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Kara Swisher: How Silicon Valley Tech Bros Ruined Media

Kara Swisher: How Silicon Valley Tech Bros Ruined Media | Communications Major | Scoop.it

In 30 years as a tech reporter, Kara Swisher had a front-row seat to Silicon Valley’s obliteration of the media. In ‘Burn Book,’ she shares what she learned from covering Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Larry Page, and the other tech titans.

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What Twitter Can Be by Chris Sacca

What Twitter Can Be by Chris Sacca | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Here is the 8,000-word piece about what Twitter can be, written by shareholder Chris Sacca. The piece was written just days before Twitter ousted CEO Dick Costolo in favor of replacing him with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.


Twitter has its loyal users, but its struggle remains in getting people comfortable with using the social network and coming back to it again and again. Many users sign up, but abandon accounts.

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Oracle's Larry Ellison Steps Down as CEO, But Will Keep a Hand on the Steering Wheel

Oracle's Larry Ellison Steps Down as CEO, But Will Keep a Hand on the Steering Wheel | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Mr. Ellison’s 25 percent stake in the company — and dual role as chairman and chief technology officer — ensure he’s far from relinquishing control, Robert Cyran of Reuters Breakingviews writes.

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Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Is Blowing Money on Ridiculous Things Like a $7M Great Gatsby-Themed Party

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Is Blowing Money on Ridiculous Things Like a $7M Great Gatsby-Themed Party | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Marissa Mayer has got to go. That's the whole point of a 99-page presentation submitted today to Yahoo's board. The Golden Girl of tech took over the fledgling business in 2012 to much fanfare.

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What's Next for Dorsey's Twitter

What's Next for Dorsey's Twitter | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Product cadence" and "momentum of execution." Those were the buzzwords repeated by Twitter's incoming interim CEO Jack Dorsey and outgoing CEO Dick Costolo, in an exclusive interview on CNBC Friday morning, following news of a management overhaul.


Dorsey, Twitter's co-founder, the company's Chairman, and also Square's CEO, broadcast loud and clear that the company's already working hard on changes to make Twitter more appealing. He likes the plan, and he's sticking with it.

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Google Glass Wearer Attacked in San Francisco Bar. Was It a Hate Crime?

Google Glass Wearer Attacked in San Francisco Bar. Was It a Hate Crime? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Last week, Sarah Slocum, a San Francisco-based tech writer, wore Google Glass to a bar and was cursed out and assaulted by two women who ripped the Glass off her face. In Facebook post responding to the attack, Slocum called it a “hate crime,” but the media response has ranged from hostile to dismissive. Newser's Matt Cantor referred to Slocum as a "Glasshole" and New York magazine's Adam Martin called her argument an "overly fraught discussion of some idiocy that happened on the kind of drunken night you would usually want to forget.

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