That's one of the stories this morning from Axios. . . but Hey Folks! your MesaZona blogger isn't a dude who likes to shake his own Pom-Poms but who's been doing this for almost three years right here in Mesa? Thank you, dear readers, for taking the time to read this blog to encourage meaningful interactions that build community. AXIOS MEDIA TRENDS Facebook announced Monday that it will begin prioritizing local news content in the News Feed. The news follows Google's confirmation last week that it's testing a hyper-local news app called Bulletin.
Why it matters: Local and national news outlets have for months been split on the way they view their publishing relationships with Google and Facebook.
National news outlets have generally been more critical of Facebook's efforts to fairly compensate publishers, provide them with data and elevate their brands.
Local news outlets share these concerns, but see Facebook and Google as important technology partners . . .
YES: That's what works here in Mesa READ MORE > axios.com_________________________________________________________________________________
PLEASE NOTE: This event is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon: details and registration links below
PHX East Valley – the Fastest Growing Area in the U.S.
How will that Affect You or Your Clients?
The information is what every property owner, apartment owner/manager, commercial and residential developer AND all real estate agents working in PHX East Valley need to know. These are the “Best of the Best Speakers”, the individuals that make the changes. ALL AT ONE EVENT!
In Addition, representatives from PHX East Valley Economic Dev. Group will be available to answer any questions and provide specific details on any of their current and planned projects!
EVENT DETAILS:
Limited Seating! We do not want to turn anyone away - please register ASAP. This is the only PHX East Valley event we will hold in 2018.
In Partnership with the East Valley Partnership
Date: Wednesday, January 31st Time: 3:30-6pm Location: Mesa Arts Center
John is the former Mayor of Gilbert. The East Valley Partnership (EVP) is a regional nonpartisan coalition that actively works to improve the business climate and overall quality of life in PHX East Valley. He will provide the overwhelming support that the PHX East Valley may soon become the fastest growing area in the US and the projected locations of the huge growth areas.
Bill Jabjiniak
Director of Economic Dev. City of Mesa
He has served as the City of Mesa’s Economic Development Director since October 2007. Bill will highlight activities in the established neighborhoods, such as the Fiesta Mall, the recent and planned development in the downtowns of each of the PHX East Valley cities and define the five PHX East Valley locations projected to have the strongest JOB GROWTH.
Scott Smith
CEO Valley Metro & Light Rail
He is the former Mayor of Mesa, Arizona (2008-2014) and currently serves as the CEO of Valley Metro. Scott ran for Governor of Arizona in the last election. Scott understands and will define the commercial and residential opportunities being created along the existing and future light rail routes!
Perhaps - and that's just perhaps - your MesaZona blogger can chill out now for just a while to see how these two things go: One is from the Arizona Secretary of State and the other from a community activist group All about money poured into election campaigns. Some "dirty" and some not-so-dirty. . . it's a start but don't be naïve or get too optimistic
Here's what Maureen Reagan calls SEE THE MONEY Efforts to Track Campaign Dollars in Arizona Campaign finance dollars are traceable. Some are not — they are "dark."The traceable dollars are easy to follow. For local and state races campaign finance reports are on the Arizona Secretary of State's website. . . it still isn't as detailed information as some people would like but it still starts to give you some names and address . . . See The Money.com
Former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is leading a petition drive to outlaw hiding campaign contributors. And, YES we have a right as citizens to know who is behind a campaign _________________________________________________________________________ Do you live in Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler and want to volunteer by circulating the petition to bring transparency to Arizona government? Contact the Maricopa East Team - they will get you started! email: MaricopaEast@outlawdirtymoney.com#Outlawdirtymoney
The Brookings Institution Metro Monitor provides leaders across metropolitan America with a set of objective metrics to guide their efforts in shaping advanced regional economies that work for all.
It tracks the economic performance of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas along three dimensions:
growth,
prosperity
inclusion
This is posted as a follow-up to the 18 Jan 2018 Brookings Institution presentation: "The Rise of Mesa's Innovation District" that attracted a full-house at The Ikeda Theater.
See the results for the Phoenix MSA in the following details.. .
The three dimensions represent the pillars of successful economic development which should encourage robust long-run growth (growth) by improving the productivity of individuals and firms in order to raise local standards of living (prosperity) for all people (inclusion). Along each dimension, the Metro Monitor tracks three indicators, measuring the rate of change during the most recent
one-year
five-year
ten-year periods.
Finally, the results of this indicator analysis are compiled into composite scores, providing overall performance rankings of metropolitan areas for each category.
The Greater Phoenix Economic Council is
seeking #art submissions to highlight the beauty & diversity of #GreaterPHX through the curation & display of locally-sourced art. RT to spread the word.
IARPA launched the challenge so it could assess software’s ability to quickly and passively identify faces in the “wild,” including from public security footage.
Kaspersky Labs, recently black-listed by U.S. authorities had this to say back in 2016 . . .All in all, everybody collects photos: governments, corporations and companies, and even regular people. Nowadays, everyone can use and misuse facial recognition systems
You can change your name or use a pseudonym. You can also edit or delete your social media accounts. But you cannot change your face so easily. Facial recognition helps us solve a lot of problems — and it simultaneously creates plenty of new ones. In this post, we discuss the threats that come with the global spread of such systems.
1. Losing the right to privacy — on a global scale
2. Abuse by law enforcement
3. Corporations spying on everybody
4. Anybody can find you
5. There is a thin line between security and disaster
6. Don’t share your face with any Tom, Dick, or Harry
An internal IARPA research program called Janus is developing its own facial recognition technology.
IARPA's program manager Chris Boehnen told Nextgov.com that while he had expected participation from commercial tech companies in the United States, Silicon Valley stalwarts like Google, Facebook and Amazon “tend to be reluctant to participate.”
NIST plans to release a report on the solutions presented.
The FRVT aims at measurement of the performance of automated face recognition technologies applied to a wide range of civil, law enforcement and homeland security applications including verification of visa images, de-duplication of passports, recognition across photojournalism images, and identification of child exploitation victims.
