Category: Business

WhatsApp has reported it now has some 50 million users of its WhatsApp Business app. Facebook has been working to monetize WhatsApp to help offset the $19 billion it paid to acquire the messaging platform. It originally looked at offering…

In the race to create a COVID-19 vaccine, Rescale has partnered with both Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Rescale is a leader in enterprise big compute and is offering its high performance computing resources to research teams working on vaccines…

As people all over the world are locked down or under stay-at-home orders, the mobile app market is booming as people look for things to do and ways to stay connected. According to data released by App Annie, mobile apps saw…

Yesterday, I attended a great session on Twitter at SMX West, about using the service for business purposes. It covered everything from a glossary for the beginner to advanced tips for those looking to gain more. For my session review,…

More people are working from home these days, and why not? Better schedule, working environment, and commute (what could be better than rolling out of bed and immediately getting to work?). Oh, and avoiding the Coronavirus epidemic! Now everyone, even…

After years of exporting semiconductor manufacturing overseas, the Trump administration, Intel and TSMC are in talks to open chip factories in the US. For years companies have relied on Asian semiconductor factories for the most critical components powering computers, phones,…

Did you know that in a single day over 380 billion emails are sent, 85% of which is SPAM? Many of those emails may be a phishing scheme, in 2018 more than 80% of people received phishing emails. Phishing attacks are…

“There’s a real recognition that digitization and transformation are not doing what you used to do in the physical world,” says Publicis Sapient CEO Nigel Vaz. “Digitizing that and translating that is essentially the journey of going from being a…

More people are working from home these days, and why not? Better schedule, working environment, and commute (what could be better than rolling out of bed and immediately getting to work?). Oh, and avoiding the Coronavirus epidemic! Now everyone, even Gary (we…

In a call to investors, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has said the company is losing significant business because of the coronavirus, but has enough funds on hand. According to Business Insider, Khosrowshahi told investors the hardest hit areas have seen…