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SaturdayPost: McLuhan's Relevance In Today's Media Mess Age...
(Portrait of Marshall McLuhan by Yousuf Karsh. Copyright the Estate of Yousuf Karsh.)You may have noticed that the media loves to cover the media -- it's a narcissism that is not unique to the...
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100th Annversary: Media Pundits On Media Pundit Marshall McLuhan...
Here is a selection of what media pundits had to say about uber media pundit Marshall McLuhan on the 100 year anniversary of his birth.As far I'm concerned, if you write about media and you didn't...
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The Tamagotchi Nature Of Social Networks...
A significant part of my day is spent maintaining my profiles on my social networks: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and now Google+.Some of my time spent in these networks is genuinely useful but a lot of...
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Analysis: Jumio's Payments Breakthrough Challenges PayPal, Square, And Others
Jumio's breakthrough "NetSwipe" payment processing technology that transforms any webcam into a credit card terminal, has the potential to threaten PayPal and emerging payment startups such as Square.
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Google's Closure Of Labs Signals Big Change, And Good News For Startups...
A new CEO always brings a broom with them, and Larry Page's return to the job at Google includes a major sweep of management and company priorities.One of the casualties is Google Labs, a fairly large...
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Altimeter Group: Dealing With Deaf Corporations... Who's Listening?
(Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group listens to Patrice Lamothe, CEO of Pearltrees.)I have a soft spot for the Altimeter Group, a pioneering band of consultants founded by the impressive Charlene...
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SFCurators: Our Public, Private, And Secret Lives...
SFCurators Salon met Wednesday evening at PeopleBrowsr and I'm still buzzing from all the great conversations and ideas it generated.We pulled our chairs into a large circle to get away from the...
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Scary Google: Larry Page Wants To Change The World
Steven Levy, a senior editor at Wired, spent a lot of time at Google researching his new book, "In the Plex." And he spent a lot of time with the new CEO Larry Page.Mr Levy says Google is now in the...
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We Live In An "And" World... It's Quantum Not Binary
Something is always killing something else in the world of tech headline writers. Apple iPhone is killing something or being killed; and Google+ is killing something or being killed; or...
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Here's How Google+ Could Be Used To Create Killer Apps
By Graeme LipschitzThe meteoric launch of Google+ (20-million users in less than 3 weeks) can be seen as the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes of such failures as Buzz and Wave - the word...
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Social Media Is Not Corporate Media
There's a gold rush going on as legions of self-proclaimed experts are working with corporations to help them monetize the potential riches in exploiting social media.I look at the links and articles...
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WIMM Labs: An Internet Of 1-Inch Screens...
WIMM Labs today launched a modular device that shrinks a PC behind a tiny color display screen with wireless connectivity and full day battery power.The company hopes it will become a platform for a...
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Every Company Is A Media Company FIR Live
I recently spoke with Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson on a live broadcast of FIR: For Immediate Release, discussing content strategies and the concept of "every company is a media company" along with...
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Intel Engineer Helps Build Submarine, Finds Sunken Treasure
Tales of sunken treasure have fascinated the world since perhaps the first sunken ship, but few can claim a story of their own.By Intel Free PressKen Privitt is a technical marketing engineer at Intel...
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Are Women Bad for Start-ups? You've Got To Be Kidding...
By Vanessa Camones, PR veteran and founder of theMIX agency. Women have made astounding advances in the workforce in the past fifty years. Even in the tech sector, traditionally an enclave of geeky...
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Neccesity Is The Mother Of Invention - Popular Portland iPhone App
By Intel Free PressAndy Wallace remembers clearly what life was like living in Portland, Oregon before he had the 'Take Me Home' button on his iPhone's PDX Bus app.Eight years of commuting to work some...
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Markets Fall: What Will Happen To Silicon Valley Recovery?
Turmoil in global financial markets and economies is never good for Silicon Valley despite the fact that the regional economy has its own boom and boost cycles that operate on a different...
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Google Refuses Korean Real-Names Policy But Imposes It On G+ Users
Google's insistence that people use their real names on Google Plus goes against its official policy of refusing to comply with South Korea's Real-Name verification law.The Korean law forces web sites...
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Infographic: How Much Do Engineers Earn?
Rivera Partners put together salary data on software engineers:
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Social Media Club Celebrates Five Years
(My favorite photo of Kristie and Chris at a fancy dress party.)Thursday evening I was at a dinner celebrating five years of Social Media Club. I was at the inception, the back porch of Chris Heuer and...
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