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The Drill Down 326: The Fight to Be Forgotten (preview)

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This week, the FCC hears your Net Neutrality concerns, Twitter gets less tweety, Dogecoin suffers much hack, so heist, Why Apple may be banking on Beats Electronics, the Google court ruling that could change the web, and more…

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EU Court Rules Google Should Edit History

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By Dwayne De Freitas

Today the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that if someone searches your name, and the results that show up list information that you don’t care to be remembered, you can request that the search engine company posting those results, remove those links or otherwise remove the data.

The Ruling that could change the face of the Web

The Court ruled this way using the principle of “right to be forgotten.” RTBF, as we’ll call it, means that when it comes to search engine results about individual people (in this case, EU citizens), those people now have the ability to request that certain bits of information about their lives be removed since they believe those results are no longer relevant. Continue reading →

The Drill Down 323: A Companion Through Time and Space Forever (preview)

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This week, Twitter & LinkedIn benefit from a mobile boom, are wearables dead in the water already?, Did the FCC just hammer the final nail in Net Neutrality’s coffin? Netflix raises fees, Amazon goes for HBO– and smartphones, what happens when a hashtag backfires on you, and much more…

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The Drill Down 322: Lab Vaginas and Space Twins (preview)

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Well, we weren't about to put up a picture of the vaginas.

This week, Google Glass opens to the public for one day, Did the NSA know about Heartbleed…and exploit it?, Google invests in drones, nature docs come to the Oculus Rift, lab vaginas, space twins and much more…

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Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

The Drill Down 321: The Bleeding Heart of the Net (preview)

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This week, the heart of internet security is bleeding, stock traders game the system, a Twitter to destabilize Cuba, Game of Thrones pushes piracy to a new high, & are we at 3D printing’s tipping point? All this and more…

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Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.

Five Social Media and Branding Lessons From the Sochi Olympics

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The following is a guest post.

The winter Olympics in Sochi have been a spectacle full of amazing performances, controversy and memorable moments. These events have had the world’s attention for the entirety of the games, as individuals from different countries came together to celebrate athletic tradition and international relationships.

The hype surrounding the Olympics was not limited to traditional media, as social-media channels served as spheres of discussion regarding the games. The way in which the Olympics were represented on social media and events from the games themselves offer important lessons about social media. Below is a list of five branding lessons that can be taken away from the Olympics in Sochi. Continue reading →

The Drill Down 316: On My Last Optic Nerve (preview)

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This week, the British NSA (GCHQ) snoops on millions of webcams, Apple’s CarPlay, Google’s modular cellphone, Microsoft’s version of Siri, Facebook to launch drones, the selfie that broke Twitter, and much more.

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Hosts are Geeks of Doom contributor Andrew Sorcini (Mr. BabyMan), marketing research analyst Dwayne De Freitas, and Box tech consultant Tosin Onafowokan. Occasionally joining them is Startup Digest CTO Christopher Burnor.