At one time, the staggering success of the iPhone helped catapult Apple to become the world’s most valuable company. Now, its lackluster smartphone sales are dragging down Apple’s business.Apple (AAPL) said Tuesday that its revenue for the first three months of 2019 declined 5% from the year prior to $58 billion as it grappled with sluggish smartphone… Read more »

Everyone has to start somewhere, and air taxis are no exception. Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company, said it completed the first flight of its autonomous air taxi Tuesday at a small airport outside Washington, DC. No one was on board. The flight lasted less than a minute, according to Boeing, and it didn’t actually… Read more »

Biohackers want to make their bodies and brains function better by “hacking” their biology. The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme meets the people who are inserting technology under their skin, adopting extreme diets and trying to change their DNA. Liviu Babitz wants to create new human senses. Touch his chest and you feel his first effort,… Read more »

High-speed 5G networks could lead to big changes in how we use our mobile phones, allowing us to enjoy virtual reality on-the-go, interactive live broadcasts, and even project holograms from our handsets. But will connection “not-spots” and high costs stop many of us reaping the benefits? Source: BBC Analysis Date: September 20th, 2018 Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-45009458 Discussion 1) What practical and… Read more »

We are all familiar with physical, industrial robots, but what about robots that work in offices? In fact, they are already taking up posts around the world alongside their human counterparts. What opportunities does the Virtual Workforce present, and why are organisations choosing them to facilitate better service, faster growth and to react more quickly… Read more »

Economists have been puzzled in recent years by the so-called “productivity paradox,” the fact that the digital revolution of the past four decades hasn’t resulted in big gains in output per worker as happened with earlier technological upheaval. Many developed economies have actually seen productivity stagnate or decline. Source: Bloomberg Date: February 15th, 2018 Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-05/microsoft-says-it-s-true-cat-videos-distract-workers Discussion 1) The “productivity paradox” was… Read more »

Blockchain is one of the buzzwords in modern-day financial transactions. But what exactly does it mean and how does it work? Source: BBC Asia Date: January 11th, 2018 Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/business-38932854/what-is-blockchain-and-how-does-it-work Discussion There are perhaps hundreds of thousands of videos “explaining” how Blockchain works.  I picked this one in particular because it talks about what I think is going… Read more »

  Powered by Host Card Emulation, Visa’s tokenization technology provides TD customers with security by substituting sensitive account information with encrypted “tokens” during mobile payment transactions. Description: TD Bank Group this week announced that it is the first Canadian financial institution to adopt Visa’s global standard tokenization technology for its TD app for the Android… Read more »

Description: Trendquiz uses Google Trends data Source: TechCrunch Date: November 20, 2015   A simple site called trendquiz uses data from Google Trends to quiz you on whether you can pick out what the trend line is, and it gives you two options to choose from. You can also choose from topics like technology. Read More. Questions… Read more »