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Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe on the Tech Backlash of 2017

Xconomy

Or perhaps in the case of 2017, with its litany of data security breaches, social media manipulations, and allegations of sexual harassment, to just wring out the old.

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Privacy Advocate Richard Holober on the Tech Backlash of 2017 

Xconomy

We’ve just passed a year full of news about the role of technology companies in U.S. elections, democracy, free speech, fairness in hiring, sexual harassment, privacy, data security, and the future job market for humans in the age of robots and artificial intelligence.

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With New Program, DARPA To Encourage Safety “Brakes” For Gene Editing

Xconomy

Editas, which could be the first of the group to begin human studies, wants to start a trial for a rare eye disease in 2017. ” Some academic researchers and biotech firms are building safety nets into other cutting-edge therapies. Editas’s approach to safety, she said, is a “thoughtful design.”

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

I widened my net this year. The startups selected for this year’s list began, as it did last year, with a master list of companies screened by the San Diego Venture Group for its annual venture summit. I am grateful to Mike Krenn, the venture group’s president, for his help on this project.

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6 Keys to Becoming an Influencer for More Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Actively participating in social media is the place to start, including blogging and positively responding to customer feedback, to build a growing crowd of followers. The net effect is that influencers can rely more heavily on the less expensive “pull” marketing, rather than traditional “push” marketing.

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Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More

Xconomy

And once in a while, a defender uses his or her face, inadvertently, to block a ball spiked over the net. Everyone is waiting until 2017, when huge studies of the drugs’ ability to prevent heart attacks and strokes start to provide data. Data from the other three trials should come in late 2016 or early 2017.

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Carrier Network Infrastructure: How to Find Local Vendors to Expand Your Capacity

Southern California Edison Blog

T-Mobile and Sprint, for example, invested billions of dollars in 2017 to bring 5G service to customers in the US by 2019.¹. Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps. To determine if local providers have the coverage you need, start by assessing their on-net maps. They aren’t the only ones.