Tim Cook, the Apple CEO announces that iPhone 7 is the best iPhone created so far. Expected to be launched in September 2016, this new iPhone will come in two versions: iPhone 7, that will cost $649 and iPhone 7 Plus, that will cost $769. The two versions come with numerous news such as: resistance to water and dust (with the IP67 certification), stereo speakers, a new video … [Read more...]
Formula 1 Racing has a new and billionaire owner
The Liberty Media Group, whose owner is the American magnate of communications and billionaire John Malone, gets the control of Formula 1, putting an end to all the years of uncertainties regarding the future of the most important auto championship in the world. Chase Carey, the vice-president of the 21st Century Fox company, which belongs to the media magnate Rupert Murdoch, … [Read more...]
USA authorities forbids the antibacterial soaps
FDA (The Food and Drug Administration) forbid the commercialization of many antibacterial soaps in the USA, explaining that there are no evidences that these soaps would be more efficient than the normal ones and they could cause hormonal problems as well as the immunity's decreasing (through the increasing of the resistance to bacteria). Janet Woodcock, the director of the … [Read more...]
The richest Indian wants to provide free 4G Internet for one billion people
The richest man in India invests $20 billion in a mobile phone company which could bring fast Internet in the houses of millions of people. The Indian consumers are already celebrating the establishment of Reliance Jio by Mukesh Ambani who promises to offer Internet at very accessible prices and download speeds that facilitates the video streaming. In New Delphi, a device from … [Read more...]
No roaming for the European Union members
Good news for those having numerous phone conversations with people abroad. The European Commission insists on eliminating the roaming price lists beginning with June 2017. The European Commission insisted Wednesday that it didn't give up on the promise of putting an end to the roaming price lists, despite the fact that last days it revealed a suggestion that would limit the … [Read more...]
Amazon Will Be Increasing Private Label Products
Online retail giant Amazon is planning to dramatically increase the private-label products it will be offering to consumers in the next few weeks, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. … [Read more...]
Apple Invests $1 Billion in Chinese Ride-sharing Company Didi Chuxing
Is an iCar showing up on our crystal balls? It sure looks like it after it was announced on Thursday that Apple has invested $1 billion in China's biggest ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, the strategic move was made to help the company better understand the Chinese market, the second largest after the U.S. … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Eliminate Annoying Meetings
Unproductive meetings have reached epidemic status in America. Bain & Company, using analytics tools from VoloMetrix, examined the time budgeting of several large corporations. The research found that big U.S. companies are wasting millions of dollars on unproductive hours. For one business in the study, management meetings "ate up" about 300,000 hours, or the equivalent of … [Read more...]
Proper Profile on LinkedIn Yields 40 Times More Opportunities
If you only have a LinkedIn profile because you’re supposed to have one, get ready to have your world turned upside down. OK, maybe not turned upside down, but there’s a whole lot more to the platform than uploading your resume and forgetting about it. You can totally rock the professional world if you set your profile up the right way. … [Read more...]
Respect in the Workplace – Managers, Do You Deserve It?
Many companies are evolving to become more trustworthy, transparent, ethical, collaborative and mindful of their employees' needs. This won't work however if the leaders are not as diligent to earn respect from their employees or colleagues. Just because you are the manager, that doesn’t mean you've earned respect. Too many leaders think their titles grant them authority, and … [Read more...]