Google's Workplace Diversity Issues Increase Struggles

8 years ago0290 Google recently revealed its intent to promote a more diverse workplace by releasing the 2017 annual diversity report since it first started collecting data in 2014. The company's goal is to create an inclusive community that brings the opinions of multiple races and cultures, and genders into the workplace. Although some aspects of...

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Warren Buffett’s Bank of America Investment 6 Years Ago Is Paying Off

8 years ago0392 The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, is soon going to pocket $12 billion off of an investment he made six years ago. Buffett’s financial expertise is admired around the world. Yet again, he has displayed his genius by generating revenue equivalent to 2.4 times a $5 billion investment. Here is the timeline of events that led to his...

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The Impact of Big Data on Marketing Today

8 years ago0322 Artificial Intelligence is poised to have a major impact on nearly every aspect of business including marketing. Using AI algorithms, companies can track the online activities of users and target advertisements accordingly. Apart from this, data collected from activity tracking can also be used to create lead generation emails and...

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Alibaba Working on the Chinese Version of Echo

8 years ago0330 Jack Ma’s Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly working on a device to rival Amazon’s Echo. Echo is a hands-free speaker that allows users to shop through voice. Alibaba is trying to replicate the product, providing voice input action facilities in the Chinese language. The new device will interpret and respond to...

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Former Amazon Senior Product Manager John Swiderski Heads to Cloud X 

8 years ago0280 In today’s market, any enterprise that has strong processes backed by the right people at the top is bound to be a threat, even for an established entity like Amazon. That’s precisely why companies like Cloud X Partners is not to be taken lightly. Cloud X houses some of the best talents in financial technology, investment, and...

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Yammer’s Adam Pisoni Raised $7.5 Million in Series A Funding for Abl Schools 

8 years ago0342 Take a look at any school and you will find that one of the major challenges for the principal is setting a master schedule and managing it. According to Lee Fleming, principal at Bonsall High School in San Diego, the master schedule is an ongoing job as it involves iterations at various stages during the course of an academic year. If...

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China's Tencent Shrugs Off Impact of Play-Time Limits; Shares Rise

8 years ago0372 Tencent Holdings Ltd has shrugged off concerns that a move to limit play time for some users of its top-grossing "Honour of Kings" game could hurt its bottom line, saying those targeted make up only a small portion of its overall user base. The company said on Sunday "Honour of Kings" players below 12 years of age would be limited to...

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Samsung On Track to Take Intel's Chip Crown With Record Second-Quarter Earnings

8 years ago0388 Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) is expected to report its best-ever quarterly profit in the second quarter, with soaring memory chip sales pushing it past Intel Corp (INTC.O) as the biggest semiconductor maker by revenue for the first time. The world's largest memory chip maker is the among the biggest beneficiaries of soaring...

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Nandan Nilekani, Sanjeev Aggarwal Launch $100 Million Start-Up Fund

8 years ago0290 Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal’s The Fundamentum Partnership will invest in mid-stage consumer technology and software start-ups. Bengaluru: Former Unique Identification Authority of India chairman and Infosys Ltd co-founder Nandan Nilekani has teamed up with venture capital investor Sanjeev Aggarwal to launch a new $100...

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Fintechs Seek Slice of Brazil's Small Business Loan Market

8 years ago0368 Financial technology firms in Brazil are targeting lending to small- and mid-sized companies to fill a gap in the credit market left by large lenders deterred by rising delinquencies and narrow margins. Fintech firms in Brazil have been growing fast in sectors such as consumer lending and credit cards, seeking to undercut some of the...

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How Technology Is Transforming Finance

8 years ago0373 Advancements in technology are helping to redefine almost every industry, including the financial sector. Ultimately, every company and investor wants to get to one thing: the bottom line and that question is answered in $$$$. In a world that has few barriers for investors, money flows across traditional banking spheres, but also...

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Blue Apron IPO Doesn’t Shake, Rattle, or Roll

8 years ago0355 While the Amazon-Whole Foods deal was on nearly everyone's mind, the Blue Apron IPO last week says more about the near future of the merge between the food industry and tech companies than anything else. Even though the Blue Apron IPO falls short of the company's own expectations and raises considerable concerns about the New...

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