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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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Social TV platform Scener adds Hulu’s David Baron as CEO and filmmaker J.J. Abrams as investor

GeekWire

Scener , the Seattle-based startup that adds a social layer to the viewing of streaming television content, has named David Baron as CEO. Baron helped launch Hulu in 2007 and spent 14 years at that streaming service. “Consumers are now demanding both simplicity and social connection in their viewing experiences.

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Why schools around the country are locking up kids’ cellphones

Vox

In Akron, for example, students were coordinating fights to post on social media, Shipe said. But the move to keep phones out of schools also comes in the midst of a bigger debate about whether the devices, and social media in general, are having dire effects on childhood development and the lives of teenagers.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Beware Social scammers that call.

Sean Daniel

Beware Social scammers that call pretending to be the Microsoft HelpDesk. On 9/21/2012, I received my first social engineering hacking attack. Hosting Multiple Domains on SBS 2008/Exchange 2007. Microsoft Office 2007. (10). Microsoft Office 2007. Social Media. VarVid - IT Pro Videos. ► 2007. (31).

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Will the future of social networking be open and distributed? Here comes Plexus

Trends in the Living Networks

In his presentation Mark starts with his long relationship with programming and finally moves on to describe his project Plexus , which will provide a new platform for social networks. First and most important is the social graph, a database of connections known as the ‘Plex’. The first of these is the ‘Sharer’.

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Topgolf is officially bringing one of its high-tech sports and entertainment venues to Seattle area

GeekWire

Topgolf Renton-Seattle will be located off Logan Avenue near The Landing , a sprawling shopping and dining development that opened in 2007, according to Topgolf and an advisory from the City of Renton. It will incorporate Topgolf’s new “skylit central atrium design,” with seating, yard games, and a giant video wall.

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Eight key developments in the global media industry: July 2006 – June 2007 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Developments continue apace – we’ll be keeping track… Industry transactions News Corp offers $5 billion for the Dow Jones, including the Wall Street Journal (finalized July 2007). Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. Full details in the report.

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