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Elon Musk advocates for universal basic income instead of second stimulus check

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants his followers to know he still supports universal basic income, even though he thinks another coronavirus stimulus package from the U.S. government is a bad idea.

In a Twitter thread published early Friday morning, Musk tweeted that any additional stimulus package from Congress is “not in the best interests of the people,” and emphasized the point by pinning the tweet at the top of his Twitter profile.

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Bitcoin, Money Talk, Twitter

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has made a bold prediction about Bitcoin

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Bitcoin has had a troubled start to 2019 with many predicting the long-running bitcoin bear market, which has seen the bitcoin price fall by some 80% over the last 12 months, could run on well into this year.

Not all are predicting doom and gloom for bitcoin, however. And now the chief executive of microblogging site Twitter and payments processor Square, Jack Dorsey, has repeated his prediction that bitcoin will “probably” become the internet’s “native currency.”

This isn’t the first time the often controversial Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has said he expects bitcoin to continue growing.

Dorsey, who has previously talked up the potential of bitcoin and decentralized cryptocurrencies, was speaking to podcaster Joe Rogan in a wide-ranging interview that covered bitcoin, blockchain, free speech, and the formation of Twitter and Square.

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Messaging apps are bigger than social networks

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Around the world, users are logging in to messaging apps to chat with friends and to connect with brands, browse merchandise, and watch content. What were once simple services for exchanging messages, pictures, videos, and GIFs have evolved into expansive ecosystems with their own developers, apps, and APIs.

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Business, facebook, Internet, Marketing, Science & Technology News, Twitter

The 5 trends that will change how social media is used in 2015

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According to a recent Duke University study, social media spending at companies, currently represents 9% of marketing budgets, and that’s forecast to rise to nearly 25% within five years, but half of marketers interviewed said they couldn’t show what impact social media had on their business – at all.   Continue reading… “The 5 trends that will change how social media is used in 2015”

Analysis, Business, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Social Media, Twitter

Social media changes the way the news covers conflicts around the world

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Social media has changed the way news organizations cover conflicts around the world, but traditional journalistic values are still vital. These were the conclusions from a panel at the Web Summit conference in Dublin. The conference featured representatives from Time, Vice News and News Corporation-owned social curation service Storyful.

 

 

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Analysis, Education, facebook, Internet, Science & Technology News, Social Media, Twitter

Why high schools should teach social media skills to students

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Social media is a very real and ongoing aspect of our everyday lives.

Recently, there has been some discussion on what schools should be teaching students. The United Kingdom announced last month to add cybersecurity to its curriculum in response to a lack of education in the field and the rising industry skills gap.

 

 

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Analysis, Business, facebook, Human Behavior, Internet, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News, Twitter

Top 7 social media psychology studies that will make us better marketers

Social media is changing the way we relate to each other.

Social media is still a young and new form of communication. It’s too early to take anything as a given, so we’re all experimenting, testing and learning together. New studies and research are showing us more about how social media is changing the way we relate to one another, share information and even form our identities.

 

 

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