pages aren’t loading fast enough, and the brand is taking a beating on social media, with one post after another complaining about a poor customer experience.

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Career Advancement

APRIL 1, 2019

Nasir asks: I’ve heard that employers are checking social media more and more, to find out how professional their people really are. Joel answers: That’s an option, of course, but there’s no need to stay off social media. Look at Facebook and other social media sites as networking tools.

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Xicom

JULY 6, 2021

The first-ever social media acknowledged publicly was Six Degrees, created in 1997. In 1999, the first blogging services gained popularity, introducing a social media wham that is roaring on the internet to the present day. A Glimpse Of Where It All Started. And Look How Well It Turned Out To Be… .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Kenyan startup Wowzi has secured new funding to expand the reach of its platform, which turns social media users into brand influencers, to West and Southern Africa — as it taps the increasing usage of social sites across the continent driven by the proliferation of smartphones and a deepening internet penetration.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It’s that time of year again where half of your social media feed is clogged with graphics from Spotify’s annual, personalized roundup, and the other half is people whining that they don’t care about your Spotify Wrapped. Happy Spotify Wrapped Day!

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As I reflect on the biggest technology innovations during my career―the Internet, smartphones, social media―a new breakthrough deserves a spot on that list. Generative AI has taken the world seemingly by storm, impacting everything from software development, to marketing, to conversations with my kids at the dinner table.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

On the one hand, the face of “media” and who and what gets attention has changed drastically in the last decade. Social media has a viral element to it that’s completely different from traditional media, and those creating content on there are different, too. Sometimes, they are still journalists.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 7, 2011

Nary a week passes where I don’t hear from a CEO who’s grappling with this social media conundrum: should I, or shouldn’t I? In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on why it’s time to put a fork in the social media debate… Background/Disclaimer. The Truth (as I see it).

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 21, 2021

In its short, 30-year history, the internet has come to transform almost all areas of modern life – everything from how and where we work to the way we shop and find/watch media. Going viral’ – a phenomenon born by social media. The importance of having a strong social presence. The power of posts.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

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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CTOvision

AUGUST 27, 2014

Hope has been placed on the Internet (particularly on social media) to expose users to more sources of information and diverse points of view. Put another way, most people are unwilling to “stick their neck out” in social situations. By Shannon Perry.

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CIO

AUGUST 9, 2024

For instance, a conversational AI software company, Kore.ai , trained its BankAssist solution for voice, web, mobile, SMS, and social media interactions. Intelligent Search People rely on intelligent search every single day, thanks to LLMs trained on internet datasets.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

While the internet is something that has made our lives a lot easier, it is also something that can put us at a lot of risk as well. It might be fun using the internet to scroll through our favorite social media apps but there are always people out there with malicious intent that can bring us a lot of harm.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is rattling the cage at his social network and ruffling a lot of feathers both inside and outside of the company. His second company, the native advertising startup Namo Media , he sold to Twitter itself. ” He’s also a big fan of Andrew Chen’s Cold Start concept.

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Praxent

AUGUST 12, 2021

Internet and Online Safety for All Ages. Since the beginning of the 21st century, social media has become an increasingly important part of most people’s lives. Now, just about everyone has an online identity linked to their real name, meaning that your Internet life and your real-world life are always connected.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

River is meant to rethink the way we consume content across the internet. The app pulls stories and content from across the entire internet, including from publishers, Twitter and other social media, etc. adults get their news either “often” or “sometimes” from social media.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 29, 2024

Lorenz shares the history of influencers on the internet – primarily through social media – and how they impact our society. This is embarrassing, but I will admit it: I feel out of touch. This realization happened recently while reading the book Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Several big names use the product, including Lizzo, Elton John, Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Eva Longoria, as well as social media personalities like Zoe Sugg. Komi was built to empower creators. Millions of individuals across the world generate revenue from their online profiles, but many lack the digital toolset they need.

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