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Disney Taps Square's Dorsey For Board

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In a move to add some Silicon Valley cred to the company''s board, Burbank-based The Walt Disney Company has added Jack Dorsey, chairman of Twitter and CEO of Square Inc., as a member of its board of directors, Disney said this week. Disney said that Dorsey will serve as an independent director of the company. READ MORE>>.

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Disney Names Playdom's Pleasants, Yahoo's Pitaro As Co-Presidents

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Burbank-based Walt Disney said this weekend that it has promoted John Pleasants, the former CEO of Playdom , as co-President of its Disney Interactive Media Group , along with James Pitaro, most recently of Yahoo! Pleasants joined Disney in July, when Disney paid more than $760M for social games developer Playdom. READ MORE>>.

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Disney Accelerator Demo Day: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, More

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The event, held at Disney's Burbank Studios, included companies demonstrating 3D, Disney-themed printed prosthetic arms; artificial intelligence which allows you to carry on a private conversation with Miss Piggy over social messaging services; brain monitoring headsets; and much more. READ MORE>>.

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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

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’s HQ in Burbank. As a result, Lewis will be our guest along with @seanmalarkey on our upcoming Jeremy’s Desktop (the online version of Tech News , powered by Make It Work) webinar entitled “ Social Media Crash Course.&# I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!,

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How Imperson Is Using Artificial Intelligence To Bring Miss Piggy To Life

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In what was one of the neatest pieces of technology shown at last month's Disney Accelerator in Burbank, an artificial intelligence startup, Imperson (www.imperson.com), showed how it is working on an effort to bring Miss Piggy to life on social media � making it possible for you and I to have a real, life, back and forth conversation with Miss Piggy (..)

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Decisive: Decoding The Emotions Behind Social Sharing

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We recently ran into a Disney Accelerator startup in Burbank, Decisive (https://decisive.is/), which has created software which is able to apply predictive analytics and software to do exactly those things, and more. Is one color better than another for sharing photos? Exactly what is the magic behind if a piece of content goes viral or not?

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Once Upon a Time in Jorts

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is sponsoring and hosting at the their HQ in Burbank, and Make It Work is hosting the AFTERPARTY at Burbank Bar and Grill. Tags: Eric Greenspan make it work customer service mini cooper social media training Twitter. Now I ( @ericgreenspan ) must focus on tomorrow, the #140conf LA Meetup. 245 people registered, Yahoo!

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