Sunday, February 04, 2018

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/3/18

Last update: Sunday 2/4/18 @ 12:30 pm
This week's cover = Quarterly reports from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google & Microsoft ... Other top stories = Google expands Howard West to train more Black engineers ... Bezos, Buffett, & Dimon partner to provide health-care for their employees  

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/3/18


A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016



Cover Story ... Big Five tech quarterlies +++++++++
Amazon ... 


  1. Amazon’s stock is surging following another blockbuster earnings report ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Recode, VentureBeat, Fast Company, Engadget, The Verge, NPR
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Apple ...


  1. Why Apple’s biggest quarter ever is a disappointment ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by LA Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, VentureBeat, ZDNet, The Verge, Gizmodo, Fast Company, GeekWire
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Facebook ... 

  1. 8 hours ago
    Facebook reported revenue for the Q4 that beat the highest analyst estimate, but user growth slightly missed estimates ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Recode, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, VentureBeat, Fast Company
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Google ... 


  1. Alphabet’s stock tumbles as Google reports Q4 profit loss ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget, GeekWire
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Microsoft ...
  1. 9 hours ago
    Microsoft reports $28.9 billion in Q2 2018 revenue: Azure up 98%, Surface up 1%, and Windows up 4% by ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NY Times, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, The Verge, GeekWire, Engadget
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A. HBCUs ... Quarter-Dozen
Top Story #1 ... Google expands Howard West +++++++++
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    Howard West serves as the realization of a vision to expand ’s presence to the West Coast. It is also a major step forward for ’s efforts to recruit & retain diverse technical talent. More here: ... via @USAToday ... https://t.co/637tgNzS61 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by TechCrunch, CNET
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  1. BHM Black History Now - The Fisk Rocket Team ... https://t.co/Tm6MDkzfab

  1. 8 hours ago
    2018 Emerging Scholar Profile: Dr. Paddy Guggilla’s Aspiration and Effort in Physics and beyond:
B. Ed Tech  ... Dozen + 2
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    Infographic: How the use of gives grads more confidence in their job prospects
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    The 2018 show how digital technology is remaking through 4 key themes: institutional adaptiveness, improved student outcomes, improved decision- making, and IT adaptiveness.


  1. The consultants who run the e-Literate blog are starting an effort to connect pockets of innovation in higher ed. ... https://t.co/j22bcnAFtF
  1. ‏ @EDUCAUSELI

    2018 Key Issues in Teaching and Learning. Share the infographic with colleagues, and explore each of the issues more deeply:
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    Global Investment Soars to Record High
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Analytics -- higher ed applications ... 


  1. can embrace and to boost rates. via
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Competency-Based Education (CBE) ...
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    In case you missed it, the recording of our webinar Competency-Based Education: Power in the Numbers is now live! Webinar shows a live demo by of our real-time CBE Data Dashboard! Watch it here:
MOOCs, online, blended, flipped ...
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    New Online Proctoring Service Launches in the U.S.


  1. Fall 2016 Top 20 Largest Online Enrollments In US – With Trends Since 2012 ... via ... https://t.co/RmUQqdR9dN

  1. 9 hours ago
    Instructors are turning to high-impact practices that have proved effective in the classroom to make online course experiences more dynamic ... https://t.co/vCtImlYsRZ


  1. Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States is the 14th annual report of the state of online learning in U.S. Higher education. The Survey, conducted by the Babson Survey Research Group with co-sponsors ... https://t.co/B5Vj1xzWmI
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    Full story: Gov. Brown promotes $100 million online community college but faculty concerns remain

    . responds to criticism that proposed online-only college is targeting student population that won't benefit from online learning: "This thinking is inaccurate and, unfortunately, similar to


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    Study suggests ways liberal arts colleges can create online courses ... https://t.co/dP6695MkXS
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Conferences, workshops, Twitter chats, and other events ...
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    We really enjoyed the most recent on . Catch the recap here! ... https://t.co/RgeXVWQ4a4

