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Privacy, Trust and Identity
Privacy, Trust and Identity are now at the forefront for all consumers, and have wide-ranging impact on technology and media businesses. From tech companies, expect lobbying actions, new tools, new policies and more personal control to rebuild users’ confidence, and from the policy world expect more guidelines around use of personal data and stricter repercussionsContinue reading “Privacy, Trust and Identity”
Dog loses airline – now THAT’s a story!
I think I would just ignore, it is local news doing a story on a lost dog. Their entire government is shut down and about to default and this is how the US media spends its time. An Air Canada rep unintentionally candid response to a questions about a lost show dog from a reporterContinue reading “Dog loses airline – now THAT’s a story!”
saila: I for one welcome Bezos as washingtonpost’s overlord if this becomes the voice of its Twitter account (ht @susinsky)
If Peter Thiel Calls…
I’m a crotchety old guy. I worry about all these new companies. I’m glad that they’re easier to start, but the problem is, they’re just as hard to finish as they have always been. Mike Olson — “Student Entrepreneurs: If Peter Thiel Calls — Hang Up” (via donnabrewingtonwhite) Source: donnabrewingtonwhite
I doth protest
The Exhibition place is not someplace to come and get sick. Except of course, if we make you sick by putting you on a ride but that’s a different story. David Bednar, general manager of The Ex, as quoted in “Food vendor remains closed during wait for test results after 34 fall ill at CNE”Continue reading “I doth protest”
Dude, Where’s My Car?
“With a massive database of one BILLION vehicle sightings and the addition of up to 50 million new sightings each month, Vehicle Sightings provide valuable information for both locating subjects and investigating the historical whereabouts of both individuals and vehicles,” advertises TLO, a data broker that caters to lawyers, private investigators, law enforcement and insuranceContinue reading “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
Tutorspree Blog: How Google is Killing Organic Search
tutorblog: Google won search by providing the best organic results users had ever seen. Ever since then, organic has been fading from the SERPS, losing ground to revenue generating Google products. 13% That’s the amount of real estate given to true organic results in a search for “auto mechanic” when… Tutorspree Blog: How Google isContinue reading “Tutorspree Blog: How Google is Killing Organic Search”
The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs
thegongshow: According to a quick scan of financial history in Google, Tesla has raised roughly $1.8BN in a combination of equity and debt over the past 4 years. The vast majority has gone to R&D, Manufacturing, Capex, etc… In that same time frame Ford has spent roughly $16BN on Ads and Marketing. That’s an… TheContinue reading “The Gong Show: Product vs Marketing Dollars Trade-offs”
Standard Deviation, Explained Intuitively
John Maeda tweeted this link to an excellent, intuitive explanation of Standard Deviation by Amar Sagoo. Standard Deviation, Explained Intuitively