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IRL is a new social network taking on Facebook groups

The Verge

IRL’s groups and events can be accessed on its app or website. Do people want an app specifically for discovering events and messaging as a group? That’s the bet behind IRL, a young social network that has been quietly growing over the past year and just attracted an eye-popping amount of money to take on Facebook.

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Minds raises $10M for decentralized and encrypted social network and messaging app

Venture Beast

Minds, a crypto social network, has raised $10 million from the tech freedom group Futo for its decentralized communications. Read More.

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Social Networking @ Work: Are You Ready?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Do CIOs need to introduce social networking into the workplace? So there’s no question that this whole social networking thing has become very, very popular. What Social Networking Would Do For Your Workplace. Who Would Use Social Networking In The Workplace. Image Credit: Christopher.

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How CIOs Can Build Human Networks

The Accidental Successful CIO

In this new era of social distancing, how can CIOs build the human networks that they need? All too often we can believe that in order to be successful networkers we have to get in contact with a lot of people. Make Sure You Network In A Way That Works For You. Quality Of Contacts Takes Priority Over Quantity.

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HalloApp is a private ad-free social network from two early WhatsApp employees

The Verge

Two of the earliest employees behind WhatsApp have emerged with a new private social network called HalloApp. HalloApp is broken up into four main tabs—a home feed of posts from your friends, group chats, individual chats, and settings—and its overall aesthetic is very minimal.

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How Social Learning Features Can Revolutionize Online Education

Kitaboo

The term “social learning” was first coined by Albert Bandura, a Canadian–American psychologist and professor of psychology at Stanford University. ” His social learning theory focuses on four elements, which could be applied in the context of learning within organizations and institutions. What are Social Learning Features?

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Twitter’s decentralized social network project takes a baby step forward

The Verge

Bluesky, Twitter’s decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019. The report covers how these systems handle key social network elements like discoverability, moderation, and privacy, as well as how services based on them can scale up, interoperate, and make money.

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