Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology ‘Let’s All Get Rich’—Teen TikTok Traders Want To Send ‘Joke’ Bitcoin Rival Dogecoin To The Moon The world of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies has been set alight this week by the sudden surge of dogecoin—a “joke” cryptocurrency that’s doubled in value in the last two days thanks videos posted on controversial China-based app TikTok. Dogecoin, a tongue-in-cheek bitcoin rival named by Tesla TSLA chief executive Elon Musk as his “fav” cryptocurrency last […] Written by July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
IT Technology Why Joe Biden’s National Innovation Agenda Needs More Innovation Presidential candidate Joe Biden recently announced “Innovate in America” as part of his larger economic plan. This is an important move in the right direction at a time when our national innovation agenda is suffering from neglect and worse. A nation’s ability to fulfill its destiny and to advance depends on its ability to innovate. This is why […] Written by imesocial July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Lebanon’s Currency Crisis Paves The Way to a New Future Once known for its dynamic food, music and culture, Lebanon is now in the midst of the worst economic crisis in modern history. With no clear resolution in sight, the country is experiencing rolling blackouts, a shortage of food and a monthly inflation rate of 56%. The Lebanese Lira joins a list of dozens of failed […] Written by July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Blockchain Could Be The Key To Making Environmental Reporting More Meaningful Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting initiatives continue to accelerate, with billions of dollars of investments announced on an ongoing basis. That said, ESG reporting is not without its challenges; blockchain has the potential to help tackle several headwinds keeping ESG from having the impact it otherwise should. NurPhoto via Getty Images A common example […] Written by July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
IT Technology Digital Transformation Isn’t About ERP Anymore, It’s About Automation With Machine Learning As long as ERP-based automation is confined to the automation of processes embedded in ERP applications, the ERP world will lag behind next generation digital transformation. Toy forklift hold wood letter block P to complete word ERP (Abbreviation of Enterprise Resource … [+] Planning) on white background Getty Pre-Covid-19 Digital Transformation Not so many years […] Written by imesocial July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
IT Technology Western Digital Data Center 16-20 TB HDDs Western Digital announced updates in their nearline data center hard disk drive (HDD) portfolio. The new sealed helium filled HDDs have capacities of 16 and 18 TB, implement a version of energy assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) and use three pivot points to place heads on the disk surfaces. These technologies are being used in WDC’s Ultrastar and […] Written by imesocial July 9, 2020July 9, 2020
IT Technology Working And Innovating Virtually With No Corporate Address? Been There, Done That Innovation doesn’t care where you sit. Getty Think about this: for decades now, some of the most innovative and game-changing organizations on the planet have operated completely remotely and virtually from day one, releasing product after product, without even paying their participants. We’re talking about open source software communities, which have delivered some of the […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
How to IT Technology How To Use Intelligent Pricing To Create An Aftermarket Profit Center istock Bottom Line: Manufacturers need to turn spare parts businesses into profit centers using intelligent pricing, protecting margins and creating a reliable source of revenue in these challenging times. While this pandemic is impacting revenue across all manufacturers, it’s the automotive aftermarket manufacturers who paradoxically have among the best conditions to spin out a spare […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology What Happened In The Cryptocurrency Tax Space In Q2 2020 2020 Q2 – what happened in crypto Shehan Chandrasekera With all that has been happening in the world in 2020, the cryptocurrency compliance world has not slowed down. As we end the Q2 of 2020, let’s look at what happened in the past quarter in the crypto tax compliance world (What Happened In the Cryptocurrency […] Written by July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
IT Technology The Pandemic Has Redefined Work, Now We Are Going To Have To Adapt The Workplace (Photo by Alexander Pohl) NurPhoto via Getty Images The Japanese technology multinational Fujitsu, which has a workforce of more than 80,000 in Japan, has announced “Work Life Shift”, a program that offers its workers in the country flexible hours and working from home as a first option whenever possible. In addition, it will halve its […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Is Blockchain Ready For Enterprise? Blockchain can provide an added layer of protection in cybersecurity. Getty In our current environment, cybersecurity concerns are greater than ever. The Covid-19 disruption and subsequent shifts made by organizations to navigate this changed reality opened the door to new IT risks and sustained cyberattacks. We are also in the midst of a significant transformation […] Written by July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology ‘Drastic’ Bitcoin Trading Slump Invokes ‘Crypto Winter’ Fears Bitcoin’s recent rally has stalled since its May supply squeeze, with the price repeatedly failing to breach the psychological $10,000 per bitcoin level. The bitcoin price, up around 30% since the beginning of the year, has traded sideways over the last two months— and a bitcoin trading volume slump has caused some cryptocurrency analysts to […] Written by July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
IT Technology Hallo Raises $1.4 Million To Create The Future Of Language Learning Learning a new language is difficult and time-consuming. Yet, once one does so, one’s ability to appreciate and experience a culture is fundamentally augmented. Whether someone heads to Ibiza for vacation or conducts business in Beijing, being able to speak the native language enhances one’s interactions. Benjamin Dent, 30, and Joon Beh, 29, are two […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Bitcoin Volatility Reached Lowest Since February Last Month Bitcoin markets suffered a notable malaise in June. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images) Getty Images Bitcoin price volatility declined in June, falling to its lowest in four months as the cryptocurrency’s markets experienced relative calm. While the world’s most prominent digital currency enjoyed some notable gains, rising roughly 10% on June 1, it traded primarily between […] Written by July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
