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Tech Giants Grapple With User Privacy and Misinformation
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by Nancy K. Herther
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Two days of congressional testimony on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal betrayed two realities when it comes to the security of user information on social media platforms: Mark Zuckerberg and other tech giants have much to learn about user data privacy, and members of Congress--who are responsible for protecting the rights of citizens--clearly have little in-depth knowledge about the inner workings of these platforms.
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'Amazon Made Prime Indispensable--Here's How' by Seth Fiegerman
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Seth Fiegerman writes on CNN Tech, "Last week, Bezos revealed that Prime now has more than 100 million members around the world, lured by the promise of a frictionless experience for all their shopping needs online and, increasingly, offline too."
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Reuters Announces Europe's Most Innovative Universities
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Reuters put out its third annual ranking of Europe's Most Innovative Universities, which is based on data from Clarivate Analytics' Derwent Innovation and Web of Science.
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hoopla Book Club Offers Simultaneous-Use Ebooks and Audiobooks
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hoopla digital started the hoopla Book Club to help libraries keep up with the demand of multiple book club members reading the same book.
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New Gale Archive Promotes Study of Political Extremism
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Gale is introducing a new primary source archive, Political Extremism & Radicalism in the Twentieth Century: Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
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Wiley Works to Make Textbooks More Affordable
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Wiley rolled out Wiley Inclusive Access, "a comprehensive program to partner with leading content platform providers"--Barnes & Noble College, Follett, RedShelf, and VitalSource. ...
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What's New With Amazon
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Amazon has had a busy 2018 … well, it's always busy. It's Amazon. The president has continued to complain about the company, and Gizmodo speculates that his executive order calling for a review of the U.S. Postal Service's practices is another way to attack Amazon. There are reports of employee mistreatment, questionable (loose) associations with Breitbart and the National Rifle Association (NRA), and more controversies: pressuring its tenants in Seattle, ignoring scams in CreateSpace, and mismanaging the Kindle Store.
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