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I think it’s fair to say things are spinning pretty fast with technology and people. And it’s getting harder to tell which one is going faster.Technology is constantly changing what we want and shaping how we behave, both as customers and workers. ... more

“Did I just make my biggest career mistake?” That's what I asked myself as I navigated through a sea of hundreds of Salesforce new hires, searching for my seat in orientation.  Joining Salesforce's Pricing Strategy team was one of the hardest career decisions I made. My role had never been... more

Let's just cut to the chase and say straightforwardly that the answer is no. The business arena in this day and age is cutthroat, and that is if we're being subtle. It's like being David up against tens of thousands of Goliaths. All your competition has moved their businesses online, and yes, even... more

Take a break from your email for a second and consider this: the average worker spends almost a third of their work hours on email. Here at Zoho Mail, we’re constantly updating and improving our feature set to help you spend just the right amount of time in your inbox... more

Salesforce has earned their name and steadily worked their way to the top that it has now become one of the most commercial CRM platforms in the market. But for the layman, the name remains a jargon. That's why this article was specifically written to help people understand fundamental Salesforce  ... more

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Facebook Messenger now gives you a reason to make friends who primarily speak Spanish as it has received the anticipated update to let users translate messages from Spanish to English and vice-versa. The new translation functionality comes through the artificial intelligence (AI) backed M Trans ... more

Logitech's education-targeted keyboard case and stylus work with the newest iPad but have features anyone would like. Apple's latest iPad push to take on Chromebooks in schools didn't just come with a new Apple tablet and software, but new specialized accessories. These acce ... more

Snapchat updated its camera-equipped Spectacles today to allow users to export video in a non-circular format. That’s a massive change in how Snapchat thinks about its glasses. The company launched the sunglasses with the idea that the circular format allowed users to rotate their phone ... more

Earlier this year, a group of influential software engineers in Google's cloud division surprised their superiors by refusing to work on a cutting-edge security feature. Known as "air gap," the technology would have helped Google win sensitive military contracts. The coders weren... more

Valve has announced that it’s shipping a new version of its experimental SteamVR “Knuckles” controllers to developers, and it’s posted a lot of detail about the controllers online, including video of a Portal-themed playground for testing them. The Knuckles EV2 substantially updates... more

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Sphero Bought A Crowdfunded Music Tech Company To Expand Its Unlicensed Toys

Sphero, the maker of connected toys like BB-8, announced this week that it’s acquired Specdrums, a company that makes rings that produce music through taps on different colors. We don’t know how much Sphero spent to acquire the company’s technology, but Specdrums raised over $175,000 on... more

US Top Court Lets States Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax

States may force online retailers to collect potentially billions of dollars in sales taxes, the US Supreme Court said in a major ruling on Thursday that undercut an advantage many e-commerce companies have enjoyed over brick-and-mortar rivals. In a 5-4 ruling reviving a South Dakota law ... more

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s Has Advice For Facebook And Google: Don’t Make The Mistake We Did

As Silicon Valley battles scandals and increasing regulatory scrutiny, Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has warned Facebook and Google not to make the same mistake Microsoft did. In an interview with Yahoo Finance editor-in-chief Andy Serwer in Washington D.C., the former executive was asked how... more

Samsung's New Galaxy Phone Patent Is A Bezel-Less, Notch-Free Vision Of The Future

Is your next phone just going to be one giant screen? It will be if Samsung has its way. The latest concept design to make its way out of Samsung shows the company is working on a button-free, bezel-free, headphone jack-free phone that is all screen... more

PayPal to Acquire Fraud Prevention Company Simility for $120 Million

PayPal Holdings has agreed to acquire fraud prevention technology company Simility for $120 million (roughly Rs. 812 crores) in cash, it said on Thursday. Palo Alto, California-based Simility sells machine-learning-based technology to help online merchants spot fraudsters and improve... more

Indian Scientists Discover Sub-Saturn Size Planet

The Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has discovered a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (with mass equivalent to 27 Earths and size six times of Earth's radius) around a Sun-like star, an official statement said on Thursday. This discovery is very important for... more

Saudi Arabia Job Growth Likely As Woman Driver Ban Ends

Sunday marks a historic day for the women of Saudi Arabia. After more than 60 years spent stuck in the passenger seat, the Gulf kingdom's 15.1 million women can finally take control of the steering wheel when the ban on female drivers is lifted. Accountancy firm PwC predicts that the number of women... more

Toyota Donates $100,000 For Open-Source Self-Driving Simulator

Toyota plunked down a good chunk of money to get further along with CARLA, which sounds a little creepy but is actually a worthy cause. Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced this week that it will donate $100,000 to the Computer Vision Center to further development... more

China Will Partly Lift Internet Censorship For One Of Its Provinces To Promote Tourism

China plans to lift some internet censorship on the southern tropical island of Hainan to promote tourism. Visitors to select areas of Hainan will be able to access Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, according to a new plan authorities have put together to turn the province into... more

U.S. Says Still Working To Reunite 2,053 Children With Families

The U.S. government still has 2,053 children in its custody who were separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and officials said there was a “well-coordinated” process for reuniting families. The Department of Homeland ... more