IT Technology Cisco Partners With Brazilian Government To Digitize Brazil Cisco Newsroom Government of Brazil signs agreement to boost digitization Cisco Cisco Systems is a company that’s developed a reputation for having one of the most wide-reaching and successful CSR programs. The networking giant invests heavily in the global communities it operates in, through job creation, skills training, disaster response, non-profit partnerships, and much more. […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
IT Technology What’s The Biggest Data Threat For Businesses? (It’s Not What You Think) The enormous amount of data being generated every day is changing our world, and has given rise to a term most of us are now familiar with: big data. The sheer volume of data available is just one of the many challenges in working with big data. But perhaps the biggest data threat is one […] Written by imesocial July 8, 2020July 8, 2020
CoronaVirus IT Technology An Inside Look At Cloudera’s Strategy For Helping Businesses Weather The Covid-19 Storm Cindy Maike, Cloudera VP of Industry Solutions Cloudera If you’ve been following my coverage the last several months, you know I’ve been spending a lot of time examining the tech industry’s response to the Covid-19 global pandemic which hit the country with force in March. After some time, I realized I was falling into using […] Written by imesocial July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
IT Technology This Machine Learning-Focused VC Firm Just Added A Third Woman Investment Partner Basis Set Ventures investment partners Chang Xu, Lan Xuezhao and Sheila Vashee are looking to run a … [+] different kind of venture capital firm. Basis Set Ventures Basis Set Ventures doesn’t want to be your typical venture capital firm. First, there’s the fledgling VC firm’s focus on a technical area that has seen some […] Written by imesocial July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Trump’s Former Sanctions Chief Joins Bitcoin Investigation Firm Advisory Board As Part Of Expanded $49 Million Investment Sigal Mandelker, then-U.S. Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, speaks … [+] during a 2018 conference on cyber law enforcement at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Justice Department charged nine Iranian citizens with hacking hundreds of companies and academic institutions to steal more than $3.4 billion in trade secrets and […] Written by July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
IT Technology House Proposes $600 Billion In Infrastructure Spending For Networks That Private Providers Would Otherwise Deliver Aerial shot above a variety of freight trucks, New Jersey, United States of America Getty Giveaways to industry in the name of the common good are common in election years, but it’s worth looking at the proposed $100 billion for wireline networks and $500 billion for highways. These House bills have a clear set of […] Written by imesocial July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
IT Technology Gartner’s 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 7, 2020July 7, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Bitcoin Prices Enjoy Breakout After Lackluster Week Bitcoin prices rose nearly 5% in 24 hours amid a backdrop of weak volatility. (Photo by Jakub … [+] Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin experienced a modest breakout recently, climbing roughly 5% in under 24 hours after trading within a reasonably defined range since late June. The digital currency’s price rose […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Is This $3 Billion Crypto Ponzi Still Alive? Fleecing users of 3 billion USD worth of cryptocurrencies easily places the PlusToken Ponzi scheme on the top 10 of the largest schemes, ever. But is it over? From 2018 to 2019, the PlusToken Ponzi collected digital assets from people with the promise of high-yield returns, but suddenly stopped paying interests and disappeared with a […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology IRS Is Trying To Deanonymize Privacy Coins Like Monero And Zcash IRS privacy coin crackdown Shehan Chandrasekera 2020 has been a year with a lot of turmoil but regulators’ attempt to crackdown on cryptocurrency has not slowed down whatsoever (350,000 Aussie Crypto Users Are Receiving Tax Warning Letters, The IRS Is Hiring Consultants To Crack Down On Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion). A new listing posted on the […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Bitcoin Investor Brock Pierce Announces 2020 Presidential Run, Promises Stimulus Check Overhaul The U.S. is gearing up for the looming 2020 election amid a bleak economic backdrop blighted by the coronavirus pandemic. A crowded Democratic primary field has given way to former vice president Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, who is set to take on Donald Trump for the White House in November. Now, following outspoken rapper […] Written by July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
IT Technology Why Infusing AI Into IT Operations Is More About The Data Than About AI Itself Almost every CIO I talk to boldly claims their enterprise is a “data-driven enterprise.” However, a recent Global CEO outlook by KPMG survey tells a completely different story: 67% of the CEOs worldwide (that number jumps to 78% in the US) suggest that they ignored the data-driven analytic and predictive models provided by their CIO/IT teams because […] Written by imesocial July 6, 2020July 6, 2020
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
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Technology Fantom’s Blockchain Tech Is Being Trialed In Afghanistan To Solve ‘A Surprising’ World Health Organization (WHO) Problem Fantom representative Ahmad Jawid Sikandar (left) and Obaidullah Nooristany, President Of Royal … [+] Pharma Ltd. Fantom According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 in 10 medical products “is substandard or falsified” in developing nations. In Afghanistan, the numbers are staggeringly higher and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Health is looking to correct this predicament. Research […] Written by 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
