95 percent of requests made up until March of this year came from members of the general public concerned about how Google search results affect their privacy.
"Those who live in America, or visit it, might do best to regard [mass shootings] the way one regards air pollution in China: an endemic local health hazard which, for deep-rooted cultural, social, economic and political reasons, the country is incapable of addressing. This may, however, be a bit unfair. China seems to be making progress on pollution."
Eventually, proponents of telemedicine see patients connecting with nutritionists and even mental health counselors. And one doesn’t need a space capsule-like module like the district’s kiosk to connect to a doctor. There are apps that will allow patients to use their tablet from home.
Executives at Starbucks said that it was Lyft’s company values and brand that made the partnership more enticing. “We have respect for Uber, but in this case we believe that Lyft is the company for us,” Howard Schultz, chairman and chief executive of Starbucks, said
Apple Inc said it had removed Nest Labs' Internet-connected thermostats from its U.S. online and retail stores, a year after the home automation maker was bought by Google Inc for $3.3 billion.
Chrysler's UConnect system uses Sprint's cellular network for connectivity, so researchers were able to remotely locate cars by scanning for devices using that particular spectrum band.
Individual brands shouldn't be afraid to fully commit to their marketing on other occasions. For the consumer, experiencing even a bit of that immersive Comic-Con magic is something to be embraced.
CrossFit’s success is tied directly to the birth of the web era and the growth of mobile media. In the beginning, CrossFit gained converts by posting daily workouts on a no-frills website. But now those daily workouts are also mobile-friendly and broadcast to CrossFit’s 864,000 followers on Instagram. Super-charged by social, CrossFit has an Uber-like emphasis on letting its affiliates bear the capital costs while keep(ing) the ideas and image within (its) own grasp.
The nascent marketplace for do-it-yourself consumer products means the film industry could soon face the same kind of legal quagmire that the music industry waded into over piracy.
Even if curbing Uber’s growth helps traffic get back to speed, many have pointed out that other steps would reduce congestion more that would use tolls to discourage driving in the core and reduce traffic. Uber is pushing its carpool service as another way to cut congestion. Lyft has its own. Both services might get more users if the city does decide later on to force a slowdown in the industry’s growth.
A retailer could list and sell products directly through its Facebook page. People who visit the page would be able to browse, shop and pay without ever leaving Facebook. (But) if more businesses start selling on Facebook, they'll be at the mercy of Facebook's algorithms and probably have to start buying ads to make sure people see their products. Facebook could also start taking a cut of sales in the future, resulting in possibly higher prices for customers.
Internet connectivity has not reduced managers’ orientation to action – and their disinclination to engage in reflection. How ironic that heavier reliance on information technology, technically removed from the action would exacerbate the action orientation of managing. With all those electrons flying about, the hyperactivity gets worse, not better.
It flies, it buzzes, and it shoots live rounds.
We want to be able to take advantage of technology. Our ability to address patient-care issues is much faster. “The idea of eliminating mobile phones is a very restrictive one.Instead, hospitals need to find a way to hold onto the benefits while keeping staffers from getting distracted.
Banks loans are based on the value of drillers’ producing reserves, which has shrunk as oil prices fell. Many companies are also losing protection as hedges that locked in prices as high as $90 a barrel begin to expire.
It only used a fraction of its (space) to sell products.A large part of the store was dedicated to letting people try out and learn about products. "I’m not sure “store” is the right word anymore," said Tim Cook. "They’ve taken on a role much broader than that. They are the face of Apple for our customers."
When you come to do your shopping in-store, the app guides you to your items, then lets you scan and pay for them directly from your phone, avoiding checkout queues altogether. "Over time we’ll get more value out of the list creation because we’ll understand customers’ shopping history, and we’ll start helping shoppers create their lists."
Car makers say the car could become a platform for generating income—from location-based services that find nearby restaurants or parking garages, or to book hotels and other services that turn the data generated by the car into profits.
Ultimately, what Ashley Madison is doing is not totally dishonest, but it's not totally honest either. We would guess that most people coming to a site for extramarital affairs have made peace with that kind of parsing of the truth.
Historically employed by corporate interests against activist groups and journalists, SLAPPs have proliferated more recently in response to comments posted by ordinary people on crowd-sourced review sites. Reviews can sometimes make or break a reputation and affect sales. Twenty-eight states and DC have passed laws intended to discourage such suits.
