Business IT Small Business Technology Apple’s New Macs Promise ‘Screaming’ Performance…And Other Small Business Tech News (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Getty Images Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Apple’s Silicon Macs promise screaming performance. Recently released data indicates that Apple’s new Apple Silicon Mac will greatly meet up to and surpass Windows […] Written by imesocial July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
IT Technology Trump’s Immigration Order Targeted Women And Children Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting with conservative leaders at the White House on … [+] January 23, 2019, to discuss immigration issues. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump’s June 22, 2020, presidential proclamation appeared aimed at preventing the entry of foreign workers. However, the proclamation had […] Written by imesocial July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
IT Technology The Top 25 Enterprise Software Startups To Watch In 2020 istock Despite a down year for enterprise software spending, revenue from cloud-based enterprise apps will grow 6.8% this year according to Gartner. There are 15,761 startups who either compete in or rely on enterprise software technologies and solutions as a core part of their business models today 1,949 of which have received pre-seed or seed […] Written by imesocial July 5, 2020July 5, 2020
IT Technology Why AI Continues To Deliver Results In A Pandemic istock 53% of enterprises have now moved beyond AI pilots, a marked increase from 36% in 2017 based on Capgemini’s previous study of AI adoption. U.S., Chinese and South Korean governments have stepped up the use of AI technologies to contain the spread of Covid-19 and to handle citizens’ concerns. Life Sciences, Retail, automotive, consumer […] Written by imesocial July 5, 2020July 5, 2020
IT Technology The Do’s and Don’ts of Bringing Broadband to Unserved and Underserved America In rural America, such as Jackson County in Appalachian Ohio, only 70 percent of households had… [+] access to broadband connections at 25 megabits per second (Mbps) download in 2019, compared to 98 percent of non-rural households. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) ASSOCIATED PRESS In response to a pandemic that is trapping many indoors and upending the […] Written by imesocial July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
IT Technology 7 Amazing Everyday Examples Of Nanotechnology In Action Nanotechnology essentially means controlling matter on a tiny scale, at the atomic and molecular level. This sounds truly sci-fi, but can, in fact, be put to some very ordinary uses in surprisingly everyday products. In this article, we’ll explore common products that make use of nanotechnology – but first, let’s get a quick overview of […] Written by imesocial July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
IT Technology Lyric, Short-Term Rental Startup Backed By Airbnb, Shuts Most Locations As Co-Founder Departs Startup Lyric is shutting down most of its business travel rental locations as its cofounder and … [+] president steps down. Getty Lyric, a short-term rental startup that raised $180 million from Airbnb and other investors, has shuttered all but one of its locations, making it the latest travel company to be defeated by the […] Written by imesocial July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
CoronaVirus IT Technology Covid-19 Vaccine Safety And Effectiveness Should Be Known ‘By Early Winter’ Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told … [+] JAMA’s editor Thursday, July 2, that the safety and effectiveness of a Covid-19 vaccine should be known by “early winter” with 200 hundred million doses available for U.S. use by early 2021. In this photo, Fauci speaks during a […] Written by imesocial July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
Business IT Technology 3 Steps Business Leaders Should Take Now As businesses consider reopening during the pandemic, leaders are working on three phases—protect, stabilize, and recover. The first crucial step is to protect employees and operations from immediate health threats. Next, companies assess and stabilize available resources to meet shifting demands. And, executives must plan for the longer term, reestablishing their business where and when […] Written by imesocial July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
IT Technology When These Entrepreneurs First Pitched Podium, A VC Analyst Walked Out On Them. Now, Their Company Does Over $100 Million In Annual Revenue Podium co-founders Eric Rea and Dennis Steele Kiln Coworking Space Before Eric Rea and Dennis Steele co-founded Podium, they were just two guys with a mission to help small businesses have meaningful interactions with their customers. Just six years later, Podium has become a company that does over $100 million in annual revenue, reaches 1 […] Written by imesocial July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
