A few weeks ago, Yahoo made headlines when it acquired Summly, a startup run by a 17-year-old CEO named Nick D’Aloisio for $30 million Summly is a news aggregation app. We thought the deal was weird. Here is why: Summly never had … Continued
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Meet the scientific accident that could change the world
Last year, researchers at UCLA made a rather fantastic, if serendipitous, discovery. A team of scientists led by chemist Richard Kaner had just finished devising an efficient method for producing high-quality sheets of the Nobel-prize winning supermaterial known as graphene — with … Continued
Game-Changing Desalination Technology
The latest technology for removing salt from seawater, developed by Lockheed Martin, will be a game-changer for the industry, according to Ray O. Johnson, senior vice president and chief technology officer of the jet and weapons manufacturer. Desalination technology is used in … Continued
7 Lessons From the World’s Most Captivating Presenters
LESSON #1: START WITH PAPER, NOT POWERPOINT. Think back to the last time you prepared for a presentation. Did you start by outlining the story you would tell on paper? Did you then gradually weave in meaningful data, examples, and … Continued
Financial Aid Is Scarce for Job-Training Certificates
Job certificate programs are prized by employers for equipping workers with in-demand skills, but they are often not eligible for federal financial aid.
4 Steps to Turning Big Data into Business Impact
This article is part of Aryng’s ”analytics tips for executives” series specially addressing CEO, CMO, CPO, VP of Marketing/Product, GM, Head of Business Unit.
WE’VE FOUND THE GOD PARTICLE
GENEVA (AP) — The search is all but over for a subatomic particle that is a crucial building block of the universe. Physicists announced Thursday they believe they have discovered the subatomic particle predicted nearly a half-century ago, which will … Continued
Transportation sector forecast to lead hiring in quarter
Canadian employers see steady – though not rip-roaring – hiring in the coming quarter, led by optimism in the transportation sector. Manpower’s quarterly employment outlook survey shows a slightly softer climate for hiring in the April-to-June period compared with the … Continued
The Way A Company Runs Meetings Explains Its Internal Culture
Your initial, gut reaction when you read the word below has the potential to tell me a lot about you, and possibly a lot about the organization you work for. Ready? Meetings What happened when you read it? Did you think about snacks, agendas, white boa…
Making your Job easier: SXSW 2013 Music Preview
It’s that time of year again! All Songs Considered is headed on another musical trek to Austin for this year’s South By Southwest festival. Before hitting the road we listened to songs from more than a thousand bands scheduled to play the … Continued
It’s All About The Data For Apps And App Stores
At the core of the app culture is conversation. Almost all apps have a read and write capability. But it’s time to make conversation part of the fabric of an app more than the main feature itself. The apps need … Continued
International Women’s Day 2013 to focus on women in the workplace
International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated around the world on 8 March and carrying the title for 2013, “The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum”, will, this year, celebrate and emphasise the importance of hiring women to participate in the growth of economies … Continued
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[Live] BIll Gates Talks Education at SWSWedu
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will address the foundation’s U.S. education work, which focuses primarily on ensuring all students are prepared for success in college and career. The keynote will take place 10:30 A.M. Thursday, … Continued
3,500-room resort and casino planned for Vegas strip
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A Malaysian company plans to spend $7 billion to build a 3,500 room Asian-themed resort and casino on the Las Vegas strip over the former Stardust casino site. … Continued
Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air
I’ve never cared much for billboards. Not in the city, not out of the city — not anywhere, really. It’s like the saying in that old Five Man Electrical Band song. So when the creative director of an ad agency in … Continued
The father of all men is 340,000 years old
Albert Perry carried a secret in his DNA: a Y chromosome so distinctive that it reveals new information about the origin of our species. It shows that the last common male ancestor down the paternal line of our species is … Continued