Blockchain Project Synereo Promises Evolution in Social Networking Space

Blockchain Project Synereo Promises Evolution in Social Networking Space

The upcoming alpha launch of Synereo as a next generation social network promises change in the way consumer technologies work today. “Come out here and give me back my name!” was the response of writer Salman Rushdie to Facebook, when he found out that the social network website had deactivated his account. The case goes back to 2011 when Rushdie took to Twitter to inform his followers how Facebook was literally acting like a de-facto passport vendor. Apparently, the writer’s original name is Ahmad Rushdie which, according to much mainstream coverage, was an issue for Mark Zuckerberg’s....


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