CoronaVirus IT Technology Video Crestron Outfits Offices And Remote Workers With Innovative Video Conferencing Tools For Covid-19 And The New Normal There’s no denying that COVID-19 has changed the corporate landscape dramatically. With many employees forced to work from home, video conferencing platforms have become essential alternatives to face-to-face meetings. Vendors across the technology spectrum have responded to the predicament by offering their cloud conferencing solutions for free, or by expanding the functionality of their existing […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
IT Technology Low-Key Investor Who Turned Bets On Flipkart And Peloton Into Billions —And Has A $1.3 Billion Fund To Do It Again Addition founder Lee Fixel has a $1.3 billion fund to look for the next Eventbrite, Flipkart or … [+] Peloton. Via LinkedIn Peloton CEO John Foley was used to hearing “no” by the time he met with investor Lee Fixel in early 2014. Hundreds of venture capitalists and investment firms had passed on his fitness […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
IT Technology Rebekah Neumann Buys Back WeGrow, WeWork’s Defunct $42,000-A-Year School, With Plans To Relaunch Rebekah Neumann has bought back WeGrow, with plans to relaunch the school. Corbis via Getty Images While her husband prepares for a drawn-out legal battle with investors in the company he co-founded, Rebekah Neumann is attempting to salvage what’s left of her own legacy at WeWork: WeGrow, the $42,000-a-year school that shut down as the […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
CoronaVirus IT Technology Covid-19 Accelerates Banks’ Move To Digitalization Covid-19 might be just what financial organizations needed to move beyond talking about going digital to implementing digital capabilities broadly across their organization. A new report, The Future of Work in Banking, from Digital Banking Report takes an optimistic view of the future, at least for those organizations who are prepared. The Future of Workd […] Written by imesocial July 1, 2020July 1, 2020
IT Technology Artificial Intelligence Is Experiencing Growing Pains AI works great in the labs, but is it ready for prime time? Getty Is artificial intelligence ready to move out of the labs and proofs of concept and into the mainstreams of enterprises? Leading industry observers say yes, it’s ready — but organizations may still need some preparation. “We’ve moved beyond the phase of […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology Datadog Shares Leap 130% YTD As More Businesses Adopt Cloud Monitoring In Q1, Datadog added 1,000 net new customers for the second consecutive quarter. There are now … [+] 11,500 total customers, up 40% year over year. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images In the first half of 2020, investors scooped up Datadog (DDOG), sending the shares surging […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology Netflix’s Exclusive Deal For Denmark’s Borgen Could Upset International Sharing Agreements With Broadcasters Christiansborg, or Borgen (The Castle) is the setting for the smash hit Danish drama about Denmark’s … [+] first female prime minister. Getty Netflix has become so big that it needs to invest in local markets to maintain growth and market share. It just inked a deal with Danish Radio (DR), Denmark’s public broadcaster to […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology To Master The Practice Of Innovation, Learn The New 3 R’s In a gentler era gone by, our learning was made up of the 3 R’s: reading, (w)riting and (a)rithmetic. In our current era of continuous disruption, we need a new 3 R’s, consisting of the ability, in turn, to reimagine, redesign and reorganize. These are essential proficiencies if we are to master the practice of innovation and […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology How Women Will Save The Future, One Corporate Board At A Time Getting more women into the corporate boardroom has been a high priority governance issue for several years globally. While there has been progress, has it been enough? According to data from MyLogiq, 30% of corporate directors are female for the companies in the Dow 30, while only 23% are female for companies in the Russell 3000 […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology Meet The College Dropout Who Just Raised Nearly $13 Million To Create Smart Robots Elementary Robotics founder and CEO Arye Barnehama Elementary Robotics Prior to manufacturers releasing their products for sale, the goods have to go through a process of quality inspection during which inspectors assiduously make sure the items are in good shape and meet the necessary standards. During the process, the inspectors can detect various defects ranging […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology