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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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Kaiser Permanente Discloses Data Breach Impacting 13.4 Million People

SecureWorld News

Information collected by online trackers is often shared with an extensive network of marketers, advertisers, and data brokers. Once shared, advertisers have used this information to target ads at users for complimentary products (based on health data); this has happened multiple times in the past few years, including at GoodRx.

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIO Business Intelligence

Ask your network, and you’ll likely find IT leader peers who have been in a similar situation at least once in their career. I was in transition twice and wasn’t ready to handle the networking, persistence, and stress that comes with finding a new opportunity. Networking is a lifelong endeavor.

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2017 Expectations: 5 Areas Where Technology Will Continue to Revolutionize Business Processes

CTOvision

More robust Wi-Fi networks and more advanced mobile devices are allowing staff to work outside the office. Companies are now getting a constant flow of real-time customer data from websites, social media, and POS terminals that automatically capture clicks, likes, and sales transactions for analysis by business intelligence systems.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO Business Intelligence

Because transactions are transparent, blockchain has the potential to increase trust and enable new types of disruptive applications and services, such as decentralized financial systems, marketplaces, and social networks. In these spaces, virtual and physical worlds can be unified, and what happens in one world can affect the other.

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Futurist proved correct! …and today describes the extraordinary social technologies of 2016 (release)

Trends in the Living Networks

This morning Future Exploration Network issued this press release (excuse the hyperbole :-) ) I have already done several radio interviews on the forecasts in the release with quite a few more radio, newspaper and TV interviews lined up for the next days - the ideas seem to have struck a chord. Futurist proved correct!

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Is Snapchat encrypted and safe?

Dataconomy

Join us on a journey through the intricacies of Snapchat’s security measures, shedding light on the protection of snaps and essential safety considerations for users navigating the ever-evolving landscape of social media. Is Snapchat encrypted? Let’s find out! Is Snapchat encrypted? Is Snapchat encrypted? Now, you know the answer!