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Ben Parr's Captivology Book Update
I ran into Ben Parr, former editor at Mashable, and asked him about his book, Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention. He says it's been finished for a while and the author photos have...
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Gray Area Arts Finds New Home In Old Mission Theater
I'm a big fan of the Gray Area Foundation For The Arts (GAFFTA) and its projects, which generally try to link the art and tech worlds of San Francisco, along with an awareness of the challenges facing...
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The Media Industry's Death Card In Mary Meeker's Internet Deck
Former Wall Street analyst Mary Meeker this week published her annual analysis of Internet trends and market projections. It's useful data especially all the charts and numbers which are often reused...
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Latest Google Algorithm Seems To Punish Press Release Sites
Above, Search Engine Land shows traffic plunge for Businesswire for certain search terms.Google's latest algorithm update, Panda 4.0 appears to be punishing sites that host and distribute press...
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'Sharing' Is Not An Economy - But Renting Is - The Disruptive Power Of A True...
The article "The Case Against Sharing" by Susie Cagle is a good vehicle for her cartoons and a soft critique of the "sharing economy" based on the recent Share conference organized by the lobbying...
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SVForum Visionary Tim O'Reilly Calls On Tech Community To Help Government
Tim O'Reilly, one of the recipients of SVForum's 2014 Visionary Awards, called for the tech community to give back and help government with its use of IT. He also urged more recognition for "people who...
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Frictionless Philanthropy And The Cure For Childhood Leukemia - Doing Good In...
By Christina Resasco, Founder of Mobilize For the Cure.The tech community is not always doing all it can to get involved with philanthropy. The truth is that sometimes, the tech community just has a...
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Content Marketing: Optimize For Humans - Not Robots
Every company is a media company and now every company wants content to publish but how do they judge if it's any good? On the blog of Virante, an SEO marketing agency, Russ Jones provides a case...
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The Media Industry's Mobile Ads-Apocalypse
The huge challenge facing media companies as readers shift to mobile platforms, is far worse than is generally known. Say Media, an online publisher and advertising network based in San Francisco, has...
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CultureWatch: Internet Archive Celebrates Nuala Creed's 100 Ceramic 'Archivists'
The Internet Archive is housed in a wonderful San Francisco building that used to be a Christian Science church. In the pews along both sides of the large, skylight-lit auditorium, there is always a...
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The 2014 Europas Awards: The Best European Tech Startups - Soundcloud Wins Again
In 2009 I attended The Europas Awards in London (above), celebrating the best European tech startups. It was a very boozy, rowdy, and fun event presented by Mike Butcher, Editor of Techcrunch Europe.I...
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Every Company Is A Media Company: What Comes Next? Here's What's Missing...
I'm setting off to London and Warsaw (above) and will be back in early July.Next week on June 18 I will be speaking at FutureComms14 in London, a brand new conference organized by Mynewsdesk, a Swedish...
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FutureComms14 - Here's the lineup...
I'm looking forward to speaking at FutureComms14 conference in London Wednesday (tomorrow). It's a brand new conference organized by Mynewsdesk, a Norwegian media technologies company that provides...
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The Soviet Union's First Computer Engineer - Intel Fellow Boris Babayan
Eighty-year old Boris Babayan was the chief designer of the Soviet Union's Elbrus supercomputer, a unique combination of real-time control and high-performance. By Intel Free PressBabayan, 80, began...
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Google's Matt Cutts Is Not Checking Email - Webspam Chief Taking 'Few Months'...
After 15 years as head of the webspam team at Google, Matt Cutts says he is taking a long break, to spend more time with his wife and family.It's the same language that senior executives often use when...
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Intel Woos App Makers
(image credit: Dennis Stachel for GDC Europe)By Intel Free PressWhen Asus announced its first Android smartphones several months ago, the top-five PC maker played up the product line’s range of sizes,...
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Afghan Female Entrepreneur Roya Mahboob In Silicon Valley For Fundraiser
Susan Lucas-Conwell is helping to organize a fundraiser for Women's Annex Foundation, at IBM's offices in Foster City this Thursday July 10, featuring Roya Mahboob, a young female entrepreneur from...
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Every Company Is A Media Company - Here's What's Missing: Service
David Matahai, Director of Marketing Communications at Hyundai.Every company is a media company because it has to be, because the traditional media outlets no longer have the means, or pageviews to...
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PRWeek Investigation: The Death Of PR Agencies... And The Rise Of Ad Agencies
All the evidence gathered from PRWeek's investigations over the past month points to a couple of crucial conclusions...Danny Rogers, Editor-in-Chief of PRWeek spells out the future in his recent...
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Ray Zinn: 'Do The Hard Things First' - Advice From Silicon Valley's Longest...
A massive metal cast of a sailfish seems to soar out of the desk of Ray Zinn, Silicon Valley's longest serving CEO, founder of Micrel [MCRL:NASDAQ GS], a leading chip company that produces essential...
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