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Covering technology cos. for 20 yrs, most recently for https://xitter.cf/t.co/FNmWSgyYlM, previously for USA Today, Dow Jones MarketWatch et al. https://xitter.cf/t.co/RN2DQoKsze

San Francisco
Joined September 2008
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Facebook is shutting down a service that let advertisers target you based on information from 3rd parties, gathered off Facebook, like your purchase history or home ownership newsroom.fb.com/news/h/shutt…
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Facebook says it gave 'nudges' to children to get them to communicate using Messenger Kids cnb.cx/2t94QCY
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They did this after Sandy Hook too. Then, when people stopped paying attention, they started again. xitter.cf/JakeSherman/status/968…
NYT: dicks sporting goods won’t sell assault-style rifles and will not sell any gun to anyone under 21. nytimes.com/2018/02/28/busin…
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Mark Zuckerberg has sold $357 million of stock this month, part of plans to unload up to $12 billion cnb.cx/2EVM8Ah
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Florida shooting shows how hard it will be for Facebook to fight its fake news problem cnb.cx/2GAZi5Y
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Jack Dorsey tells investors Twitter is still too hard for users and advertisers cnb.cx/2EoZQiJ
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Facebook suggesting security app that's actually owned by Facebook and tracks mobile usage cnb.cx/2EXyLjB
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Snap's massive loss in 2017 was almost all the result of stock awards cnb.cx/2s9PopA
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Facebook is talking to advertisers about a more direct assault on YouTube cnbc.com/id/104985262
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Here are all the businesses owned by Google's parent company and how they contribute to revenue cnb.cx/2BQxbNf
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If my math is right, it took me about 423.36 billion flicks to edit this @johnshinal story cnb.cx/2F5EQt4
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At 89, anything with the word “crypt” in it is a real turnoff for me. xitter.cf/MyDCTours/status/95337…
Replying to @boonepickens
@boonepickens Good Afternoon Mr. Pickens! What are your thoughts on Cryptocurrency?
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Adoption of voice-activated speakers is now outpacing that of smartphones in the US, study says cnb.cx/2r9yZ3X
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Disney says Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey are leaving its board as Facebook, Twitter push into media cnb.cx/2AWrv3W
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CIS could write new regulations to narrow or eliminate 3-year H-1B extensions beyond the 6-year limit, based upon Congress' use of the word "may" in the statute. However, Congress used the word "shall" for 1-year extensions which cannot be changed without another act of Congress.
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Facebook executives sold $4 billion in stock last year, more than execs at other large tech firms cnb.cx/2Da681N
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I can attest that @johnshinal was an amazing moderator. Certainly, it's not his fault #blockchain is a male dominated industry. Plus - he didn't choose the panelists! It's #futureofmoney who is produced by a husband and wife team. The key is to attract and train more women2crypto
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...And I'm tired of people taking pitchforks out every time there is a perceived slight. "Grandma" is not a n00b, it's a persona- an institution a symbol of another time... I actually refer to the "Grandma" rule in my book, it's a thing.
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Google pulls YouTube from Amazon's streaming device as battle of tech giants heats up cnb.cx/2BNVih9
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This tech start-up touts "brain-enhancing" pills, but its own study found coffee works better cnb.cx/2BzbQZX
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