Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, co-founder David Filo and others plan to resign from the company’s board when it completes its $4.8 billion sale to Verizon. Mayer, others to depart Yahoo board; company to be renamed Altaba Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, co-founder David Filo and others plan to resign from the company’s board when it completes its $4.8 billion sale to Verizon.
Month: January 2017
When India Killed the 1,000-Rupee Note, This Startup Hustled
The founder and chief executive of India’s largest digital payments company has barely slept and is nursing a head cold. Having just arrived at Paytm’s office, Vijay Shekhar Sharma discovers the coffee machine is broken.
Alibaba’s Ma Meets With Trump to Talk About Creating Jobs
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma met with Donald Trump on Monday to discuss how the online retailer could help create 1 million new U.S. jobs, keying in on one of the president-elect’s chief concerns amid fraught relations between China and the incoming administration. The Chinese e-commerce giant said the positions would be generated through Alibaba adding 1 million small and medium-sized U.S. businesses to its platforms, estimating that each one will hire a new person as a result of the added commerce.
Secretive Biotech Unicorn Moderna Unveils Pipeline, Financials
Moderna Therapeutics Inc., one of the best-funded private biotechnology companies in the U.S., unveiled its long-secret research and development pipeline on Monday, including experimental vaccines, cancer treatments and a cardiovascular therapy. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup has about $1.3 billion in cash on hand from investors, pharmaceutical partners and government grants, according to a presentation Monday at the J.P.Morgan Chase & Co.
When India Killed the 1,000-Rupee Note, This Startup Got Busy
The founder and chief executive of India’s largest digital payments company has barely slept and is nursing a head cold. Having just arrived at Paytm’s office, Vijay Shekhar Sharma discovers the coffee machine is broken.
a Twin Peaksa premiere date announced by Showtime
Network chief David Nevins announced at the Television Critics Association press tour that the surreal drama will debut at 9 p.m. May 21 with a two-hour episode. Nevins said episodes 3 and 4 will also be made available that night on Showtime’s digital platform.
Kawakami: Jed York has to pick the guy who can pick the next 49ers QB
Pressing 49ers questions: Will Jed York hire somebody who can pick the QB and tell him “hell no” on any issue? Jed York, 49ers CEO, talks about the future of the team during a press conference at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. York fired general manager, Trent Baalke and first-year coach Chip Kelly yesterday after a season-ending loss to the Seattle Seahawks.
Kate Steinle case: Familya s suit over stolen federal gun will go forward
A federal judge has refused to throw out a lawsuit brought by the family of Kate Steinle alleging the U.S. government was negligent in her 2015 shooting death because a federal officer left the gun that killed her vulnerable to theft. “A handgun is indisputably capable of inflicting serious injury and damage – as a deadly weapon, that is its very purpose,” U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Spero wrote in a 49-page decision.
NVE Corporation Schedules Conference Call on Third-Quarter Results
The company will hold its quarterly conference call later that day at 4:00 p.m. Central Time. The quarterly call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed through the Investor Events page of NVE’s Website .
CEOs talk to Trump about creating jobs
Asia’s richest man is the latest businessman to talk to Donald Trump about creating American jobs. Jack Ma is the billionaire founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba group, a Chinese e-commerce company.
Feature: Where future cars drive us to ?
This year’s international Consumer Electronics Show gave visitors a glimpse of what could be technology’s most radical upheaval yet, the introduction of autonomous cars and trucks in Las Vegas. The show, largest of its kind in the world, held between Jan.5 and 8, attracting over 3,800 companies from various countries and regions.
Better be ready to bowl for Big Brothers Big Sisters
For 37 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters have received strong support from the community on the bowling alleys of Cornwall. The lanes open-up at 1 p.m. at Olympia Bowl and the Agora Centre.
Introducing Erlang
If you’re new to Erlang, its functional style can seem difficult, but with help from this hands-on introduction, you’ll scale the learning curve and discover how enjoyable, powerful, and fun this language can be. In this updated second edition, author Simon St. Laurent shows you how to write simple Erlang programs by teaching you one basic skill at a time.
iOS 10 SDK Development
All in on Swift! iOS 10 and Xcode 8 make it clearer than ever that Swift is Apple’s language of the future. Core frameworks have been redesigned to work better with Swift, and the language itself continues to evolve quickly.
Can Virtual Reality Make You More Empathetic?
A Syrian woman and her child sit in their refugee living space in Lebanon. They are featured in Four Walls, a virtual reality presentation by the International Rescue Committee.
Robots conquer CES 2017 (The 3:59, Ep. 157) – CNET
For our second day at CES 2017, we talk about all the robots at the tech show in Las Vegas , including LG’s small home-assistant called the Hub Robot. The company also created two bigger robots , which are designed to be greeters and vacuum cleaners at airports.
What 6 wacky CES gadgets tell us about the future
The tech industry’s annual Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, is known for showing off a ton of crazy gadgets, both useful and fanciful. It’s easy to dismiss some innovations out of hand, but even the wackiest products hint at what consumers should expect to see in the future, by offering a read of what trends companies are focusing on.
St. Jude says it’s working to protect pacemakers from hackers :0
Nearly five months after ending up in the crosshairs of a short seller, St. Jude Medical said Monday it’s upgrading its cybersecurity to enhance the safety of its implantable heart devices. The updates come after the Food and Drug Administration found that St. Jude’s heart devices have “vulnerabilities” that could allow hackers to break into pacemakers, resulting in battery depletion or “inappropriate pacing or shocks.”
ChannelAdvisor to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results on February 9, 2017
ChannelAdvisor Corporation , a leading provider of cloud-based e-commerce solutions that enable retailers and branded manufacturers to increase global sales, today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and full year 2016 financial results for the period ended December 31, 2016 after 4:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 9, 2017. On that day, management will hold a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET to review and discuss the Company’s results for the fourth quarter and full year.
