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Eric Schmidt Comes to Town
Google's chairman made some stops in Minneapolis today. Here some links and summaries of what some of news organizations thought worth passing on.
I found all these from a Google News Search - of course.
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A small city in North Western Mn, Crookston, highlighted the livestream link for the event before the event happened.
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The Washington Post cared about Eric's remarks about piracy bills currently under consideration.
My favorite quote is: “There are a whole bunch of issues involved with breaking the Internet and the way it works.”send author a comment -
The local Business Journal cared to talk about jobs and the Ford plant site.
My favorite quote: "Our primary way that we create jobs is not through our own employees, but through economic effects."send author a commentGoogle Chairman Schmidt lauds Minneapolis entrepreneurship - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
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MPR covered a number of themes of the day. They addressed Google's love of Advertising, the necessity of connectivity, the current copyright/piracy legislation being considered at the federal level, and the lack of discussion regarding Duluth's failure to "win" a free broadband network.
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The Star Tribune highlighted topics Eric discussed including privacy, data safety, smartphones, Eric's wealth and past interaction with congress, and China.
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The Downtown Journal focused on Eric's enthusiasm for what CoCo is doing, local businesses and the importance of Math studies.
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KARE made Eric's quips about smartphones the core of their reporting.
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Fox was interested in his mobile phone quips and his perspective on the piracy bills in congress now.
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5 focused on the fact that Google is not going to do anything of significance in the city, his excitement for CoCo, The U's use of Google services, the safety of data with them verses not with them, and privacy concerns. Oh... and learn Calculus.
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Bismarck thought it best to amplify the AP.
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Winnipeg jumps in to amplify the AP whom focused exclusively on the piracy topic.
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There was a larger variation in the coverage than I had anticipated finding.