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Will ‘Technology’ Survive the Recession?

Atom Thought

Motorola, Microsoft, Intel and even Google announce layoffs and office closures. Is 2009 worse than 2001? Looking back at 2001, IT spending declined by over 6% after a previous year increase of 16%, that was really a bad hit, and if we compare the same to 2009, we are much better off so far! Circuit City declares bankruptcy!

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

Direct Marketing Observations

In January, 2000, few people had heard of Google. Newsroom employment would peak in 2001 as newsstand sales of the top 100 magazines approached 30 million. Meanwhile, US newsroom employment fell to a 25-year low and magazine newsstand sales dropped 63% from of their 2001 peaks. Online advertising was banners and e-mails.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

A Stanford grad with two degrees in computer science, Marissa is known for long tenure at Google, where she was the company’s first female engineer and later served in different VP roles. Ory is Policy Manager Africa for Google in Nairobi, and co-founder of Mzalendo/Ushahidi. @marissamayer. She was recently named CEO of Yahoo!,

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

Webbiquity SMM

Glen served as mayor in Hamilton, NJ, during the 2001 anthrax attacks when the regional postal facility located in the community received and distributed anthrax-tainted letters. Epi is a pioneer in the crowdsourcing ad model, and Founder & CEO of Ludvik + Partners @LAdvertising in NYC. Epirot Ludvik Nekaj – @LPlus.

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