Joining the ranks of other startups impacted by the coronavirus, VSCO has laid off roughly a third of its staff. In a message on LinkedIn, founder and CEO Joel Flory said “this week has been enormously difficult as we had to say goodbye Read More
Digital Transformation Is More Important Than Ever, Says VMware CEO
“In this environment, digital transformation is more important than ever,” says VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. “If you think of it only a few percentages of employees worked from home before this (pandemic). Now it’s 97 percent. Given the length and Read More
Awesome: Elon Musk & Jay Leno Drive the 2021 Tesla Cybertruck
“At Tesla, we always want to have the production car be better than the show car,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “It always drove me crazy when manufacturers would come out with this cool looking show car and then the Read More
Facebook Could Make Half of Positions Permanently Remote
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that up to half of the company’s positions could permanently shift to remote work. As the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe, company after company moved its workers to remote work. In many cases, it has been Read More
Mount Sinai Using Google Nest Cameras in Coronavirus Fight
Mount Sinai Hospital has found an innovative use for Google Nest cameras, using them to help monitor and communicate with COVID-19 patients. As the pandemic has swept the globe, and hit New York particularly hard, one of the challenges medical staff have Read More
Ericsson Wins China Mobile Contract
Ericsson has scored a big win, beating out Nokia for contracts with the world’s largest telecoms company, China Mobile. Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei are locked in a three-way battle for dominance in the 5G equipment market. Huawei is widely thought Read More
Should Apple and Google CEOs Be Personally Responsible For Coronavirus Tracking App Privacy?
In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Senator Josh Hawley wants both CEOs to take personal responsibility for customer privacy. Apple and Google recently announced their efforts to working on coronavirus tracking apps that will use Read More
Businesses Being Reimagined In A World That Is Now Entirely Digital
“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 Read More
Facebook Plans to Hire 10,000 People This Year In Product and Engineering
Facebook plans to hire some 10,000 people for its product and engineering teams this year, according to COO Sheryl Sandberg. In an interview with CNBC, Sandberg was asked if she would pledge not to layoff any employees, as many companies Read More
2020 MacBook Air More Repairable Than Predecessor
iFixit has done another of their in-depth teardowns of a new computer and the results are good news for owners of Apple’s most recent MacBook Air. Apple released a significant refresh of the MacBook Air last week, improving the processor and storage, as Read More