May 2012
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Here'a a quick look at Facebook's technology... →
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“Google says that its search engine now contains 500 million objects and knows...”
– ‘Information’ To ‘Knowledge Agent’: Google Changes The Way It Does Search (via courtenaybird)
Further reading: Google Gets Back to Its Roots With New Search Update
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Geektivism: Geeks Trying to Save the World →
thenextweb:
Geektivism is what geeks do when they are fed up with the current status of their environment. Drawing from their resources, they find ways to tackle problems in a creative and engaging way (of course this usually involves games…). In our search for geektivists, we came across five new projects that can really make a difference. Both trying to solve important problems, they turned to...
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On Facebook, deleting an app doesn’t delete your... →
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However, Facebook also clarifies that “if you’ve removed an application and want them to delete the information you’ve already shared with them, you should contact the application and ask them to delete it.” This implies that, even if you change Facebook’s privacy settings since beginning to use a third-party service, or no longer user the service at all, the service may keep...
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“In many ways, Facebook’s story is the most modern example of the American dream...”
– Just In Time For A Facebook IPO Tax Break, Eduardo Saverin Renounces U.S. Citizenship (via courtenaybird)
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“Advertising is an old model that is being squeezed into the new framework of...”
– Stefan Olander, Nike marketing boss. Read more about his comments here. (via wsaadm)
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We're absolutely with CNET's Jim Kerstetter: It's... →
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Mind you, this an industry that had to be saved from itself through a massive infusion of cash from the federal government (ie., you and me, the people who pay taxes). And what was the lesson learned from the brush with disaster? You tell me. JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, the face of oblivious Wall Street wealth, received $23 million in total compensation last year, about the...
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Porn Publisher Sues Tumblr
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The popular social blogging platformTumblr has come under fire from Perfect 10, a pornography publisher that claims the site infringes on its copyrighted material.
Peta Pixel reports that, if won, the suit could have dire consequences for other photo sharing sites like Pinterest and Twitpic.
Ruh roh, Tumblr’s. Read the full story here: http://huff.to/IYVgWn
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“After moving his small Facebook team to Palo Alto in the summer of 2004, he...”
– “The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man” by New York Magazine
Whenever I meet an entrepreneur that tells me about their side projects, I cringe. Experimentation is good, but hedging is a flawed startup strategy. If you want to go into the markets and hedge as an investment strategy, that is...
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“Over the past three decades, markets and market thinking have been reaching into...”
– Michael Sandel (via azspot)
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“Despite much of the chatter around “social business”, the reality is...”
– Logic Emotion: Social Business: Where It’s Been & Where It’s Going (via ibmsocialbiz)
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“Fashion bloggers prove you don’t need to be an actress or singer to become...”
– Fashion Blogging is Creating a New Era of Influencers (via thenextweb)
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Filed under 'Digital Culture' - Why we work on the... →
Dave Pell has the answer »
Email is one of the many technologies that has changed the line “everybody’s working for the weekend,” to everybody’s working on the weekend.
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