Word: networked
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...overload really hit me while at the airport. Once past the souvenir shops and food court, one might reasonably hope to wait for a plane in peace. Yet in most airports, the buzz and whir continues right to the gates, with CNN's Airport Network the prime culprit. Sure, they feed our news addiction and send along the stream of stock prices (the symbols themselves some quixotic mix of advertising and investment), but they don't stop there: One "news" piece, more likely a subtle advertisement for a product or resort, is followed by the CNN logo and theme music...
...Chief among them: its broadband Internet service, which has 100,000 customers; its cellular-phone system and the potential of new, third-generation cellular technology to enable Internet access; and rights to a valuable deal signed by Murdoch's Star TV to provide television shows for HKT's broadband network. He eventually offered shareholders a package of shares and cash that could cost him $12 billion...
...they should think about that stuff or find someone who will. "A lot of CEOs are beginning to realize that the human-resources expert may be the most important person to hire when they grow from five people to 20," says Andrew Rasiej, founder and CEO of Digital Club Network, a music site that webcasts live concerts...
...father in Cuba--a statement that could have been coached. But Armando Gutierrez, the family spokesman and a veteran political operator with a heavy touch of Joe McCarthy in him, angrily accused ABC of reneging on a promise to broadcast that very statement. The next morning, the network aired it. And by week's end another family spokesman said Elian "expresses fear about being with his father. He's afraid he will be punished." Now, who could have put that idea in his head...
...power at your fingertips anymore because you can reach it instantly via the Web. "Many years ago people had trouble understanding what drove political issues," says Cisco CEO John Chambers. "It was the economy, stupid. Today people are asking what's driving the economy. Well, it's the network effect, stupid...