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Issue: 45

Sept 11, 2018

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First Impressions Last! Three Sure Ways to Help Your Brand Make A Great First Impression

Did you know that it only takes a tenth of a second to make a first impression? That means most people will judge you upon the first few moments of meeting you and their opinion about you will likely to last. And as much as we don't want to admit it, people unconsciously make judgments about  ... more

   

Why You Need To Move Your Database To The Clouds

The term "cloud computing" is slowly becoming more mainstream although not a lot of people has truly grasped what it is.  Cloud computing, simply defined, is storing and accessing your data through the internet instead of using your computer's hard drive or server ... more


Your Growing Business And Spreadsheets—A Recipe For Disaster (And How You Can Avoid It)

Business doesn’t grow in just one direction. When your revenue increases, your workforce, systems, and processes do, too. Collaboration becomes paramount, and the necessity of having a connected system hits hard. If your go-to tool in this scenario is spreadsheets   ... more

   

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Technology

   

Happy Birthday, Google: This Week In Tech, 20 Years Ago

One of 1998’s biggest tech stories was the massive antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. It’s Monopoly Week on The Verge, so I wrote a bit about that lawsuit’s place in the ‘90s legal landscape. I also reviewed Antitrust ... more

   

Alex Jones' Infowars Banned From Apple App Store Permanently

Apple permanently kicked Alex Jones' Infowars app out of its App Store late Friday, further limiting the notorious conspiracy theorist's reach a day after Twitter banned Jones and Infowars for good. Apple didn't respond to a request for comment, but a spokeswoman told ... more

   

The Pentagon Is Investing $2 Billion Into Artificial Intelligence

The Pentagon's high-tech research agency laid the groundwork for the Internet, stealth aircraft and self-driving cars. Now, it's going big on artificial intelligence. At its 60th anniversary conference on Friday, DARPA announced a $2 billion investment to push the frontier of AI ... more

   

Mark Zuckerberg: Fixing Facebook Is Going To Take Until 2019

Mark Zuckerberg needs some more time to fix Facebook. Zuckerberg on Friday posted on Facebook that fixing the social network is "at least a three-year project" that will extend through 2019. Though he expected "to end this year on a significantly better trajectory ... more

   

New Leak Suggests That Apple’s Entry-Level Phone Will Be Called The Iphone XC

Apple’s ‘Gather Round’ event is coming up this week, in which we’re expecting to see what the company has in store for its products this fall. Among the reveals we’re expecting to see are three new iPhones: an updated version of the iPhone X, a larger version, and a cheaper, 6.1-inch LCD ... more

Business

Australia's Investa Sets September 17 To Decide On Blackstone Bid

(Reuters) - Investa Office Fund(IOF.AX) said it has set Sept. 17 as the date for its shareholders to vote on Blackstone Group’s (BX.N) sweetened A$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion) bid.Blackstone Group declared its A$5.52 per share offer as final. The U.S. private equity giant increased its offer... more

Jack Ma Says He Isn’t About To Retire From Alibaba But Is Planning A Gradual Succession.

Reports of Jack Ma’s  impending retirement are greatly exaggerated, it seems. Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba,  has pushed back on claims that he is on the cusp of leaving the $420 billion Chinese e-commerce firm. The New York Times ... more

Uber-Rival Careem Expands Services Into Sudan

DUBAI (Reuters) - Middle East ride-hailing firm Careem said on Sunday it had started a service in Sudan, one of few international companies to enter the country since U.S. economic sanctions were lifted last year. Sudan is grappling with an economic crisis as a foreign currency shortage ... more

Apple Says China Tariffs Would Hit Apple Watch, Air Pods

New tariffs on China would make some Apple products more expensive. That's what the company told US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in a letter dated Wednesday, a last-ditch appeal to avoid additional tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion that could go into effect as soon as Friday ... more

Asian Shares On Slippery Slope As Trade Tensions Take Toll

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started the week in the red again on Monday, faltering for the eighth straight day and the dollar climbed against major currencies after U.S. President Donald Trump raised the stakes in the heated trade dispute with China. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ... more

   

Community

The Indian Tribe That Gave Up Hunting To Save Forests

A tribe in the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland gave up their ancient tradition of hunting to protect wildlife. Photographer Sayan Hazra chronicles life in the village years after it banished the practice. At one time, 76-year-old Chaiyievi Zhiinyii was a skilled hunter. But he stopped hunting  ... more

North Korea Military Parade Features Floats And Flowers, Not Missiles

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - With no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on conventional arms, peace and economic development as it marked the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding. The reduced display compared to past years earned a thank you note ... more

Giant Plastic Catcher Heads For Pacific Ocean Clean-Up

When a Dutch teenager went swimming in the sea in Greece seven years ago, he was shocked to see more plastic than fish. In fact, Boyan Slat was so appalled by the pollution that he soon started to campaign for the oceans to be cleaned up. For a long time, few people took him seriously ... more

Universities Spent £10m On Unions In Year Strikes Brought Teaching To A Standstill

Universities spent almost £10 million supporting “aggressive political campaigns” by lecturers last year, figures have shown, as mass strikes disrupted exams and teaching across the country. Data released by the government shows that UK universities spent £9.8m on paying lecturers and other employee... more

Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals

One of the world’s top breast cancer doctors failed to disclose millions of dollars in payments from drug and health care companies in recent years, omitting his financial ties from dozens of research articles in prestigious publications like The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet ... more

   
   

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