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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information.

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Are Facebook Investors Playing Russian Roulette?

crowdSPRING Blog

For example, there are five major markets where Facebook is not the top social network : China, Russia, South Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. While China and Russia are both huge markets, it’s doubtful that their revenue per user will be equal to the revenue per user in Europe or the United States.

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The 50 Most Promising Israeli Startups in 2016

VC Cafe

Plarium – Multi player games for social networks (Raised Unknown). Kenshoo – Programmatic advertising in search engines and social networks (Raised $65M). MyHeritage – Family tree based social network (Raised $49M). Ctera – Private cloud for corporates (Raised $45M).

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Israelis Are Addicted to the Internet [chart]

VC Cafe

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. Simply recycling TV ads online is seldom the best way to get extra mileage from a marketing budget, but elements of those ads may work well as a foundation or enhancement of an online campaign.

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Israelis Are Addicted to the Internet [chart]

VC Cafe

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. Simply recycling TV ads online is seldom the best way to get extra mileage from a marketing budget, but elements of those ads may work well as a foundation or enhancement of an online campaign.

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Israelis Are Addicted to the Internet [chart]

VC Cafe

Israelis are one of the world’s leaders in terms of time spent in social networks, only second to Russia. Simply recycling TV ads online is seldom the best way to get extra mileage from a marketing budget, but elements of those ads may work well as a foundation or enhancement of an online campaign.

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Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

Reid Hoffman

Caught in between, social media companies try to constructively engage with both the “right” and the “left” domestically while rooting out foreign influences from antagonistic nations like Russia and Iran. Social networks, like all new communications mediums, have tremendous potential for good.