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Information Age
For many firms transforming business operations via technology means improving how they interact with — and meet — customer needs. In fact, customer experience represents the single best opportunity financial services firms have to deliver on their priorities, according to a survey by Econsultancy.
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Adweek
The hottest thing in the brand ecosystem, the marketing cloud, could stand to find a new name for itself. Advertisers across the spectrum are not only finding clarity in the cloud, they're basking in the sunny warmth of greater returns on investment, working with the likes of Marketo, Adobe, Oracle and Salesforce. And the forecast appears to only get better — although it's not known for being a simple solution.
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InformationWeek
As the move toward digital innovation continues, CIOs are increasingly challenged from all angles and with new responsibilities and new technologies.
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Geektime
Dallas, TX, spreads across all or parts of five counties and became world famous thanks to the Dallas Cowboys (1960) and the Dallas TV show in the 1980s (remember who shot J. R.?). The economic driving force of north central Texas, Dallas grew thanks to banking, telecommunications, transportation, and every other big dollar enterprise you can name. The ninth largest city in the U.S., but the fourth largest metropolitan area when you include Fort Worth and all the other cities between and around the two, it is home to the third most Fortune 500 company headquarters in the country.
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Forbes
What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children.
A new study from the National Foundation for American Policy found a remarkable 83 percent (33 of 40) of the finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants.
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Entrepreneur
Couldn't make it to SXSW this year? We've got the highlights.
Got a ride?
Despite reminders from SXSW (and yours truly), some folks didn't get the message that Uber and Lyft left the Austin market months ago. These folks either didn't know or didn't remember that these companies opted out of the city after a vote last May preventing them from operating with only their own background check systems in place.
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InformationWeek
New technologies and solutions are compelling, so compelling that little thought may go into what will make them successful. Solutions architects can help, but they need help from IT and the business. Thought leaders, including an Interop ITX speaker, share advice.
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U.S. News & World Report
If you feel like you're constantly getting distracted when you're trying to concentrate on your job, you're not alone. With social media updates, endless apps, personal concerns and family matters vying for your focus in the office, it's a wonder any work gets done at all.
But there's a consequence to letting too many distractions eat into your workday. One study shows that being interrupted from a project causes you to lose nearly 25 minutes of concentration.
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Forbes
For older adults who cannot travel or attend family events, the real world can become very small and stifling. But they may be able to escape their isolation to a degree through virtual reality (a technology that generates visuals and sounds making users feel as if an artificial world is real) — and a number of entrepreneurs are developing programs to make that possible.
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NPR
The makers of the We-Vibe, a line of vibrators that can be paired with an app for remote-controlled use, have reached a $3.75 million class action settlement with users following allegations that the company was collecting data on when and how the sex toy was used.
Standard Innovations, the Canadian manufacturer of the We-Vibe, does not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement finalized recently.
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Satellite Today
Astrapi Corporation won the grand prize of the Startup Space pitch competition at the SATELLITE 2017 Conference & Exhibition, in recognition of its innovative technology and business strategy. Astrapi was one of approximately 100 firms entering the competition, and one of only 20 global companies accepted to pitch after a jury review by domain experts.
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