What are the three words that define a healthy relationship between a manager and employee? Well it’s not “I Love You” but “I Trust You”.
Trust is the foundation for a positive manager-employee relationship. Absence of it may lead to fear, risk-aversion, backstabbing, rumors, mistakes and lack of engagement. Read More>>
VC’s usually perform “due diligence” to justify their investments and to verify the bold claims made my entrepreneurs. It is a fragile period for entrepreneurs as VCs can acquire bad reputation. The post explains what to expect when VCs start digging into your business. Read More>>
According to a survey conducted by Accenture’s Digital Trust, about seventy-seven people would be interested in an alternative to usernames and passwords to protect security on internet. 60% of the people surveyed found usernames and passwords cumbersome to use. Within the next year, about 59% would use uniquely coded chips and about 58% would give biometrics a try. Read More>>
2015 has been a great year for air travel. Experts predict that this summer, U.S. airlines will carry an about 222 million passenger which is about 4.5 percent more than last summer. Also there will be around 30,000 flight cancellations and 520,000 flight delays around the world. Data companies and cellular services are developing analytical technologies to predict flight delays and understand customer decisions and behaviours. Read More>>
Director of Smart Gastronomy Lab Goffin and her Colleagues are playing with food to figure out how to make 3-D printed foods more palatable to people. The goal is to create foods with enhanced nutritional values. The Belgium based lab is outfitted with 3-D printers and digital milling machines. At a recent expo, Goffin demonstrated the chocolate printing in action. Read More>>
The Walt Disney Company is hoping magic will come from its startup funding. Recently Walt Disney revealed the winners of its two-year startup accelerator program. Through this program 10 young technology companies will get $120,000, an option for $100,000 more and 13 week access to senior execs. Read More>>
Spire, a satellite- powered data company has secured over $80 million through its three rounds of funding. The series B round of funding which was led by Promus Ventures and with participation of two new investors, raised $40 million in funding. With these new funds, Spire will support further growth of its constellation from 20 satellites in 2015 to 100 satellites in 2017. Read More>>
Darkode is an online, Password-protected forum where hackers share information and tools to facilitate unlawful intrusions on other’s computer and electronic devices. Experts consider Darkode as one of the greatest threat to the integrity of data on computers in the U.S and around the world. Through the latest operation of FBI the malware network of Darkode was completely dismantled and the criminals will face trails. Read More>>
Coca-Cola recently released a video in the Middle East for Ramadan. The video features inviting six strangers for iftar meal where they are forced to get to know each other. At the end of the meal, participants find Coco-Cola can without iconic logos and the message, “Labels are for Cans, not people”. The content of the video is successfully driving the campaign.Read More>>
According to the U.S. Travel Association predicts that this summer will have the busiest travel days and thus lots of people will turn to their mobile devices to navigate. However brand investment in mobile channel lag actual consumer behavior and so many companies are under-investing.Read More>>
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