Social Media - STEVE FAKTOR

Facebook IPO & the Dark, Dirty Secrets of Facebook vs. Google Data

As I baked muffins to celebrate Facebook’s IPO, it occurred to me that there’s one HUGE, unspoken difference between the data people reveal to Facebook and what Google collects through search and other tools. It’s this: Facebook knows the image you want to project to the world – your “social resume”. Beautiful vacation photos; that perfect profile photo you Photoshopped so much […]

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The Journalist’s Last Laugh: The Liberation of Digital Media Talent

As a journalism student at NYU, I remember my immigrant dad interrogating me suspiciously about a profession he couldn’t possibly understand. He asked me the kinds of questions you’d expect from an engineer who just risked everything to drag his family out of the Soviet Union. “How will you make money?” he’d ask in his

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The 15 Faces of Facebook and What to Sell Them

I’ve had a Facebook account since early 2007, but resisted its advances like catcalls from drunken sailors. My first few friend requests didn’t exactly inspire hope – random co-workers, curious exes, and forgotten classmates . What kind of voyeuristic, Orwellian nightmare was this?? And, why were my ‘friends’ so damn old and frumpy?! Where were

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How Killing the Angry Bird Will Save American Entrepreneurship

Hyper-connected tech blogger Robert Scoble, recently wrote about treating startups more critically. Robert found himself meeting with lots of crappy, over-funded, digital startups that desperately need more time in the oven, an intervention by Dr. Drew, or more likely, Dr. Kevorkian. (My words, not Robert’s.) Not only am I seeing the same things, but I’d take it a step further. I

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In ‘The Matrix’, the Pudgy Nerds Will Rule

It’s been happening before your very eyes. Yet, you’ve failed to act. You’re both victim and accomplice. Shepherd and sheep. Unfortunately, it might already be too late. No, this isn’t the script for Tom Cruise’s next Scientology recruitment video. It’s my vision of a future where the virtual world is all-consuming and far more relevant

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Innovation in Politics? I’m not Kidding!

It seems you’re likelier to find Amy Winehouse up bright and early, going for a run, than to find an American politician untainted by special interests. Unfortunately, that’s the usual angle we see when talking about the relationship between politics and business. Let me suggest another: innovation. That’s right, innovation. The Democratic campaign has been

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Figure it out, Abdul — The Trump-Harris Debate Surprise

Is Google rAIcist? | The McFuture Podcast

Are We The Baddies? My Putin-Tucker Revelations

The Morality Map for Leaders

Decolonized, Demoralized, Dehumanized: The Lost Israel-Palestine Narratives [The McFuture Podcast]

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