#### A messaging service takes over the world of digital work for the first time. Now it’s everywhere. Tracey Taylor, managing editor of my hometown news site Berkeleyside, is a pretty tough veteran journalist, but she seems a bit staggered when she tells me about her recent passions. She failed badly – for an enterprise … Read more
On July 30, 2014, Siri has had a brain transplant. Three years ago, Apple was the first major tech company to integrate a smart assistant into its operating system. Siri is a corporate adaptation of a standalone application they bought, with the team that created it, in 2010. The initial reviews were great, but for … Read more
When can the hacked email be exploited? The press is exploiting the dirty work of Russian hackers for mediocre internal accounts.
Because as Brllnt’s co-founders will tell you, the value of the co-working space stems from one-on-one conversations with your colleagues. “As we scaled our business, we managed to expand our partnerships” with other companies, “Smalley said. “They gave us insight into the problems we faced later on.” Based on a survey Among colleagues, 84 percent … Read more
January 2, 2015I wrote a viral post titled “A teenager’s perspective on social networks, ”In it I’ve analyzed popular apps and my thoughts on them. It has received over one million views. Many have asked me to write a follow-up post or at least an update. I haven’t felt a change drastically enough to warrant … Read more
The day after Donald J. Trump elected President of the United States, celebrity investor and Shervin Pishevar co-founder of Hyperloop One said he resigned from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Council, a political appointment he had received into 2015. In a letter to President Obama that he posted on Twitter, he wrote: “I cannot … Read more
This content is produced by WMG Brand Lab in partnership with Samsung Knox Professional life has a humorous way of asking us to behave like everyone else. We use different vocabulary and body language when we disagree with colleagues or friends. The tone for the simplest questions –– “Can I get anything for you?” –– … Read more
In November 1977, about 300 executives and their wives flew from around the world on first-class tickets to spend four days in the sun at the Xerox World Conference. Between the men’s meetings and the fashion shows for wives, the visitors slept in luxurious rooms at the Boca Raton Club and Hotel, and attended cocktail … Read more
Adalberto Gonzalez is possibly one of the best auto painters in Northern California. He doesn’t work on the sparkle and shine regime of California’s low-rider culture, and he rarely finds himself perfecting an exotic Italian car. Gonzalez, who goes by the nickname Coco, runs the paint department at Alameda Collision Repair, a high-quality shop that … Read more
“In the early years In the 21st century, perhaps the most important art form is science fiction … [It shapes] how do people understand the most important economic, social and technological developments of our time. ” —Yuval Noah Harari, 21 lessons for the 21st century Half exists The human being, giving or receiving, is what … Read more
