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n person, there are subtle (and not-so-subtle) social cues, such as closing a notebook, checking your watch, putting things in a bag or getting ready to stand up, that show an interaction is winding down. But those same signals don’t translate on video calls, so experts say people are trying new behaviors that better suit virtual communication, such as waving and smiling, even in an otherwise professional setting.

In an open letter, nearly three dozen called on the chief executive to take action on President Trump’s messages. The former employees said in an open letter that Mr. Zuckerberg’s position was a “betrayal” of Facebook’s ideals and urged him to reconsider it. They included Facebook’s first chief of communications, as well as designers, engineers and policy executives. Some had helped write the social network’s original community guidelines, which govern what can and cannot be posted.

Clayton Christensen’s disruption theory and what it means for the Passion Economy. The most powerful, radical industry change happens when non-production is matched with non-consumption. Through this combination, the Passion Economy creates the potential to give rise to both new-market and low-end disruptions. Because new producers enabled by Passion Economy platforms enter the market, previous non-consumers and over-served consumers in various sectors have a wider range of choices than ever before. Consumers have the ability to choose a creator-led offering that is cheaper, more convenient, and more aligned to their preferences.

Ride-hailing trips today result in an estimated 69 percent more climate pollution on average than the trips they displace, as per a study by Union of Concerned Scientists.

“I don’t know if I should say this or not,”  “Not ’cause it’s lascivious or something, but because it’s going to screw me on the next mystery movie that I write, but forget it, I’ll say it. It’s very interesting. Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies but – and this is very pivotal if you’re ever watching a mystery movie – bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera.” [Rian Johnson, Knives Out director]. “every single filmmaker who has a bad guy in their movie that’s supposed to be a secret”

A movie on Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty? Why not ! Ashwiny Iyer-Tiwari (of ‘Nil Battey Sannata) and Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal)— the writer, director, producer duo — is finalising the screenplay for the movie ‘Murthy’. “When we approached Mr Murthy, he wanted us to be accurate and set a deadline for the movie. He did not want a project that was neverending,” Iyer-Tiwari, an advertising professional-turned-film-maker, told ET. “The sooner the world knows the story, it is better,” she said