Cosy social networks 'are stifling innovation' - #software #socialmedia


	Cosy social networks 'are stifling innovation' - #software #socialmedia

JICWyllie

8-6-2009 9:38 AM

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1-innovation, 1-social networking, 1-technology, 2-failure, 3-reported, 3-research, 4-intl, 4-us

JICWyllie says:

Too many information sources can produce either confusion or conformity.

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