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Is virtual reality the future of social networking?

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The VR industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, reaching over $27 billion in 2018. Market analysts predict the worldwide VR market...

Social Media

You talking to me? Twitter’s email recommendations appear to be going near real-time

Piers Dillon Scott10 years ago

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Twitter's email recommendations go near real-time by recommending who you should follow based on who you followed in the past few hours.

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Confused by social media? Here’s what you need to get started

Laura McGreary10 years ago

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If you want to know how to social network Laura McGreary has a look at some of the introductory tools available from finding content to interacting.

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Internet permanence and posting online: A simple guide

Darren McCarra10 years ago

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With the volume of personal content we share online increasing at a staggering rate the issue of internet permanence and the question should I post this online becomes more relevant.

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How one Google+ user created what could be Google Ripples’ largest graph so far

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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It started out as a challenge but Google+ user Keyan Mobli's Google+ post has given us significant early insights into the Google+ ecosystem.

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Facebook is now the most +1’d social network online, Google+ now in second place

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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Facebook is now the most +1'd social networking site online with over than 1,000 more +1s than Google+

Brains Byte Back

Brains Byte Back interviews startups and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. We explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity. If you’re interested in ideas that push the needle, and future-proofing yourself for the new information age, join us every other Friday for new episodes. Brains Byte Back guests include founders, CEOs, and other influential individuals making a big difference in society, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies.

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One week before the pandemic hit, unaware of what was about to take place worldwide, Taylor Hersom quit his job as a Chief Information Security Officer for a local firm in Austin, Texas in the hopes of finding a similar position elsewhere.

Between working at Deloitte where he advised Fortune 500 companies on compliance and security tactics, and his more recent position at the local firm, Hersom didn’t anticipate finding a new job to be a difficult feat.

However, as the pandemic set in, his interview offers dried up, and he turned to UpWork in pursuit of a job. In the beginning, he applied for as many posts as he could find in order to build up his review score.

He began taking on clients and quickly realized that startups needed a lot of help with security and compliance, and he knew this could become a genuine business for him. But what he didn’t realize was just how in demand his services would be.

As time went on, Hersom moved away from UpWork and took on staff to build a team in order to meet demand. Shortly after this, on January 1, 2021, his new company Eden Data was born.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, Hersom, CEO and Founder of Eden Data, shares how the team has grown in such a short period of time by taking a positive approach to security instead of the traditional fear-based approach.

In other words, instead of securing customers using fears tactics such as telling prospects if they get hacked they will be fined, receive bad PR, or be hated, Hersom advocates that strong security can show prospects that you care about them and their data, which can successfully close more deals.

Hersom also shares how their subscription approach to security and compliance has helped them stand out in this market, allowing them to scale alongside the startups they work with.