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Facebook, Txt at U of Minn for Crisis Communications
I saw yesterday that the University of Minnesota had developed a text-messaging system for quick notification of students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus emergency. Then today in my list of Facebook groups recently joined by my friends, I saw that they have a Facebook group for the same purpose. I think [...]
The End of Cable TV as We Know It?
Cable TV companies resist a la carte offerings of channels because they want subscribers to buy tiers of service. If we could opt to receive only the dozen or so channels we regularly watch and not pay for others, that would be good for us as consumers, but not for the cable companies or the [...]
What technology will disrupt your industry?
Businessweek outlines the problems facing the music industry, and some potential industry responses, in an article published online yesterday. The Internet has wreaked all sorts of havoc on the traditional recorded-music model. For decades labels have been signing bands, paying for their first record and video, moving the music to radio and retailers, organizing concert [...]
Here Comes Another Bubble