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Five years ago Mark Zuckerberg debuted a bold vision of global internet. It didn’t go as planned—forcing Facebook to reckon with the limits of its own ambition.

This revealing portrait of the early days of Silicon Valley was Tom Wolfe's final piece for Esquire.

What we learned about Russian election meddling by reading all 3,517 Facebook ads they were pushing from 2015 to 2017.

The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?

depressed sabbatical is not de best sabbatical I have a good job. I teach at a nice college, with lots of benefits. As one of those benefits, every few years, professors earn a sabbatical. Professors …

Countless artists have covered the song, from Elvis Presley and The Beatles to Mick Jagger and Prince

How do I deal with the stigma of depression, particularly as it happened to a once high-flying female executive like myself, going back to the workplace?

Born in Satoshi Nakamoto’s mind, blockchain technology allows peer-to-peer networks to be created, without the use of a third-party centralized coordinators. Creating a decentralized digital ledger that records data over time, which cannot be deleted and is publicly available, can change the world we live in as we know it. Here are some of the biggest industries that blockchain technology will disrupt in the coming years. 7. Education Plagiarism and fraud haunt academia, as more often than not it’s easier to take shortcuts than to do the whole thing. Once again, blockchain technology can prevent people from saying they did

The social network has turned itself into one of the world’s most influential technology giants, and wants to become ever more powerful

The benefits of digital twin simulation technology, digital twin and connected product use cases and digital twin predictions 2018 and beyond.

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Technology is turning consumers into passive purchasers - all the more reason for companies to keep the faith and invest in their brands, MediaCom's global chief strategy officer says.

Here’s a look at some of the key differences between startup culture in the U.S. and India.

What is a behavioral interview and how do you prepare for one? This behavioral interview guide includes questions and tips for answering them.

Opinion: Customers should be in charge of the information companies have about them, and companies need to be liable if they misuse it.

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Luxury skin care sales outperform mass-market. High-end beauty is the fastest growing segments of the industry. But new digital-first indie skin care brands are winning affluent consumers with innovative marketing and organic products. Read the Luxe Digital report to understand the trends shaping the beauty industry.

Wharton professors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs are fueling an entire generation of Warby Parkers. Now there are more than 400 startups tackling products from toothbrushes to bras. What could go wrong?

AI assistants will transform how companies and customers connect.

Humans 101 How the ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Color Wheel Explains Humanity Move over, Myers-Briggs Hi, all! You’re probably here looking for my color wheel article. Well, Medium put it behind a …

Creative agencies are over-emphasizing “what” to offer (focusing on resources/services) and overlooking “why” clients are turning to consultancies to begin with.

We look to Dickens, Darwin and current industry insiders for what's ahead for advertising agencies. It's going to get weird.

This was where all the misfit toys, moody weirdos and defiant outcasts who didn't fit on the grunge bandwagon went to play

See how digital is transforming luxury retail and what the future has in store with our in-depth report on the future of luxury retail.

Facebook was forged in its founders image. So unlike traditional companies—say Google or Microsoft—Zuckerberg’s silence has already harmed his bottom line.

Most brand and agency marketing executives (58%) say they employ creative (nontechnical) marketing freelancers. Check out the details of this marketing study.