By releasing the software to members of the public, Skype may have done some serious damage to their...

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By releasing the software to members of the public, Skype may have done some serious damage to
their reputation, regardless of the advances they have made in translation technology and the years
of research spent on it. They will have to work quickly before the service is released beyond the
preview stage if they want to outshine Google.
Jonha Revesencio
Brand digital marketer, storyteller exploring productivity, business and technology.
I reached out to Marina Janeiko, a friend of mine who has been a nomad UI/UX designer travelling
around Europe, Asia and America for about 6 years now, to ask a few questions on what to prepare
for before going nomadic.
Welcome news this week from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. By a vote of 11 to 1, the
court overturned its injunction against the controversial video called "Innocence of Muslims" that it
had ordered off YouTube back in February 2014.
Tom Rubin
Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School
The key here is in understanding that there is a need to foster an insight around what UX is, the
roles and responsibilities it has, and how the UX function interacts with other business functions.
Sarah Deane
User Experience Design Leader, Founder of effectUX.com @effectUX, Author of 4HourUX
Coming out of my digital detox surgery, I can say with confidence that I view things a lot differently.
When you stop looking at your phone, you start seeing the type of disturbing behaviours we have
become accustomed to.
Jessica Young
Entrepreneur and former television, newspaper and online reporter

2. Regardless of Web 3.0 collective intelligence--and the 128GB smartphone in the pocket--the digital
crutches are stripped away as the startup founder takes the stage to tell her startup story and seek
venture capital funding.
For those who haven't heard, Apple has moved up in the world. And no, this time I'm not talking
about their stock price. Instead, I'm talking about their status within the hallowed walls of
Selfridges, London's iconic department store and inspiration behind the hit TV series Mr Selfridge.
Israel is known for becoming the second Silicon Valley owning to its talented and highly motivated
human-power, equipped with the abilities to create something from nothing. The emerging fields of
IOT, robotics and wearable had in recent years produced innovative and exciting products.
Ariel Shapira
Israeli entrepreneur who had founded several startup companies and is currently employed as a
marketing consultant.
San Diego's Crawford High school where I graduated in 1977 was once determined by the California
Department of Education to be the most diverse high school in the state. Since California is the most
diverse state, I will stretch things a bit to say I went to the most diverse high school in the nation.
Benjamin A. Davis
Professor of digital journalism and author of 'The Digital Media Pyramid'
If the paquete is a product of some Cuban ministry or other, the Castros are going to have to
'splaining to do if they ever sit down with the Justice Department.
Burt Rutan, the legendary aerospace engineer and designer of the Ansari XPRIZE-winning
SpaceShipOne, explains how the achievement a couple of bicycle shop owners (Orville and Wilbur
Wright) inspired the most significant individuals in the first century of aerospace.
XPRIZE

3. Making the Impossible Possible
Such was the title of a book by Norbert Wiener, the father of cybernetics. In his book, published in
1950, Wiener pondered on the social questions and consequences of automation, at a time when the
computer age was still an idea in a few people's heads.
Meetings may be toxic, but calendars are the superfund sites that allow that toxicity to thrive. All
calendars suck. And they all suck in the same way. Calendars are a record of interruptions. And
quite often they're a battlefield over who owns whose time.
Several key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, enacted in the wake of 9/11, have afforded the
government considerable access to electronic communications records. Some of them expire at the
end of May, and their future is mired in uncertainty.
Edward J. Black
President and CEO, Computer and Communications Industry Association
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