    How will changes affect Higher Ed? Highlights from a recent :

C. Info Tech  ... Dozen + 2
Top Story #2 ... Bezos + Buffett + Dimon = health care +++++++++


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    With partisan bickering and constant campaigning consuming Washington, more business leaders believe the onus is on them to fill the void left by an ineffective government ... https://t.co/Yg2qQuDybt ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered byred by Bloomberg, ZDNet, Fast Company, Forbes, CNN, Fortune, The Economist
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    The Cartwheel galaxy, visible on the right side of this image, is the product of two colliding galaxies. In space, violent impacts can make for some truly spectacular images. Check out more of this week's space photos here: 📸:

  1. 7 hours ago
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    SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a satellite ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by NASA, The Verge
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ...

  1. Hyper-partisan content is still the best performing on Facebook ... https://t.co/LjttvPNeux

  1. 5 hours ago
    Inside Andrew Ng's new $175,000,000 AI startup fund

  1. 4 hours ago
    Samsung is now the world’s biggest chipmaker
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    Apple is bringing hundreds of billions of overseas dollars back to the U.S.
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FinTech, block chain, bitcoin ...
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    Could the recent run up in the price of Bitcoin have been propped up by one big player? Investors are increasingly worried about the possibility. ... https://t.co/xDktTF0tFO

  1. "On the blockchain” is basically the new “Uber, but for.” Which means if you haven't learned what it is yet, now's the time. Presenting the WIRED Guide to the blockchain ... https://t.co/DIvS6GYTKz
Self-driving and/or electric vehicles ...


  1. The latest numbers on self-driving cars are out and Waymo's winning the race, with GM Cruise in a firm second, and Tesla waiting in the shadows, writes ... via ... https://t.co/JUOiUi8YRL
Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, bots, robotics ...

  1. 6 hours ago
    Chinese and American tech giants are preparing for a showdown that may shape the future of artificial intelligence. ... https://t.co/C3Y4c1Y1n3
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Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
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    China built and paid for the African Union’s computer network – but inserted a backdoor allowing it access to the continental organisation’s confidential information via
Science and technology policies ...
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    Tech Giants Brace for Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules ... via ... https://t.co/8SLY2qrKRg
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    Very exciting news for math and democracy! “Governor Wolf to Enlist Mathematician to Evaluate Redistricting Maps” ... https://t.co/rwLaIoscXE
D. Hackers  ... Dozen - 3


  1. Great kickoff event for The Innovators Studio Launch

     


  1. Can't you see her passion as she pours into our young girls about being SMART and being whatever…

  1. 7 hours ago
    We are excited to hear from tonight’s panel, , Kevin Johnson and Jeff Clawson. Looking forward to our panel sharing tips of success on how to grow your business by spending smart!
Founders, techs, and execs
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    Amazon's high-profile hire from higher education: Candace Thiele... via ... https://t.co/oEFrhzxGSvAssign To
Coding, courses, tutorials, & jobs
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    We dove into the last two year’s worth of search data from our online learning platform to identify the topics you should consider exploring in the months ahead. ... https://t.co/JfbWssxmgq


  1. Machine Learning Explained: Understanding Supervised, Unsupervised, and Reinforcement Learning ... https://t.co/qdF5MDvRcH
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    This week's winner implements a full ML pipeline on cancer image data, all the way from data exploration to a convolutional neural network. Impressive!

