Think of the essentials in life: oxygen, sleep, water and food. On the whole, humanity is better at taking care of some essentials than others. We would never skip breathing for more than a few minutes, but we’ll fall asleep randomly. And food is the worst: we’ll often stock up on junk food or skip a meal without bothering to puzzle out what these diet tweaks will wind up costing us down the road....
Snapchat – which has become infamous for turning a $3 billion cash acquisition offer from Facebook – announced earlier this week at Re/code’s Code Conference that it plans to eventually go public. According to Business Insider, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel talked briefly about the company’s need to IPO and how they have a plan in place to get that done. Back in March of this year, the company raised a Series E round worth $200 million, and brought in new investor Alibaba....
Cloud Security Problems With so much focus placed on recent security breaches involving major corporations over the past few years, it’s no wonder cloud security is such a priority. Cyber criminal tactics continue to evolve, making the task of enhancing cloud security that much more difficult. IT departments in particular are struggling to keep up with the demands surrounding cloud security. A recent survey from the Ponemon Institute and SafeNet shows that 70 percent of IT workers say privacy and data protection in the cloud remains a challenge....
In an online launch event, Sony revealed the Xperia 1 II with three rear cameras plus a new time-of-flight sensor, a 6.5-inch 4K OLED display, and a 5G-ready Snapdragon 865 processor. Alongside the Xperia 1 II, Sony also revealed the mid-range Xperia 10 II, and budget L4. Sony’s staying coy about the release date for the phones, saying they should be available from “late Spring.” Here’s everything you need to know about the phones....
Case Study: Specialization vs Generalization at Spotify While this debate has been ongoing for years, it was kicked up once again upon the announcement from Spotify that it would branch out from its normal streaming music service to include new features like streaming video and podcasts. Spotify has, of course, become a major player in the streaming music business, rivaling noted competitor Pandora in terms of audience numbers. Spotify’s push to be more general in their offerings has many questioning whether it’s the right strategy to pursue....
Many sales specialists make mistakes because of the fact that they lag behind in trends and they do not know that they are making mistakes. For instance, many do not use mobile sales apps. This is something that can help a lot more than what many believe and can be considered for so many businesses. We can mention various mistakes but we should focus on the following. Not Focusing on the Problem In the past, the sales specialist focused on the offer....
The advertising model has long supported print magazines and newspapers. But the internet’s hyper-targeted ad model quickly lead to a devaluation, powering the rise of ad blockers. For years, publishers struggled to balance a quality of engagement with the need to chase page views through sensational or snackable content. Now, publishers are coming around: The subscription model allows audiences to pay directly for high-quality content. Where the ad model prioritized quick views, the subscription model prioritizes a depth of engagement....
The record books are littered with attempts to find a way to bridge the gap between phone and laptop – to bring greater functionality to the ultimate symbol of portability. Companies have tried adding accessories, curving screens, or even making the whole thing modular. But one way or another, these attempts feel contrived, and we haven’t even mentioned the failure of tablets. Entrepreneur Brent Morgan feels the same way and believes the key issue is that we’re pursuing mobile innovation in the wrong places....
Need more funding news? You can get the Tech.Co deals roundup send directly to your inbox by subscribing here. Funding YC-Backed GitHub Competitor Gitlab Raises Additional $4M from Khosla Ventures GitLab, the open-source code collaboration platform that competes with GitHub, announced today that it has raised an additional $4 million from Khosla Ventures in its Series A round. The funding is a follow-up from the company’s $1.5 million seed round this past July, which also included investment from 500 Startups, Crunchfund, Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures, and Liquid 2 Ventures....
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The health benefits of corporate wellness programs are innumerable. They have the potential to persuade the cessation of smoking in employees, motivate weight loss, as well as encourage personal health and safety practices such as sleep hygiene, and stress management. The resulting factors include lower absenteeism, higher job satisfaction, as well as increased work productivity. In fact, recent studies have revealed that different wellness programs have produced 25 percent reduced costs pertaining to sick leave, health plan, workers’ compensation, and disability insurance....
And don’t think that this is just some passing fad as a 2013 customer relationship management forecast, released by Gartner, has revealed that the CRM market is currently worth $27.5 billion worldwide, and could potentially worth up to $36 billion, by 2017. This means that almost everyone is already hoping onto a more customer centric business model, and so should you. CRM is essential for: Maintaining customer relationshipsExtracting more customer lifetime valueGenerating swift response (and hence shorter payback periods) for new launchesGauging customer response to new products, websites, marketing campaigns...
The very start of the workday isn’t exactly the most beloved time of the day. Don’t believe me? Just examine the slogan on your typical novelty coffee cup. But the cliches are true: if you love your job, you’ll love beginning a new eight-hour block of it each day. I can only assume that most people really dislike writing coffee cup slogans all day. Let’s focus on the positive: anyone who loves the morning would be happy to ring it in — with a work-appropriate gong of some kind....
I hate to break it to you but 2016 will bring the end of organic marketing for all of us. Sure, we’ll all still get some reach, clicks, and a few leads from some quick hit marketing campaigns this year, but that’s about it. As the owner of a digital marketing agency, I field between five to ten prospect calls a week – and I’m not exaggerating this number at all....
Online security has become a hugely pressing issue in recent years and for good reason. Clever online scams have become staples in every corner of the worldwide web, and tech companies harvesting terabytes of personal information every day have taken the protection of that data about as seriously as a six year old is about protecting their 401k. To fully understand exactly how big and bad this collection of breached data is for the average person, take a look at some of the details below....
This should show you that more than ever before technology is making people more social. That means you have to form relationships with your target audience. As a startup, it’s the only way you are going to generate sales. TechWeek The TechWeek conference is perfect for startups because more than ever before you need to leverage technology in your business. It doesn’t matter what industry you happen to be operating in....
LinkedIn has combed through their salary data to come up with the following list of positions. The data provides a job title, median base salary, and the number of self-reported data points that LinkedIn relied on to support their claims. The List Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the top jobs demand eight more years of school. Here’s the list of the highest paying jobs, via LinkedIn’s blog: The most important salary question is whether you’re earning a fair wage, whether you’re at one of the highest paying jobs or one of the lowest....
These college entrepreneurs will now be paired with mentors and have seven weeks to build a business plan before presenting it before a panel of judges on Sat., April 29, in Orono. Up for grabs is $20,000 in cash and in-kind support. The startup ideas range from a video game company to one that would offer an innovative home-heating appliance. Students who applied could be at any early stage of their business, from the idea phase to post-revenue....
Normally, these data breaches occur when a hacker manages to gain access to a company’s internal network and their servers. This gives them almost free-reign over the company’s IT system and can lead to enormous damage. However, Cyxetra, based in Coral Gables just outside Florida, believes its new AppGate technology might make network-level data breaches a thing of the past. We spoke to Kurt Glazemakers (pictured), Cyxetra’s CTO of Software-Defined Perimeter security, to find out more....
