A Monmouth University poll showed Biden plunging in voter estimation. It made headlines. Now the university is backing off. It calls its poll an outlier. In other words, it was wrong. These things happen in the survey industry, especially since people are more difficult to contact randomly than ever. Kudos to the university’s director of […]
Posted on August 29th, 2019 by admin
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Who would think that speech to text software would run afoul of copyright law? This is a legal battle Amazon is facing. Its new Captions feature translates audio to text and lets readers follow the written word while hearing it. The software is intended for students in public school settings. Publishers will have none of […]
Posted on August 27th, 2019 by admin
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There is another dropout among Democratic candidates for President — Jay Inslee. That makes three with many more to come. It is a sign of hubris for so many to be in the race. They should have known the chances of rising to the top were slim at best. Yet, they launched political marketing organizations […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2019 by admin
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Presidential candidates and their minders are quick to pick up on any medium that gets their names out to voters. Now they are concentrating on podcasts and YouTube shows, media that barely registered in the last election. There is a good reason for doing so. They reach more young voters than any other type of […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2019 by admin
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The CEOs of 200 companies have issued a new purpose for the corporation that gives shareholders a back seat. It’s heartwarming publicity but the proof will be in performance. Will it last only as long as the next stock meltdown and pressure from institutional investors? A CEO of a troubled company would be foolhardy to […]
Posted on August 20th, 2019 by admin
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Disney, hotel operators and everyone connected to its amusement parks thought the new Star Wars attraction would be a smash hit. So far, they are wrong. The 14-acre section of Disneyland has been an early flop. What happened? And, if Disney, the entertainment giant, can’t get planning right, who else can do better? Disney, after […]
Posted on August 16th, 2019 by admin
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For decades, the gold standard of scientific papers was the peer-reviewed journal printed on paper and expensive to publish and purchase. With the internet, this has changed and printers of these scholarly works are feeling the heat. Scientists are revolting against the cost and slow pace of publishing. They get much of their information for […]
Posted on August 15th, 2019 by admin
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Airbnb, the online home-sharing service, is in serious danger. The threat is bed bugs. Users have been afflicted with bites, welts and rashes while sleeping in rooms let through the company. If Airbnb can’t control the spread of the creature, it will lose its customer base. The challenge is that the company does not have direct […]
Posted on August 14th, 2019 by admin
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Porsche has always been a master of publicity and this is no different. It let an auto journalist test its new EV over and over in fast acceleration. Not surprisingly, the vehicle performed extraordinarily well, launching time after time from 0 to 220 Kilometers per hour. In other words, the car is pure Porsche. It meets […]
Posted on August 13th, 2019 by admin
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Hong Kong’s protesters are testing the limits of China’s patience. They might yet find themselves in a police state without any freedoms they are striking for. It would be terrible PR for Beijing to order troops into the city, but it might not stop them. One can’t forget Tienanmen Square where activists were mowed down by […]
Posted on August 12th, 2019 by admin
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