Tag: IBM
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The Benefits And Disruptions Of Blockchain Technology
It’s safe to say Blockchain technology has disrupted the internet in quite a dramatic fashion. Despite only being invented about fourteen years ago, cryptocurrency has formed a world of its own and it is now estimated the market will hit well above a $1 trillion USD valuation from four years ago….. Allowing transactions, alongside other…
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7000 Words About The Refragmentation Of The Economy
One advantage of being old is that you can see change happen in your lifetime. A lot of the change I’ve seen is fragmentation. US politics is much more polarized than it used to be. Culturally we have ever less common ground. The creative class flocks to a handful of happy cities, abandoning the rest.…
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Years Of I-phone Innovations Meant Big Expectations For Newest Models
Have things changed in the past 5 years? Take a look at this article from 2014 and let us know via the comments section below. In the summer of 2007, Mike Lazardis, co-founder of BlackBerry, got an iPhone to check what’s inside. He pried it open and was shocked on what he saw: BlackBerry wasn’t…
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Peter Robinson On Job Obsolescence- Government Should Not Protect Jobs
A recent OECD report finds that low and middle income earners have seen their wages stagnate and that the income share of middle-skilled jobs has fallen. Rising inequality has led to concerns that top earners are getting a disproportionate share of the gains from global “openness and interconnection”. During a Summer 2017 meeting of OECD,…
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How To Present New Ideas To Your Intimidating Boss
Everyone says they want innovation in their organization, but when an ambitious employee offers it to a Boss or CEO, for example, the idea is often shot down, says Neal Thornberry, Ph.D., faculty director for innovation initiatives at the Naval Postgraduate School in California. “Senior leaders often miss the value-creating potential of a new concept…
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Fashion And Technology Connect At New York Fashion Week
What would it be like to listen in on a discussion on new materials/textiles by a director at NASA, an entrepreneur focusing on branding for dogs and an international superstar in fashion? It may sound odd at first thought, however, in the fashion industry today everyone is linked through technology – which nowadays is every…