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7 Keys to Positive Results Utilizing Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. Social Marketology ,” outlined the best set of steps I have seen so far for the new world: Focus on desired outcomes first. Ric Dragon, an expert in online marketing, in his classic book.

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

socalTECH

You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted. Cody Simms: Techstars tripled down on Los Angeles in 2016 with the launch of three investment and mentorship programs for startups through which we will be investing in more than 30 startups per year in LA.

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Facebook Touts Countermeasures to Election Hacking: Are They Enough?

Xconomy

Facebook expanded its mea culpa on Monday for failing to prevent “bad actors” such as Russian entities from using the social media platform to distort democratic processes—notably the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Company CEO Mark Zuckerberg had already announced Friday. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Cybersecurity Firm Illumio’s Alan Cohen on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

Any year-end review of technology news must also include reports on Russian hacking of the 2016 election campaign, and the manipulation of social media channels to spread false and divisive political messages.

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Apple Touts New Privacy Moves as Antitrust Probes Loom for Big Tech

Xconomy

But the growing concern about the pervasive control of tech giants in arenas such as social media, advertising, and e-commerce stemmed first from revelations about consumers’ lack of meaningful control over the privacy of their personal data.

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Family & Kids’ Advocate Shum Preston on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages.

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Congress Urges Tech Firms To Control Content—But With Qualms

Xconomy

At Congressional hearings this week on Russia’s use of social media to interfere with the 2016 U.S. But as senators grilled tech company executives at a Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, the discussion often veered to the actions of the big three social.

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