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Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks

Harvard Business Review

Despite the potential career benefits of building high-status networks, research has long shown that women face greater obstacles in establishing these networks compared to men.

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Meta reportedly set to launch Threads in the EU next month

TechCrunch

Since its launch in July, Meta’s text-based social network Threads has gained many features, but a major missing part in the puzzle has been the app’s availability in the EU. The company, however, could launch the platform in the EU next month, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Medium acquires social book reading app Glose

TechCrunch

Sure, there are social platforms that let you talk about books, such as Goodreads. But Glose’s differentiating point is that the social features are intrinsically linked with the reading features — those aren’t two separate platforms. Glose Is A New Ebook Reader That Turns Reading Into A Social Experience.

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Alms is a social app focused on real-world impact and positive change

TechCrunch

A number of startups are experimenting with what a better social app could look like. For a startup called Alms , the answer is a social network that focuses on users’ well-being through participation in creator-led challenges in areas like personal growth, sustainability, and others with positive impacts.

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Ethical Social Media: Oxymoron or Attainable Goal?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

For this generation, social media has generated a vast set of new ethical challenges, which is unsurprising when you consider the degree of its influence. Social media has been linked to health risks in individuals and political violence in societies.

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Know Everything About MOJO – Mobile Journalism

WatchDown

What is Mobile Journalism? Mobile Journalism is a new way of storytelling where reporters use smart phones or other electronic devices to record the news and distribute it on their respective platforms. And social networks like Facebook allows you to live stream videos which are great platforms for mojo users to publish their news.

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Countable brings in $12M for virtual brand communities

TechCrunch

In fact, the San Francisco-based company started out in solutions-based journalism, providing content around communities and people who wanted to drive outcomes. Instead, Countable is taking a cue from the positives of social media to build technology that nurtures more authentic communication and facilitates business and social outcomes.