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FridayWatch - Codefellas: Insight From Inside Spook Central
Codefellas EP1: When Topple met Winters Great animated series from Wired. Chapter 1 is above, the rest are below:"Takes you inside the secretive world of a slightly askew NSA, with the eccentric Agent...
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End Of An Era: Social Media Club Founders Step Down
Chris Heuer and Giovanni Rodriguez.I was there in 2006, on Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells's back porch when they first began discussing Social Media Club. Then Chris went on a giant global trek, like a...
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The Incredible Lessons From Fashion's Free Culture
In this TED Education video, media maven Johanna Blakeley looks at the effects of intellectual protection on various industries and shows how less protection encourages creativity, innovation, and...
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New Lunch Item At The Googleplex? Sergey Brin's Test Tube Steak Grown From...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has funded a project that grew strips of meat from stem cells, which were then collected to form a burger, cooked and eaten at a live event in London.Bloomberg reporter...
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Daniel Ellsberg Speaks At "Restore the Fourth" in SF
It was wonderful to see living history, Daniel Ellsberg (above), famed whistle-blower of "Pentagon Papers" speak at a rally for "Restore the Fourth" in San Francisco, Sunday.The former US military...
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Analysis: An Incredible Coup - Bezos Owns The Newspaper of The Capital Of The...
Jeff Bezos is smiling — he just bought the newspaper of the capitol of the world's most powerful nation.Foremski's Take: In his letter to employees from their new boss, Jeff Bezos, the founder of...
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Living in Silicon Valley...
Cool infographic from the editors at BestScienceDegrees.com with some interesting factual nuggets:
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Jeff "Gordon Gekko" Bezos - $250m For Washington Post's $604m Overfunded...
Gordon Gekko acquired an older company with an over-funded pension plan.In the movie "Wall Street" fictional financier Gordon Gekko, orchestrates a deal to acquire a company with a large overfunded...
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Uncomfortable Facts About The Bezos Washington Post
There's an astounding lack of critical analysis of Jeff Bezos' planned $250m purchase of the Washington Post newspaper.It is not a viable business, it loses $50m a year and has large pension...
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Google Will Unveil News Projects
This looks interesting (via Peter Mullen):August 7 at Google HQ, the Center for Investigative Reporting: Techraking III conference. There will be presentations by eight Google Fellows who will announce...
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Good Luck With That - Pew Research Graphs Bezos' Stunning Challenge
Many people are hoping that Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, will be able to find a business model that saves the newspaper industry. I wish him the best of luck. Pew Research put together a great post...
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Here's Why Bezos Had To Use His Own Money For Washington Post Buy
Jeff Bezos had to use his own money for buying the Washington Post. The newspaper group, with its $54m in 2012 losses, and large pension liabilities, has losses of $49m in the first half of this year:
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Is Bezos The New 'Steve Jobs'?
Jeff Bezos is by far the most interesting of the tech industry CEOs. He's the new "Steve Jobs" in terms of being able to attract the same type of attention to his every move. Will he be able to guide...
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Google's War On PR Agencies - Warns About Links In Press Releases, And Promoting
A warning to PR agencies, Google is in the business of promotions and it doesn't like competitors! Google recently updated its webmaster guidelines: Watch your keywords and don't use them for...
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PR in the Age of Google - 'Unnatural' Promotion Of Content Is Penalized
Google has updated its webmaster rules on the use of links and keywords in press releases and it doesn't look good for PR agencies and their current suite of services. The details on the changes are...
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Google Is Forcing A Change In The PR Industry
Lot's of great discussion around my recent posts about Google and PR.[Did Google just kill PR agencies?]Sam Cooke: "It's been a long, a long time coming. But I know a change is going to come, oh yes it...
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Some Points About The Bezos Washington Post And Saving Journalism...
Photo credit: Marc Goldstein. This morning I took part in NPR's "To the Point" an hour-long current affairs program hosted by Warren Olney, award winning veteran journalist, on the topic of the Jeff...
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Telepresence Robots Roam Free At Intel
Five-foot tall robots roam the halls of the Intel's offices, popping into cubicles for quick chats and rolling into meetings.By Intel Free PressWhen a telepresence robot wheels into a meeting, the...
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Interview: Jeff Solomon - Co-Founder Of Venice Beach Incubator Amplify
Jeff Solomon is one of the top entrepreneurs in LA's "Silicon Beach."By Intel Free PressEntrepreneur Jeff Solomon says it’s the crazy ideas that have the power to transform industries. He is a...
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Interview With Slashdot Founder Rob Malda At Washington Post Labs
Jeff Bezos isn't buying WaPo Labs, an incubator established by the Washington Post, which has developed a handful of digital news products such as Trove, Social Reader, and Poll Watch app. It's run by...
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