Category Archives: Trends

How Bitcoin Actually Works

Bitcoin price quickly passed $5,000, $11,000, and $17,000 (today) milestones. This 25 mins video explains how Bitcoin actually works.

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Software Development and Age

Quora published an interesting answer to the question “Is software development really a dead-end job after age 35-40?“: “NO, software development is most certainly not a dead end job! It is a great job. Does it get tougher to get … Continue reading

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How GDPR Makes the Case for Decision Management

“The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will revolutionize the way in which most companies with partners or clients resident in the European Union source, verify, secure, use, retain and distribute their data. It gives new rights to EU citizens that … Continue reading

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Is it time to kill the web?

“For the first time, a meaningful number of developers are openly questioning the web platform. Here’s a representative article and discussion. Here’s another. Yet another. I could list more but if you’re interested enough in programming to be reading this you’ve already read at least … Continue reading

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The bidding war for AI talent

“Well-known names in the A.I. field have received compensation in salary and shares in a company’s stock that total single- or double-digit millions over a four- or five-year period. And at some point they renew or negotiate a new contract, … Continue reading

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Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018

This Gartner’s article describes 10 Technology Trends for 2018:

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Bitcoin just passed $5,000

“This morning bitcoin shot past $5,000, and is now hovering around $5,300 — up nearly 10 percent from yesterday. Ironically, this morning on the company’s earnings call, JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon said he’s “not going to talk about bitcoin … Continue reading

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Five Guiding Principles for a Digital Transformation

Despite more than 20 years of business digitization history, only 28% of established companies have successfully digitized. Jeanne Ross from MIT Sloan suggested five guiding principles to get started on a real digital transformation: Don’t hand off responsibility for your digital transformation to … Continue reading

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Built for Change: Interview with Alan Trefler

Pegasystems has experienced tremendous success in recent years. The stock is up more than 100 percent in the past year, and it is tempting to think of the company as a start-up, perhaps run by a 20-something entrepreneur in the Bay … Continue reading

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The Google Brain Team’s Approach to Research

On Sep 13 Jeff Dean, one of the most famous Google researchers, shared this post: “About a year ago, the Google Brain team first shared our mission ‘Make machines intelligent. Improve people’s lives.’ In that time, we’ve shared updates on our work to … Continue reading

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