Be the Nerd” Proclaims Zuckerberg
At the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA, there are inspirational mantras displayed on the walls to act as encouragement for anyone passing through. CEO Zuckerberg just contributed “Be the nerd” after he responded to a comment left on his page.
An adoring grandmother posted on Zuckerberg’s wall expressing her admiration for the CEO. She wrote in her message how she always “encourages her granddaughter to talk to the nerds in school, because you never know if they could be the next Mark Zuckerberg!”
Zuckerberg wrote back “Even better would be to encourage them to *be* the nerd in their school, so they can be the next successful inventor. “ The new mantra is trending at Facebook along with the Sheryl Sandberg’s #LeanIn initiative, which if you don’t know what it’s about you can check out her TED talk here. (Source Mashable)
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A Slippery Slope for Yahoo
Yahoo is front and center on the downsizing slope. They recently announced a turnaround strategy that starts with cutting 1600 jobs, around 15% of their workforce. They’ll be shutting down offices in foreign locations like Mexico City, Dubai, Milan, Buenos Aires and Madrid. Yahoo is also eliminating seven digital magazines.
Martha Nelson,Yahoo’s global editor-in-chief,stated,“Yahoo outlined our plan to simplify our business and focus our effort on our four most successful content areas — News, Sports, Finance and Lifestyle.” Shed a tear for Yahoo parenting, travel, auto, or real estate tabs. (Source Investors.com)
The Presidential Winner is…
According to FiveThirtyEight, a site originally founded by big data genius Nate Silver,the next president is Ben Carson with Bernie Sanders coming in second place. While it seems outlandish FiveThirtyEight has had a very successful track recorded predicting past winners. The team of researchers found their results by analyzing Facebook data. Researchers analyzed candidates different pages and likes to produce a nationwide map of the dispersed Facebook “votes.” A Carson versus Sanders showdown seems unlikely but the Facebook tea leaves have spoken.. (Source MSN)
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