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Twitter Blue users can now tweet up to 4,000 characters Twitter Blue subscribers can now tweet, quote tweet and reply up to 4,000 characters, including photos and videos, though only the first 280 characters will be visible on the timeline. Twitter Blue also expanded to Brazil, India and Indonesia, and plans to reduce ads for Blue subscribers by 50%. Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (2/8),Engadget (2/8)
Some positive news for New York real estate Real estate professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, who helped coin and popularize the term "urban doom loop," says doom isn't necessarily the fate that awaits New York City. "What happens to New York City from here on out depends on the actions we take and the policy decisions that are made," Van Nieuwerburgh says. Full Story: The New York Times (2/8)
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4 expert-approved approaches to digital transformation Digital transformation requires businesses to choose the proper path, say MIT Sloan experts, noting that family companies often delay such big changes. In a recent webinar, MIT Sloan senior lecturer John Davis and Stephanie Woerner, principal research scientist and director at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research, shared four common ways to approach digital reform and what kind of company might align with each one, from incremental transformation to the formation of a second organization. Full Story: Ideas Made to Matter (MIT Sloan School of Management) (2/8)
Multifamily housing seen as answer to affordability crisis Many communities across the nation are looking to address a dearth of affordable housing options by shifting zoning laws away from the traditional single-family home model. "We're talking duplexes, townhomes, small apartment buildings, what supporters call the missing middle—and these are buildings that had been banned for generations," said Jennifer Ludden in her report for National Public Radio. Full Story: WFAE-FM (Charlotte, N.C.) (2/9)
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