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Google created some of the first social networking apps for Android, including Twitter and others
By techtost.com
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…
Twitch is officially rolling out its new TikTok-style discovery stream to all users this week, the company announced Tuesday. The new stream, which launches as a…
Meta’s transition to the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is confusing. Does Facebook’s owner see open protocols as the future? Will do embrace…
xAI, Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, closes with $6 billion in funding, and X, its social network, is already one of its shareholders
By techtost.com
xAI, Elon Musk’s 10-month-old competitor to the AI phenomenon OpenAI, is raising $6 billion at an $18 billion pre-money valuation, according to a reliable source close…
Two widowed founders launch DayNew, a social platform for people dealing with grief and trauma
By techtost.com
After losing their spouses in devastating and unexpected ways, Karine Nissim and Eloise Bune D’Agostino discovered that there were no proper places where people could go…
AirChat, the buzzy new social networking app, could be great — or it could suffer the same fate as Clubhouse
By techtost.com
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…
Truth Social, the social media platform owned by Donald Trump’s media company, has announced plans to launch a live TV streaming platform. The platform will focus…
Flipboard, a Web 2.0-era social magazine app reinventing itself to capitalize on the renewed push toward an open social web, is deepening its ties to fediverse,…
Naval Ravikant’s Airchat is a speech-based rather than text-based social networking app
By techtost.com
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 —…