Fortunately, there’s hope. Within the last few years, there have been a number of tech developments – accessible to companies both big and small – that help level the playing field for eCommerce startups. The answer? Big Data. Before you roll your eyes and mumble something about another article on Big Data, remember that most small companies aren’t making use of this trend. Sure, Big Data is a term thrown around a lot in IT spheres, but it’s very important for and very underutilized by small companies....

Research presented by security firm Kryptowire singled out a host of manufacturers. It drew attention to their specific Android phone models as having security issues, some of which are so severe as to leave unsecured back doors wide open into devices. Phone and tablet brands including ZTE, Vivo, Sony, Nokia and LG were all named, with a wide range of issues that could be a concern for customers and carriers....

Still, there is no app (or not much alternatives, at least) offering the same capabilities that Meucci features. With this app, users can call anyone, at any place, for free – but the key here is that Meucci provides free (depending on your mobile plan) GSM calls and group calls, supporting non-smartphones. By not requiring the usage of Wi-Fi or mobile data, as well as smartphones, Meucci has the potential to become a big player and bring huge benefits to the populations of emerging markets and countries....

Other new tools coming to the platform include meeting guides, custom branding, and live translation for captions that will further break down language barriers. It’s another example of how business software is adapting to a hybrid-first world. Teams Premium will be available to all by the end of 2023. Here’s how those features will all work. What’s Coming to Microsoft Teams Premium Announced in a recent blog post, Microsoft’s latest tier adds all its new tools at a single price (still to be disclosed), with no add-ons offered or needed....

Those looking for the “next big thing” tend to look towards fresh-faced college grads for their Zuckerbergs or their Spiegels, and that impact is clear in the entire community’s response to that bias: An entire 43 percent of tech employees responding to one LinkedIn survey reported worrying about losing their job due to their age. Now, more stats on ageism in tech have emerged thanks to a new survey. Across August 2017, a Modis-commissioned survey garnered responses from 1,500 U....

Baumgartner is the cofounder of and chief psychologist at RoundPegg. RoundPegg is a software platform that quantifies the culture of individual organizations and provides tools to align employee hiring, development, and engagement. Prior to RoundPegg, she worked as a business psychologist, consulting companies on choosing the right leaders that fit their respective companies. RoundPegg provides this similar functionality to smaller-scale companies, without the need for expensive consulting. Baumgartner knows how important it is to fit into the culture of an organization, and shares an anecdote about her own experience during her TEDxMileHigh talk....

That’s right, Netflix has finally unleashed a tiny bit of data on the world and we could not be more excited. This afternoon, they released analysis focusing on which shows are the most likely to be binged and which shows are most likely to be savored. The range showcased not only the impressive array of popular shows on Netflix, but also the wide selection of genres available on the most popular streaming service in the land....

That’s why Levo today launched a suite of new online products, courses, and offerings specifically designed to help young professionals as they embark on their new lives. As the team says, this launch came just as Millennials surpassed Gen X as the largest pool of talent in the US labor force. Not to mention that 1.8 million new graduates, who are also Millennials, just entered the workforce. The tool suite includes a new profile feature, an iOS app called Thinking Talents, and The Ultimate Toolkit to Kickstart Your Career....

The Pew Research Center’s new survey, out today, offers an overview of the sad state of the internet in 2016, covering items like the Time magazine cover story on “why we’re losing the internet to the culture of hate” or a constant government battle to balance free speech with misleading information. But it also offers a look at where the internet is likely headed in 2017. It’s not great....

“This exceptional level of investment reflects the exciting things that you, our customers and users, are doing with FoundationDB, as well as confidence in what our talented team can continue to build,” said FoundationDB Co-founder and CEO David Rosenthal on the company’s blog. Founded in 2009, FoundationDB is known for creating technology that can scale across a distributed infrastructure without any single point of failure, unlike most of the other NoSQL databases on the market....

In other words, virtual reality headsets just got even better — or at least they will, once this update has fully rolled out, which Oculus says is “soon.” It’s another step closer to widespread adaptation, although VR still has a ways to come. How the updates work VR headsets have faced just one challenge for years — no one wants a half-baked VR experience, so the tech needs to be top-tier before it will have a chance at becoming big....

