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SXSW is making a comeback as a premier networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs
The air was different at this year’s SXSW, the annual March festival where technology meets pop culture in Austin. I was reminded of SXSW in 2019,…
Drew Perkins has been inventing computer networking technology and building startups since the dawn of the Internet age. Now he’s back as co-founder and CEO of…
Locketa private social networking app for friends, has won over Gen Alpha users after launching its latest feature, Rollcall. The app, which allows friends to share…
Read.cva social networking platform for professionals that rivaled LinkedIn, was acquired by AI-powered search engine Perplexity. As part of the deal, Read.cv will begin decommissioning on…
A social networking app for creatives, Cara grew from 40,000 to 650,000 users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policies
The artists have finally had enough of the Meta’s aggressive AI policies, but the Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run anti-AI social platform, Head has…
Google created some of the first social networking apps for Android, including Twitter and others
Here’s a little history of the startup that might not be widely known outside of tech companies themselves: The first versions of popular Android apps like…
Private social networking is back. Gratitude Plusa startup that aims to shift social media in a more positive direction is expanding its wellness-focused personal reflection journal…
AirChat, the buzzy new social networking app, could be great — or it could suffer the same fate as Clubhouse
Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing a…
Naval Ravikant’s Airchat is a speech-based rather than text-based social networking app
Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk”. An earlier version of Airchat was released last year, but the team —…
Anonymous social networking apps face another reckoning as UNC system bans Yik Yik, Fizz, Sidechat & Whisper
Anonymous social networking apps are in reporting mode. Yes, again. This week, University of North Carolina (UNC) System President Peter Hans announced a plan to block…