Merely glance at any digital gadget and you learn immediately what all your friends are doing, seeing, hearing, browsing, buying and thinking now and (if you care) what's going on now any place on earth.

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You want to learn what bullying and suicide is all about, you talk directly to the people that it affects the most.

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See, all these people -- you know, the children, these caretakers, the girls, their teachers, these nurses and mothers that you've seen, that we met -- what you learn is that they all want the same things as you do, as we do.

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Still, we're all for getting technology into the hands of students, and you can learn a bit more about what those very students can expect from VentureBeat's hands-on just below.

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The CTO has to invest in the technology resources to make your customer relationship possible, your COO has to execute on what you learn from your customer relationship, and the CFO is going to watch you all like a hawk.

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After all, when you have to put a new product on the shelves every quarter, you must learn to master what the consumer really wants, and those desires are changing more quickly every day.

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