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Bring Me Your Accents. Immigration Fuels Innovation

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Still, his factual comments are tone deaf because they are lost in translation as they are amplified in the media and we have a responsibility to call that out and not tolerate bias. I am also certain that Paul isn’t anti immigrant in any way. I did so before when he originally uttered the accents comment for the NY Times.

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Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

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Social networks are like Iran. Social Capital / Earned Media – For many people keeping a blog is a way to build up “social capital” or as it’s sometimes referred to as “earned media.” It’s scary. You can say anything you want, but in the morning there will be consequences.”

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

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It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen. Social Media Tech Market Analysis' Roger Ehrenberg. Rory O’Driscoll. Chris Smart. You’ve been marvelous.

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

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The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. But as I pointed out on the show, look deeper at the impact of social media as a tool to organize crowds, hold public debates and spread information in a decentralized way.

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“What Unites Us” —Important Lessons from @danrather at the #UpfrontSummit

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He was a pioneer in reporting the civil rights struggle, Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra, The Gulf War and so many more historical moments in our history. The pillars of democracy require the acceptance of and trust in our media and our first amendment rights to free speech. We also spoke at length about the media industry.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

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Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer.

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

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Of course our great technology industry did itself rise on the back of infrastructure created by telecommunications & cable infrastructure as well as decades of media production. Distribution of media is tightly controlled by YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Amazon and a handful of others.