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Eric Schmidt, who bought YouTube for a premium, thinks social networks are ‘amplifiers for idiots’

The Verge

The Verge used to have a fine tradition of cataloging all of the times when Eric Schmidt stuck his foot in his mouth , and today’s feels like a worthy addition: the former Google CEO and executive chairman has decided that social networks are “amplifiers for idiots.”. Not what we intended”. He presided over the $1.65 He presided over the $1.65

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China censored social media posts about Chloé Zhao’s Oscar win

The Verge

The news of Chloé Zhao’s Oscar win for Best Director has been censored on social media and search engines in China at the direction of the country’s propaganda ministry, The Wall Street Journal reported. Lee, who won Best Director twice, for Brokeback Mountain in 2006 and for Life of Pi in 2013, was born in Taiwan. via Getty Images.

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RideWithGPS, a Portland startup that makes bicycle route planning tools, lands $3M

GeekWire

It also features a social platform for ride-sharing and stats. based business was co-founded in 2006 by CEO Zack Ham and Cullen King , who teamed up to start the company while in college. The startup offers a mobile app and web tool to map, analyze, and track rides. The Portland, Ore.-based

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Data Visualization Examples - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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Looking back at what Living Networks got right 20 years ago

Trends in the Living Networks

I began work as a professional futurist in 1998, and it has been my full-time avocation (other than entrepreneurial endeavors) since 2006. That was not the only thing it got right.

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Dark Data - A Business Definition - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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Three Steps to Big Data Discovery - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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