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Qeepsake, a journaling app that helps families capture and store memories, raises $2M

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Qeepsake , a New York-based family journaling app, has raised $2 million in seed funding. Text, photo and video responses are then automatically organized into digital journals in Qeepsake’s app. Once you sign up for the app, you’re asked to add your child’s name or nickname to create a journal for them.

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How Lydia wants to make payments more personal and social

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More importantly, the company is positioning its mobile app as a social product — not a fintech product. When I met with Lydia’s co-founders Cyril Chiche and Antoine Porte, they both had read my recent article on Zenly , another popular social app designed in Paris. A fintech app or a social app. The journal itself has evolved.

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Medium acquires social book reading app Glose

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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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Meta reportedly set to launch Threads in the EU next month

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

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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. Image Credits: Alms.

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How social science research can inform the design of AI systems

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Ward has an extensive background in journalism, mainly covering topics in science and technology, at National Geographic , Al Jazeera, Discovery Channel, BBC, Popular Science , and many other outlets. Continue reading How social science research can inform the design of AI systems.

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Ethical Social Media: Oxymoron or Attainable Goal?

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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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