Day: January 10, 2017

WSJ: Wal-Mart Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs This Month

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of January, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer plans to eliminate jobs at its headquarters and regional personnel that support stores, according to the report.

Govt plans to cast ‘net’ wide, include backward areas

After becoming the first state in the country to complete a mass roll-out of high-speed public internet services, the Maharashtra government is planning a free daily internet usage quota of up to 1GB for school and college students and residents of backward areas on this network. The government will also launch WiFi services in other cities like Kalyan-Dombivli, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Amravati, Nashik and Aurangabad.

Lighthouse launch novel ‘first responders’ holiday program

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US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices

The Homeland Security Department warned Tuesday about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer’s implantable heart devices that it said could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person’s defibrillator or pacemaker. Information on the security flaw, identified by researchers at MedSec Holdings in reports months ago, was only formally made public after the manufacturer, St. Jude Medical, made a software repair available Monday.

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This was my fifth year attending CES and every year I think I can’t be wowed more than the year before. The largest tech conference and show in the world wrapped up in Las Vegas on Sunday, and over the past four days, I have seen things even the Jetsons couldn’t have predicted.

Alibaba leads $2.6bn bid for store chain

Hong Kong/Shanghai: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is leading a bid to take department store chain Intime Retail Group Co private for as much as $2.6 billion, as China’s largest online retailer deepens its integration with brick-and-mortar stores. The deal to buy out Intime adds to Alibaba’s burgeoning foothold in physical retail as it pursues growth beyond a slowing online business.

Adobe patches critical flaws in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat

Adobe Systems released security updates for its Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat products fixing critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to install malware on computers. The Flash Player update fixes 13 vulnerabilities , 12 that can lead to remote code execution and one that allows attackers to bypass a security restriction and disclose information.

Wal-Mart plans to cut hundreds of jobs this month: WSJ

By Reuters Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to cut hundreds of jobs before the end of January, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. A customer pushes a shopping cart at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in Burbank, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

Hidden Figures Read More

We’ll start with three reasons to see Hidden Figures in theaters: Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer. These three brilliant actors portray the black women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, an achievement that restored the nation’s confidence and turned the Space Race around.

David Plouffe joins Zuckerberg’s philanthropy

David Plouffe, a former senior White House adviser and Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign manager, is joining Zuckerberg’s philanthropic project as head of policy and advocacy efforts. The organization is also bringing on Ken Mehlman, a former campaign manager for President George W. Bush, to head a newly created policy advisory board.

The best-selling wireless printer on Amazon is only $70 right now

HP might not have had much luck getting into the smartphone business, but the brand is still among the top in the world when it comes to laptop computers, desktop computers and printers. Everyone knows that buying an HP printer means buying a reliable workhorse that’s going to last for years and provide consistent results time and time again.

US Intel: Russia hacked Republican groups during election

Democratic groups and figures weren’t the only ones targeted in Russia’s suspected campaign to influence last year’s U.S. election. Russian cyberspies also targeted computers from state-level Republican groups and stole information from local voter registration records, FBI director James Comey said.

Prinova’s Messagepoint Named Cloud Awards Finalist

Jan. 10, 2017 – TORONTO – Prinova Corp ., a leader in developing and delivering innovative software and services within the Customer Communications Management market, announces that for the second year its award-winning Messagepoint , a hybrid cloud-based content management platform, is a finalist in the 2016-2017 Cloud Awards Program, in the Best Hybrid Cloud Solution category. The international cloud computing awards program celebrates excellence and innovation in the rapid-growth cloud computing market.

Tiny Login

It provides minimalist replacements for most of the utlities you usually find in GNU coreutils . This package is widely used for rescue and embedded systems.

Busybox

The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system optimization and limited resources in mind.

Protestors Continue Calls for Pilgrim Reactor to Shutdown

About 30 protesters gathered in the bitter cold outside the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Monday, January 9. With hand-made signs and shouted slogans, they welcomed a team of special investigators from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC workers are on hand for their third and final week of intensive inspections at the troubled plant.

Job cuts may be pending at Wal-Mart this month

I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.

Teacup

Full description=CGI application, based on Perl 5 and PostgreSQL, designed to provide helpdesk problem report management system for small to medium sized companies. It includes web and email interfaces for submitting, updating, and querying problem reports.

5 Reasons Ecommerce Brands Should Leverage User-Generated Content

Do you know how many sites there are in the ecommerce universe? According to Lemonstand , there are 12 to 24 million online stores — and counting. As an ecommerce entrepreneur you may find it tough to position yourself successfully in front of your target customers, while knowing that tons of brands are also competing for their undivided attention.

E-COMMERCE: Alibaba Finds Friend In Trump, Quagmire In Intime

A meeting between Jack Ma and Donald Trump is a major coup for Alibaba and bodes well for its US relations. E-commerce giant Alibaba is wasting no time making big headlines in the New Year, starting with a major coup that has seen founder Jack Ma become the first big Chinese business leader to score a meeting with incoming U.S. President Donald Trump.