Compass Launches Consumer Site With AI-Driven Recommendations, Says CEO

“We just launched a new consumer site that lets our agents collaborate with their clients,” says Compass founder and CEO Robert Reffkin. “It has features such as AI-driven recommendations exactly for the buyer. Based on everything that they’re searching it makes recommendations....
Posted On 17 Sep 2019
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YouTube settlement with FTC includes $170M fine, changes to how it monetizes children’s content

The company said it will stop serving up personalized ads on kid videos. YouTube has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general for allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), according to CNBC. The agreement...
Posted On 17 Sep 2019
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Imagine If IT Had One Tool To Fix Anything

“Imagine if IT had one tool to fix anything,” says the Chief Creatologist at Dell Technologies Joe Batista. “That’s nirvana. That’s not reality, because I have tool fatigue. I need to get to that simplicity. That’s public enemy number one for us. Now, today, with the influx of...
Posted On 26 Aug 2019
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50 Years Of Datacenter Shifting To Cloud, Says Dynatrace CEO

“You have 50 years of datacenter that is shifting to the cloud in the next ten,” says Dynatrace CEO John Van Siclen. “We are early days. There’s a lot of room to go and I’m sure a lot of changes in front of us. The movement to the cloud and this whole move to software is a global...
Posted On 02 Aug 2019
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It Doesn’t Really Matter What Microsoft Does, Says Slack CEO

“Whatever Microsoft does we’re still going to do the same thing that we would do for customers,” says Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. “If the performance of our applications, like the number of milliseconds it takes to startup, is an important thing for customers, we will do that....
Posted On 17 Jul 2019
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Ten ways to pump out a stream of great content without burning out

Sometimes that can be encouraging, even exhilarating. You’ve got plenty of space for all your ideas, and countless opportunities to engage with potential customers and to build a stronger relationship with existing ones. But producing a constant stream of content can be...
Posted On 15 Jul 2019
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Will Google Crack Down On Sites Leasing Out Its Subdomains

Google’s John Mueller addressed the topic of sites leasing or renting out subdomains off of their main domain and letting third-parties put their content on those subdomains in an effort to rank better in Google and sell more. John didn’t call it spam but did say the...
Posted On 01 Jul 2019
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Long-Term Goal With Alexa Is To Invent the Star Trek Computer, Says Amazon SVP

“The long-term goal (with Alexa) was to try to invent the Star Trek computer,” says David Limp, Amazon’s SVP of devices and services. “I grew up watching Roddenberry and loved it. We all loved watching it and the science had moved up enough where we thought we had a shot at it....
Posted On 08 Jun 2019
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Oracle CIO: Every Enterprise Has the Security it Deserves

“Every Enterprise has the security it deserves,” says Oracle Chief Information Officer Mark Sunday. “It begins at the very top. It truly begins with the board, CEO, and the Executive Committee to set the culture and to ensure that the people, process, technology, and the...
Posted On 22 May 2019
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Americans Remain Leery of AVs

Change is hard, and, in some cases, it can be downright scary. Technology is driving a lot of change in the 21st century, and it’s possible that the biggest, most “intimidating” changes are yet to come. For instance, robotics, AI (artificial intelligence), and automation are...
Posted On 20 Apr 2019
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