5 Things About The Big Data Economy that Managers Should Know


At the turn of the 20th century, most people lived as they had in the middle ages.  Almost half of the US population was employed in agriculture.  Life expectancy was less than 50 years....

Apple CEO Rejects the Allegation of Working with NSA Back Doors


Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, said to ABC News that the company had never been associated with NSA’s back door scandal.Cook said, “Much of what has been said is not true. There is no back door. The...

South Korea Moves to Curb Bloatware in Smartphones


Bloatware has become a huge issue for many users of smartphones around the world. The manufacturer promises that you get a certain amount of storage space on the box, but when you turn the device on...

Steve Jobs Did Not Liberate Us. Tim Berners-Lee Did, By Freeing Ones and Zeros To Eat the World


30 years ago today, Steve Jobs unveiled the Macintosh. More accurately, The Great Magician took it out of a bag and let it talk to us. The Macintosh, as I learned from first-hand experience in 1984,...