“Middle-skill” work — has not so much disappeared from the U.S. as it has shifted from an industrial economy to a knowledge economy. Declining middle-wage jobs often can easily be performed by technology. The jobs that are growing and pay well require more complex reasoning or communications skills.
The lack of support from Facebook — and from other popular app makers like Snapchat and Google — underscores skepticism in the technology community. Companies whose apps would most likely prompt more people to buy the device are waiting to see who is buying it and how they use it.
As an independently traded company, Paypal is already valued at roughly $50 billion. Compare that with eBay’s market cap of about $33.64 billion. After spinning off PayPal, eBay’s stock was trading down at $26.89 this morning.
Most CEOs get fired for “soft issues.” Thirty-one percent of CEOs got fired for poor change management, 28% for ignoring customers, 27% for tolerating low performers, 23% for denying reality and 22% for too much talk and not enough action.
The Smithsonian Institute, a federally funded complex of museums and research centers, has a budget of $819.5 million for the fiscal year of 2015. This covers 64 percent of the museum’s efforts; the rest comes from private donations.
During the quarter, the firm recorded a $1.45 billion provision for "mortgage-related litigation and regulatory matters," which reduced earnings by $2.77 a share.
Banks made an average of more than $230 billion in new loans in the last three years, up from an average of just over $200 billion in the 3 years before the crash. Consumer credit overall is up by almost a third.
The paradox of low productivity in a time of technical advances may be the uneven way innovation spreads. Some firms gobble new technology while others don’t, so productivity could be lagging because business since the recession has been stingy about investing in new equipment. "I'm reluctant to point at failure in measurement because you're making excuses."
Amazon cannot survive as a pure-play retailer. Stores are the new black in the world of ecommerce: these incredibly robust, flexible warehouses.
Facebook claims it serves 4 billion videos a day compared to YouTube's vaguer, "hundreds of millions of hours of 'watch time. But Facebook views are different. They come in a feed on autoplay. YouTube's 1 billion users are deliberately clicking to watch videos. "With the 'watch time' metric "we know users continued to watch it."
Saturday’s incident marks the fifth time in a month that firefighting operations have been temporarily grounded by a private citizen flying a drone.
The few whose families had enough money to help them with college, but to then assist them with payment on a home accounts for more than half of the Millennial homeowners in Zillow’s data, though they account for only 3 percent of the population.9% of Millennials whose parents were able to contribute to their education were also able to help them purchase a home.
The move risks some backlash, but it offers a number of benefits. Microsoft has had to spend considerable time and money supporting older versions of its operating system as well as taking the reputation hit from security flaws that had been fixed in later versions. Microsoft also found customers judging the company based on less-than-current versions of its software.
If upheld, the decision would open a route to legal TV-over-Internet businesses—not just for FilmOn but for future competitors.
"The priority is revenue growth, but pursuing revenue growth is not inconsistent with expense management."
The economic argument is that those who have power in the labor market do better, and traditionally it’s been higher-skilled workers. Today, it’s unclear who has the skills necessary to remain relevant amid all the disruptions.
In technology, as in life, a little willpower goes a long way.
The label has been jumbled beyond recognition. The way people consume is no longer confined to a box.
More recent programs have focused on more complex strings of data in an attempt trying to teach computers what's happening in a picture rather than simply what's in shot.
In an ideal world, regulators navigating the taxi wars would craft a new set of laws that better balances public welfare and safety concerns while providing flexibility to accommodate new business models. No company has the right to unilaterally exempt itself from public laws, even if it considers those laws to be kind of stupid. That’s not civil disobedience; that’s racketeering.
There’s this crazy idea that all the billions of web pages have been thoroughly vetted and reviewed, and this omniscient source found the best, that whoever or whatever is doing the searching for us is infallible. In fact, the algorithm is bringing up paid-for adverts, results with the cleverest search engine optimization and websites that echo your tastes and habits.
For decades software-makers have written licensing agreements disclaiming responsibility for any bad consequences of using their products. As computers become integrated into everything from cars to medical devices, that stance will become untenable
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As a Partner and Co-Founder of Predictiv and PredictivAsia, Jon specializes in management performance and organizational effectiveness for both domestic and international clients. He is an editor and author whose works include Invisible Advantage: How Intangilbles are Driving Business Performance.
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