Cray Announces Selected Preliminary 2016 Financial Results
Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. today announced selected preliminary 2016 financial results. The 2016 anticipated results presented in this release are based on preliminary financial data and are subject to change until the year-end financial reporting process is complete.
Texas Instruments to webcast 4Q16 and 2016 earnings conference call
Also participating in the call will be Yu may access the audio webcast on the Investor Relations section of the company’s website at www.ti.com/ir . An archived copy of the webcast will be available shortly after the call concludes.
The 10 Weirdest Gadgets of CES 2017
Each year at the CES technology show, companies like LG, Samsung, and Intel flaunt their latest innovations. Supercomputers the size of a credit card, 4K TVs as thin as wallpaper, and smartphones that can 3D map their environment were just a few of the inventions showcased during this year’s exhibition.
Donald Trump has ‘great meeting’ with Alibaba boss Jack Ma
US President-elect Donald Trump has held what he said was a “great meeting” in New York with Jack Ma, chairman of the e-commerce site Alibaba. After the meeting Mr Ma said that both had agreed that US-China relations “should be strengthened, should be more friendly and do better”.
WordPress, Silverstripe, TYPO3 & More: Keeping Up With Open Source CMS
WordPress 4.7 is named in honor of jazz singer Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan, shown here in New York City in 1946. Sure, open source vendors cooled their jets a little as the new year approached – but there was still plenty going on.
The 12 Best Travel Sites And Apps You Need Right Now
It’s a new year, which means it’s time to start planning your next life-changing trip . But with so many options to choose from and so little time to plan, you’re gonna need some assistance.
What You Can Learn From the iPhone a Decade Later
Ten years ago, the late Steve Jobs — bespectacled and black-turtlenecked, as per usual — took to the stage at the 2007 Macworld convention in San Francisco. He began his presentation with the amount of modesty you would expect, which is to say, not much.
Steve jobs introduced iPhone 10 years ago
The iPhone was introduced at Apple’s keynote 10 years ago today. Innovations included the touch screen and its advanced operating system.
WikiLeaks: Russia hacking report was political document
In this Feb. 5, 2016 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. Assange on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, denounced last week’s U.S. intelligence report on Russian hacking, calling it a politically motivated “press release” that provided no evidence that Russian actors gave WikiLeaks hacked material.
10 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
Happy 10th anniversary, iPhone! Apple fans around the world are celebrating the unveiling of the original iPhone, which took place on January 9th, 2007. And if you ask us, there’s no better way to celebrate than with a fresh new list of 10 paid iPhone and iPad apps that are currently on sale for free.
As the iPhone turns 10, here are what the first reviews looked like in 2007
Without exaggeration, the iPhone forever changed the way we interact with technology, and more broadly speaking, how millions of people across the world live their lives. Everything we use our smartphones for today, whether it be browsing the web, watching movies, downloading apps on the cheap, taking eye-popping photographs, none of it would have been possible without the original iPhone.
Arterys Receives FDA Clearance For The First Zero-Footprint Medical…
Arterys Cardio DLTM is the first technology to be cleared by the FDA that leverages cloud computing and deep learning in a clinical setting. Arterys Cardio DLTM provides automated, editable ventricle segmentations based on conventional cardiac MRI images that are as accurate as segmentations performed manually by experienced physicians.
Global Web-to-Print Industry
The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, , and Rest of World. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2015 through 2022.
Episerver Unveils Complete Lineup for Ascend 2017
With a focus on marketing, commerce and personalization, the conference’s program caters to business leaders, developers, digital marketers, content and commerce professionals at all levels. , a Gracie Award-winning television host, motivational speaker, author and on-air CNN commentator, completes the keynote lineup.
Vitamin-maker Nature’s Bounty may seek a new owner
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.
Top 7 Vendors in the Global Data Center …
This research report also lists 20 other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecast period. The global data center rack power distribution unit market is expected to be valued at USD 1.93 billion by 2021, growing at a CAGR of almost 7% through the forecast period.
CES 2017 brought us new solutions to old PC problems, and this is what’s coming
CES 2017 just wrapped up, and with it, we got a clear peek into the major trends that will dominate PCs over the rest of the year. Many of the important advancements are really continuations of previous ideas, some of which had lost prominence but now are surging back to the front thanks to new devices.
Windows 10 Creators Update will introduce support for WiGig connections
Last year, Microsoft announced that the Creators Update for Windows 10 would be released in early 2017. Since then, leaks and preview builds distributed to Insiders have revealed many of the features set to be introduced via the update – but now there’s new word of enhanced networking functionality winging its way to Windows 10. In December 2016, Microsoft hosted its annual WinHEC conference in Shenzhen, China.
Nom nom, nanoparticles! Hungry worms may help us understand biological forces
There are strange biological forces at play within our bodies, and an interdisciplinary team of Stanford scientists is using an unconventional method to uncover them. By feeding glowing, nanoparticle-laced bacteria to millimeter-long worms , the researchers hope to measure information about these forces in real time.
Can shopping online make you a victim of price discrimination?
If you went to your local coffee shop and learned you’d be charged four dollars, when the guy in front of you was only charged three, because the shop had been studying your buying behavior, you’d probably feel it was wrong. But that’s just what may be happening to you when you shop online.
Syracuse native set to make history with future NASA mission
NASA has selected a central New York woman for a mission to space that will make her the first African-American woman to live on the International Space Station as a crew member. Syracuse native Jeanette Epps will serve as a flight engineer for a mission that’s scheduled to launch from Kazakhstan in May 2018.