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It's Time for a Social Media and Disinformation Reckoning: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 6
2020-02-13 21:23:57| TechNewsWorld
Can social media be saved? Can democracy be saved? The first question may seem less compelling than the second, but to some very worried observers, they are intimately entwined. Social networking -- on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and a host of other online networks -- is the root of all current cultural evils, in the eyes of some critics. Undeniably, social networks offer positive experiences too.
The Two Faces of Open Source: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 5
2020-02-06 20:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The open source software movement has evolved dramatically over the past two decades. Many businesses that once considered open source a threat now recognize its value. In spite of increased enthusiasm among enterprises, consumer interest by and large has not materialized. With large companies increasingly embracing open source, what does it mean to be a part of the FOSS "community"?
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From Personal to Planetary: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 4
2020-01-30 21:47:17| TechNewsWorld
We asked ECT News Network's roundtable of industry insiders to reflect on their own personal tech preferences, to speculate on what popular gadgets may vanish from use in the next decade, to consider the role of wearable health tools -- and then to expand the discussion to the health of the planet, tech advances in traveling on it, and the prospect of leaving it altogether.
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Grabbing the Cybersecurity and Privacy Problems by the Horns: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 3
2020-01-23 22:26:57| TechNewsWorld
Cybersecurity and privacy threats aren't confined to the tech world. They've cast their pall on the world in general. Computer viruses, malware and data leaks have become commonplace, personal privacy has become a bad joke, and cyberwar looms like a virtual mushroom cloud. What sometimes gets lost in the gloom are the many ways security professionals have been working to shore up cyberdefenses.
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Business/Customer Sweet Spots: ECT News Roundtable, Episode 2
2020-01-16 22:11:35| TechNewsWorld
If you're a small business owner or a key member of an enterprise executive team, you want your firm to succeed. If you're a customer, you want to be treated well. Those goals are not diametrically opposed, but very often it seems that companies and customers are at cross-purposes. ECT News Network recently gathered together five technology experts who did some hard thinking on the subject.
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