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Coming in March…

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MTV ended their final broadcast with 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles, the very first video broadcasted by MTV on August 1st, 1981.

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Iconic director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, have been found dead at their Brentwood home. LAPD detectives are investigating the deaths as murder.

[Shawn Copeland @mrshawncopeland]

Here’s a harsh truth: if failing or being rejected or hearing negative things being said about you (true or untrue) upsets you or breaks your spirit, then you’re not meant to be an entrepreneur. Find a job, some hobbies and a partner that fulfill you and live your life.

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#Wednesdayvibe

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Small business teams are drowning in apps 😵‍💻. The new @ZohoOne update aims to fix that by using AI to pull everything together into one connected experience across 50+ @Zoho and third-party tools ⚙️🤖

Zoho’s Chief Evangelist Raju Vegesna @rajuv says, “Now we have about 75,000 customers using Zoho One,” with adoption growing across small, midsize, and enterprise organizations.

Here’s what’s new and why it matters for your business 👇

✅ Spaces for how you actually work

Personal Space for each employee: email, files, calls, chats, and key apps in one dashboard 🙋‍♀️

Organization Space for company-wide communication: town halls, forums, and collaboration tools so remote or distributed teams stay aligned 🏢💬

Department-level dashboards so sales, marketing, finance, HR, support, and ops teams get a clear, 40,000-foot view of their work 📊

✅ Unified experience across apps

Zoho One connects tools like @ZohoProjects , @ZohoSocial, @ZohoBilling, @ZohoBooks, @ZohoPayments and more—plus third-party apps like QuickBooks, Mailchimp, HubSpot, and GoDaddy 🌐

As Vegesna puts it, “While you may be navigating multiple applications, it feels like a single unified interface across the board.”

✅ Zia AI everywhere

Zoho’s AI assistant, @ZiaByZoho, now shows up across the operating system:

Generate low-code apps and widgets from simple prompts 🧩

Summarize complex reports and surface key insights 📈

Pull sales, billing, or marketing performance from multiple apps without digging through dashboards

Vegesna explains, “So Zia is kind of sprinkled throughout the operating system,” helping turn scattered data into usable intelligence.

Bottom line: this Zoho One upgrade focuses on unifying experience, intelligence, and integration so small businesses can cut friction, spot problems faster, and build workflows that fit the way they actually operate 💼🚀

🔗 Full Article: https://t.co/JDdvaxoHZg

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Breaking: Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director of ‘First Blood’ and ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ has passed away at 94.

[Spyder Dobrofsky @spyderdobro]

I’m quite optimistic about the movie business. Despite a lot of the chatter. I saw some of the better movies in theaters than I had in a while. Indie films have always been hard to make. Scripts always hard to sell. But we push through anyway bc we want to tell our stories.

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Happy Birthday Milly Alcock. The Australian star of ‘House of the Dragon’ turns 25 today. 😃🎁🎊🎂

#MillyAlcock #HappyBirthday #Houseofthedragon #actor #actress #model #love #film #actorslife #movie #hollywood #acting #cinema #instagram #movies #photography #singer

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Happy Saturday one and all. Enjoy your weekend!! 🌴☀️

[Noam Kroll @noamkroll]

LA Filmmakers: If you’ve lost gear due to the wild fires, email my production company and we will loan out whatever we can for free. [email protected]

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FILMMAKING BRANDS: I am creating a pool of resources for LA filmmakers impacted by the fires. If you are a…

- Camera / gear manufacturer
- Rental house
- Post-production company
- Catering business
- Studio / employer

… and can support filmmakers in need with gear, services, employment, or anything else that might help - email [email protected]

I will compile a directory with all resources and make it available via my blog, newsletter and social media this week.

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RIP President Jimmy Carter. Your life was well lived and we are forever grateful for your service to America and the world. #JimmyCarter

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Happy Heavenly Birthday, Tina Turner. The Queen of Rock, who passed away in 2023, would have turned 85 today. #TinaTurner

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Thank you to all of our service men and women for your service and commitment to our country. #Veterans

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Happy Halloween all you spooky people!! 💀👻🎃🧛‍♂️🐺

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Former Miramar Chairman and convicted sexual predator, Harvey Weinstein, has been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer.

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Happy Birthday Glen Powell. The ‘Anyone But You’ and ‘Twisters’ star turns 36 today. #GlenPowell #HappyBirthday 🎉🎂

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‘Smile 2’ from Paramount and Temple Hill Entertainment topped weekend box office with a healthy $23 million. The film was written and directed by Parker Finn.