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Does Google’s Motorola sale signal the end of its bid to become like Apple?
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Cultish isolation: the most harmful side-effect of all those Silicon Valley office perks?
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Creativity and innovation: the only way PRs can outgun massive ad agencies
The advertising industry is going through big changes and that means opportunities for PR firms to compete for large marketing budgets normally allocated for…
What The New York Times tells us about the weaknesses of native advertising
Native advertising is the world’s worst idea and I can’t believe the New York Times management is so gullible and clueless in agreeing to…
Blogging was supposed to topple mass media — so what happened?
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Is Business Insider really worth $100m?
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What PandoDaily’s NSFW merger tells about the state of tech reporting
Tech news site PandoDaily is merging with NSFW, a magazine based in Las Vegas, in a bid to “double down on investigative reporting.” The…
Pierre Omidyar adds staff to news venture, but who’ll cover Silicon Valley?
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All of Google’s big work perks aren’t really necessary for keeping top talent
There’s enormous competition for software engineers and many companies offer an ever larger array of work perks convinced that it will help them recruit…
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