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The opportunity for social capital and mutual aid to define how we emerge from this crisis

Trends in the Living Networks

Today was the first episode of my new live-streaming show, The Virtual Excellence Show (which I haven’t even had time to announce on this blog yet, but if you’d like to follow it please subscribe here !). One of our topics of conversation was social capital. … Neither mutual aid nor social capital are new.

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With the launch of Infinite Office Facebook is making a play for virtual reality offices

Trends in the Living Networks

From today’s suite of virtual reality and augmented reality product launches by Facebook, one of the most interesting was its announcement of Infinite Office , allowing users to work on multiple screens in a virtual/ augmented reality space. Today we will look behind the news that Facebook is launching a virtual office space.

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Fortnite adds another virtual influencer to its battle royale

The Verge

Last season , one of the more curious additions to Fortnite was Guggimon, a terrifying-looking rabbit creature that also happened to be a virtual influencer with millions of followers on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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5 hot IT hiring trends — and 5 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

Here we look at five hiring trends for 2023, five that are falling out of favor, and how organizations are adjusting to new hiring realities this year. There is also a newfound trend in hiring product managers with a track record of turning innovation into revenue.” Ivashin says employee branding is critical.

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The future of social media: Almost all commerce will become social

Trends in the Living Networks

Earlier this month Air New Zealand ran its second Social Media Breakfast in Auckland, with close to 1,000 people coming to see Teddy Goff , the Digital Director of Obama’s campaign, and myself speak. One of the excerpts shown from my keynote was on the rise of social commerce. Virtually every aspect of how we buy will be social.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” When GeekWire visited the company’s office and tested Rec Room in 2017, the startup was focused on virtual reality. Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online.

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