October 9, 2024

Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace | Salesforce acquires application development consulting firm AKTA and more...

Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace | Salesforce acquires application development consulting firm AKTA and more...

> Amazon's culture is drawing a lot of attention, as it churns out innovations but encourages an intensely competitive culture which some claim, are detrimental to the well being of employees.
http://goo.gl/Fc0ibn

> In yet another acquisition of a design consultancy Salesforce will acquire digital experience and engagement consultancy AKTA.
http://goo.gl/H4xq2a

> Google will begin to penalize websites that encourage users to download their apps, with a lower rating for such sites. Is this step on the part of the search giant, self-serving?
http://goo.gl/q2D2y7

> Autonomous vehicles are running into problems because human don't follow the rules!.
http://goo.gl/2dFxoo

> Twitter board likely to meet shortly to finalize candidate for CEO, amidst falling share prices and executive exits. Co-founder Jack Dorsey is currently prime candidate for CEO.
http://goo.gl/4vtyQI

> Jack Ma's Alibaba with an $166 billion market capitalization, higher than the output of smaller nations, is witnessing a steady slide and could be indicative of the direction that the economy is progressing towards.
http://goo.gl/c2RrgW

> Algorithms are now turning into boredom detectors that use your smartphone to reliably sense when you are bored and offer up things for you to do including reading or learning. It will be interesting to watch how this further develops...
http://goo.gl/ZDBV2Q

> In an all new trend at cybersecurity start-ups venture capitalists are actually stopping to ask if the company makes profits and ask about revenues and margins! Is caution finally returning to tech-funding?
http://goo.gl/3KnLEW

> Smartphone giant Xiaomi is stepping into the laptop market with chips and displays from Samsung. Xiaomi plans to step into the market currently dominated by Apple and Lenovo.
http://goo.gl/CWnIH0