Have you ever wondered, how websites know how many people look at a particular product? Ophir Harpaz investigated:
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Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater”
This article previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review. The type of disruption most companies and government agencies are facing is a once-in-every-few-centuries event. Disruption today is…Valid question…
Source: Steve Blank Why Companies and Government Do “Innovation Theater” Instead of Actual Innovation
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Five Deadly Product Management Sins
Five Deadly Sins in Product Management. - No One Understands What You Do
- Not Being Effective
- Being Tactical and Not Strategic
- No Formal Career Plan
- Not Enjoying Your Job
These are, apart from being strategic, probably all solid advises for any other role. The article is a lot more verbose on why these are relevant for Product Management.
Learn about the five deadly sins that can stop people from rising quickly in Product Management. Avoid these and keep them from killing your career.
Source: Five Deadly Product Management Career Sins | 280 Group
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Coin Master – Abzocke mit Fun
Jan Böhmermann hat schon am 10. Oktober mit folgendem Video auf potentiell unseriöse Vorgehen einer App namens “Coin Master” hingewiesen. Bis dahin ist mir das Spiel nicht aufgefallen, weil mir der gesamte Duktus solcher Werke schon zweifelhaft erscheint und ich deshalb kategorisch die Finger davon lasse. Virtuelle Schlumpfbeeren zu kaufen kann keinen realen Gegenwert bieten.
Die Analyse, die im Rahmen des Neo Magazin Royale stattfindet, setzt sich investigativ mit dem Hersteller und dem zugrundeliegenden Modell auseinander. Darüber hinaus hat die Redaktion mit Glücksspielsuchtforscher Tobias Hayer für eine Analyse des Geschäftsmodells gearbeitet. Der knapp 20 Minuten lange Beitrag aus der Sendung ist hier:
Aufgrund der Recherche durch die Neo Magazin Royale Redaktion prüft die Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Schriften seit heute offenbar eine Indizierung des Spiels “Coin Master“.
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What you do is who you are.
Ben Horowitz, of Andreessen Horowitz (software is eating the world), wrote a new book. It is titled “What you do is who you are.“, and will, following the announcement, discuss corporate cultural standards and how they changed over the years, of course with a particular focus on the tech industry. It’s a hot candidate for this winters reading list.
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Mozilla unveils YouTube recommendation horror stories
Somehow, a fun read. Still problematic, and somewhat scary, at the scale YouTube relies on recommendations.
YouTube Horror Stories Mozilla gathered 28 user-submitted stories, detailing incidents where YouTube’s recommendation served videos featuring racism, conspiracies, and violence.
Source: Mozilla unveils 28 horror stories about YouTube’s recommendation algorithm
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Facebook Video engagement.
Facebook would pay $40 million to resolve claims how the company falsely reported Video usage numbers. Given the industry faced incredible growth of the video market over the past decade, companies shifted their strategy, agencies invested, campaigns were created for that single purpose alone. In the context of how the business grew, these alleged numbers are neglegible.
“The average viewership metrics were not inflated by only 60%-80%; they were inflated by some 150 to 900%,”
via hollywoodreporter.com.It is, however, not the first time Facebook was caught reporting incorrect numbers.
via link.
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Thoma Bravo to buy Sophos
Sophos Logo Both company announce the plans for the acquisition today. The private equity company Thoma Bravo plans to buy the UK-based cyber-security giant Sophos for $7.40 per share, for a total value of $3.9 billion, at a 37% market premium.
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Susan K. “Kathy” Land elected IEEE President
IEEE – Advancing Technology for Humanity IEEE’s Spectrum reports Susan K. “Kathy” Land has been selected as the 2020 IEEE President Elect.