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Since its re-launch in 2006, WAYN has managed to become one of the few social startups to secure funding despite a recent downturn in social media investment. After changing its market strategy over the years, the ‘Pinterest for travelers’ has relaunched its site once again in February. WAYN (Where Are You Now?) claims to be the world’s largest travel and social network and tries to fuse commerce with social. WAYN has, and still is, showing interest in key emerging markets ... 
Fewer and fewer entrepreneurs are starting social startups. Why? Fizzling IPOs and disappointing return on investments mean that social is no longer the investor darling it once was. The facade has fallen.
While some have warned against a coming social media bubble, it took volatile social startups like Groupon, Zynga and Facebook to make up-and-coming entrepreneurs think twice about starting a social-centric venture.
Social has traditionally been about user numbers first, business model second. It's for this reason that analysts estimate Facebook ... 
Cap40 is an interesting new non-profit initiative that aims to foster business relations between French and Western Cape businesses.
One of Cap40's main goals is to support French investment, entrepreneurs and professionals in the Western Cape and to provide support to Westen Cape business that would like to export their products, services or know how to France, as well as other French-speaking countries and Europe.
At Cap40's launch event earlier this week, Consul of France Antoine Michon introduced the online social platform ... 
Online dating sites like Match and eHarmony use matching algorithms to identify romantic partners, but this approach is believed to be flawed. The New York Times cites a study that divulges 80 years of scientific research on what makes couples romantically compatible. It turns out, the core of traditional matching algorithms, similar interests and personality traits, are not key to predicting happy relationships.
So what works? Well, good old fashion dating is still the best way to tell if you’re a ... 
And now, for something special. Härnu is a refreshing approach to connecting people, a social network of sorts, but it’s quite unlike one you’ve used before.
It’s hard to pin down what Härnu really is. A portmanteau of the Swedish "Här", meaning "Here", and "Nu", meaning "Now", it appears useful for a myriad of things, but there’s a strong focus on geographical context. If you’d like to learn a foreign language, discover new music from a specific part of the world, ... 
Among a slew of innocuous, copycat startups, 3AL, the Nigerian social networking and eCommerce amalgamate, is taking a road decidedly less traveled.
You can think of 3AL as Facebook for businesses or Etsy -- if it went beyond arts and crafts. It connects businesses and creates a direct line between buyer and seller.
It doesn't feel as if 3AL is trying to be a generalised social network aimed at subverting Facebook’s reign. In fact, when you first visit the site, your eyes ... 
There's a Kickstarter project I want you to know about. It's called Privly and it's a defiant kick to the face of oppressive governments.
The Privly proof of concept works as a browser plugin and will allow you to view and post encrypted content on any website -- Twitter, Facebook, Google+, even Gmail. Let your imagination run wild.
Taking Twitter as an example, you write a tweet -- 140 characters or more -- right click and select "Post to Privly." ... startups | entrepreneurship | startup-news | ecommerce |
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