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Current Malpractice Handicaps Social Selling’s Potential

Forrester IT

We first published research on social selling in 2016, and B2B sellers continue to flock to various networks to interact with their customers and prospects. Social provides the opportunity for authentic connections, mutually beneficial professional relationships, and positive business outcomes for both buyers and sellers.

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Google warns of ‘novel social engineering method’ used to hack security researchers

The Verge

Government-backed hackers based in North Korea are targeting individual security researchers through a number of means including a “novel social engineering method,” Google’s Threat Analysis Group is reporting. Hackers set up a network of Twitter accounts and a cybersecurity blog. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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IRL is a new social network taking on Facebook groups

The Verge

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. According to Shafi, the goal is to become “a super messaging social network” over time. “We Image: IRL. IRL CEO and co-founder Abraham Shafi.

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Twitter’s decentralized social network project finally has a leader

The Verge

Bluesky , the Twitter-funded effort to create a decentralized social network standard , has finally found a project lead — the creator of Happening, Jay Graber. Graber was also one of the authors of a report Bluesky published in January detailing its research into decentralized web systems. Image: Bluesky.

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Socialization on the verge of Web 3.0: Social computing

Dataconomy

Social computing is a branch of computer science that studies how people interact with computers and computational systems. Computing is inherently a social activity. Networks connect people for research, education, commerce, and entertainment.

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Ex-Twitter VP Mike Davidson joins Microsoft to lead Web Experiences design and research

GeekWire

Mike Davidson , a Seattle technology veteran and longtime designer, is joining Microsoft as the corporate vice president of design and research. “I’ve worked on the largest sports site in the world and one of the largest social networks in the world, but the properties in this group reach well over a billion people,” he wrote.

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In Controversial Study, Facebook Investigates Networks of Emotions

CTOvision

A recent political opinion study conducted by the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology found that altering individual news feeds has the potential to influence political opinions vis-à-vis election candidates – and could ultimately influence the outcomes of elections themselves.

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