Centene To Acquire Illinois HMO’s 54,000 Medicaid Enrollees Chairman and CEO of Centene, Michael F. Neidorff attends 2019 Forbes Healthcare Summit at the Jazz … [+] at Lincoln Center on December 05, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) Getty Images Centene said Tuesday it will acquire the membership of NextLevel Health Partners, which serves about 54,000 Medicaid members in […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology What If Working From Home Could Be Different To How It’s Been Until Now? Distributed Work’s Five Levels of Autonomy Matt Mullenweg I’ve been using this Distributed Work’s five levels of autonomy model since I saw it two months ago on the page of Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic, the company that created the software behind a third of all websites on the web, WordPress (and the one […] Written by imesocial June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
IT Technology Multi Cloud Becomes The New Norm For Banking Multi-cloud for banking has moved from an oddity to a popular buzz term in the course of just a couple of years. But the journey is just getting started, said Shanker Ramamurthy global managing partner banking and financial markets at IBM Services and president of IBM industry Academy. Banking regulators are growing comfortable with cloud […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
IT Technology Do You Know The Way To Customer Centricity? Pega Believes It Does For years now, organizations have talked about customer-centricity and putting their customers at the heart of what they do. Yet, many, if not most, organizations still struggle to get this right across the board. This is backed up by research from NTT Ltd.’s 2020 Global Customer Experience Benchmarking Report. Now, while the research was conducted before […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
IT Technology Is Work-From-Home Productivity A Mirage? Is Work-From-Home Productivity A Mirage? Getty During the COVID-19 crisis, companies moved nearly all their white-collar workers around the world to work from home. It was an eye-opening experience. Almost universally, executives were surprised that working from home is far more effective than they anticipated. In fact, in many instances, it appears that people are […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
IT Technology Introducing The Mindboggling Flying Taxis Of The Future We already have drones and increasingly autonomous cars, so it’s perhaps no surprise that several companies are already working on flying taxis – also known as passenger drones and electrical vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The first piloted eVTOL services are expected as early as this year, but we could see pilot-less autonomous eVTOLs […] Written by imesocial June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
IT Technology The Most Innovative Companies Of 2020 According To BCG Apple Headquarters, Apple Park in Cupertino, CA. istock Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Samsung, are considered the five most innovative companies, according to BCG’s analysis of the 50 most innovative companies of 2020. Companies who are strongest at innovation most value advanced analytics, digital design and technology platforms. JD.com, Bosch, ABB, FCA, Novartis and […] Written by imesocial June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
IT Technology Major New Acquisition, $2B Climate Fund And Live TV Coming To Prime? PARIS, FRANCE – SEP 28, 2018- Directly above view of New Amazon Cardboard box against yellow … [+] background. Amazon Prime is the online paid subscription service offered by Amazon.com web-commerce site photocredit- GettyGETTY getty A busy week for our favourite cardboard abuser. Amazon snagged Zoox for the princely sum of $1.2 billion. A smart […] Written by imesocial June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
IT Technology Amazon Is Acquiring Self-Driving Start-Up Zoox Amazon has announced that it is acquiring self-driving car startup Zoox in a deal estimated to be worth over $1 billion. Foster City, California-based Zoox has founded in 2014 and raised $955 million funding from investors, including Grok Ventures, Lux Capital, Blackbird Ventures. Amazon’s intention to the automotive industry is not new. Amazon has also invested in electric truckmaker Rivian and the self-driving […] Written by imesocial June 27, 2020June 27, 2020
IT Technology Why Is U.S. Policy Tough On Huawei And TikTok But Not Lenovo? FILIE – This June 6, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk in … [+] Washington. Multiple published reports say that the U.S. government has launched a national-security review of the China-owned video app TikTok, popular with millions of U.S. teens and young adults. Several senators have recently noted concerns about […] Written by imesocial June 26, 2020June 26, 2020