The phone starts at $549, which buys you 128GB of storage space and 6GB of RAM, making this phone the cheapest flagship option on the market. The OnePlus 6T will be available on November 6, 2018, though you can order it starting at 9 a.m. on November 1, 2018. Here’s what the new phone offers, and how it stacks up to the rest of the competitive smartphone market. As for the competition?...

Putting it simply, banks want to provide the lowest possible return for investors while allowing higher interest rate to borrowers, subsequently increasing their margins and their profits. And because this model has taken advantage of poor people for hundreds of years, peer-to-peer (or P2P) lending has emerged as an alternative to this, so that both sides don’t have to depend on a business model that treats people like ATMs. With the advent of fintech, it is now easier than ever to digitally connect people to money, and P2P lending takes advantage of that, and is growing by the numbers – so much that even regular banks want in....

So the engineers, designers, and visionaries that work with At the Pool, a Los Angeles-based social startup, are promoting everybody to take the pledge to get offline via their platform. They have made it their main mission in life to bring some semblance of humanity back to the web by actually getting off the web. At the Pool was designed to bridge the gap between online and offline interactions by connecting individuals with similar likes and interests in the physical sphere versus the digital one....

How the World Prays Feder was deeply interested in this subject because years earlier, he had been tapped by Isaac Tigrett to bring together the art concept for the House of Blues: rock ‘n roll infused with spirituality. He became well-versed in the understanding of how people around the world practice spirituality and trust in prayer. And on top of these studies showing that anonymous prayer doesn’t work, Feder was aware of another phenomenon: when querying deeply religious people who pray for the sick within their own congregations, he says, “the peer pressure to get better creates stress that actually prevent these patients from improving their health....

If you are a small brick-and-mortar store or just a budding entrepreneur with a bold new physical product idea, begin your journey to the world of ecommerce by asking yourself the next essential questions. How Do I Create My New Store? The good news is – you may not need to hire a developer to do the job for you. Shopify, Woocommerce for WordPress, Goodsie and Jumpseller among others, allow you to design attractive ecommerce websites with hardly any coding required....

2022 has not been a good year for workers. Major tech companies have been laying off employees on what feels like a daily basis, from Apple and Microsoft to Twitter and Tesla. Now, it appears the trend isn’t going anywhere any time soon with a new report that shows companies are just ramping up to even more layoffs before the end of the year. New Survey Forecasts More Layoffs A new survey from PwC, which was reported by Bloomberg, polled 700 executives and board members across the US and found that the majority of them are planning layoffs in the near future....

Robo 3D’s C2 printer not only gives you an accurate print (no post-print sanding and dremel action), but it’s designed to all be easy enough where less technical people can work with it. On top of this it includes a few bells and whistles like a color touchscreen and Wi-Fi connectivity to manage the device through an app. If that sounds promising, you’re not alone in that thinking. Even before the hardware became reality, Robo 3D as a company amassed more than $1 million through crowdfunding across 1,645 backers....

Even as the financial powers that be – the IRS, Warren Buffett, and the rest of them – struggle to define and regulate Bitcoins, entire industries are cropping up around the new currency. One such industry involves getting Bitcoins into the hands of spenders. Las Vegas-based Robocoin is tackling this problem of the future by looking to the past. The company manufactures ATMs designed specifically for Bitcoin. And just as fast as Bitcoin headlines are being made, Robocoin is evolving its business to adapt to the way users want to access the currency, starting with distribution....

Of the ten VPNs contacted by Roscomnadzor, four have publicly voiced their intentions to not comply with the order, and according to Roscomnadzor chief Alexander Zharov in Russian news outlet Interfax, just one VPN provider has officially complied: Kaspersky Secure Connection. Roskomnadzor plans to block all non-complying VPNs within a month. Why Has Russia Blocked Some VPNs? A total of ten VPN providers were contacted by Roscomnadzor in March — ExpressVPN, HideMyAss!...