  1. 7 hours ago
    After a pair of closings last year, code school expansions are continuing in DC. explores the future of the model.
  1.  17 hours ago
    Boot-camp sector keeps growing while influencing traditional higher education ... via ... https://t.co/t2xRdy2IGY
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    This coding school doesn’t charge students unless they snag a $50,000 tech salary
E. Views -- Comments and Opinions  ... Dozen + 4
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    It's well-known in medical circles that flu vaccines aren’t very effective. But since these vaccines are making pharma companies $3 billion a year, medicine needs a Manhattan Project-style initiative to modernize immunizations. Read 's piece here:
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    At Davos, the Real Star May Have Been China, Not Trump... via ... https://t.co/4lIv38KrdzView Tweet activity
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    It’s Trump’s Economy Now ... via ... https://t.co/HrypPgWIjs
  1. 17 hours ago
    Is the Populist Revolt Over? Not if Robots Have Their Way... via ... https://t.co/czJ1FyEDPf

  1. 17 hours ago
    Many Americans feel positive about artificial intelligence, study says ... via ... https://t.co/ijtuWvT1uahttps://t.co/ijtuWvT1ua Tweet activity
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Long form ... good reads ... :-)


  1. How machine learning and advanced analytics are transforming the NFL
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    Engineer and roboethicist Alan Winfield discusses robot ethics, military robots, emergence, consciousness, and self-awareness this episode of podcast with ... DLL Editor's note -- Some previous episodes can be found here ==> 31, 30, 29


  1. Open source is 20: How it changed programming and business forever by

  1. 7 hours ago
    Check out and 's brand new podcast called DataFramed. He meets with a different data scientist each episode, discussing in-depth the problems they're trying to solve. ... https://t.co/H5umKHwkwN
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    College Rankings Revisited: What Might an Artificial Intelligence Think? ... via ... https://t.co/622PNY3Kc1


  1. Postscript on College Rankings Revisited: Description of methods ... via ... https://t.co/tljCdXAsLX
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F. Chuckles, Shame, and/or Fake News  ... Dozen + 4


  1. Guantánamo Inmates Cheer After Learning Trump Saved Their Home
  1. ‏ @RoyLBeasley
    17 hours ago
    Fact-Checking the Speech ... via ... https://t.co/8Z2TQvdUL7
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    Trump contrives his own reality. His State of the Union address exemplified that, says .
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    Without uttering President Trump's name, Representative Joseph Kennedy III chastised the administration for what he said was its abandonment of the fundamental values for which the U.S. stands ... https://t.co/BNpu1ao8vf
  1.  Feb 1
    Trump’s State of the Union Speech in 90 Seconds ... via via Assign To


  1. Trump Collapses From Exhaustion After Ninety Minutes of Faking Empathy ... via ... https://t.co/xV5AUOrAVS
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  1. Our reporters analyzed the previously secret GOP memo on the Russia inquiry. Here are their notes alongside the memo's full text. ... https://t.co/KENNbdfdeW
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    The Nunes memo isn't nearly the bombshell House Republicans built it up to be—in fact, national security experts are more concerned with what the memo leaves out ... https://t.co/lPbpyHEA5f
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@POTUS45 in his own words ... until #2020 or #25 ... 
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    Tonight, President Trump delivered his first address. He outlined the record-setting accomplishments of his first year and cast an inspiring vision for building a safe, strong, and proud America. ... https://t.co/Tc8uwgjI9b


  1. Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!
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    This memo totally vindicates “Trump” in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!
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    The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!
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    “You had Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party try to hide the fact that they gave money to GPS Fusion to create a Dossier which was used by their allies in the Obama Administration to convince a Court misleadingly, by all accounts, to spy on the Trump Team.” Tom Fitton, JW

  1. 20 hours ago
    “The four page memo released Friday reports the disturbing fact about how the FBI and FISA appear to have been used to influence the 2016 election and its aftermath....The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier....the FBI became....

  2. 20 hours ago
    ...a tool of anti-Trump political actors. This is unacceptable in a democracy and ought to alarm anyone who wants the FBI to be a nonpartisan enforcer of the law....The FBI wasn’t straight with Congress, as it hid most of these facts from investigators.” Wall Street Journal

  1. 20 hours ago
    Great jobs numbers and finally, after many years, rising wages- and nobody even talks about them. Only Russia, Russia, Russia, despite the fact that, after a year of looking, there is No Collusion!
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