TED gets new bosses and changes direction
The event organiser heads into ed tech
THE YEAR 1984 is immortalised in tech circles for the introduction of Apple’s Macintosh computers. It was also when the first TED conference—which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design—was held in Monterey, California. And just as the Mac became a totem of the digital desktop, TED became the sharpest, coolest name in elite events.
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