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App Store / Vectors: Canva Earlier this month, Apple quietly adjusted its Apple Store review guidelines, adding new language specifically states, "retro game console emulator apps can offer to download games," marking the first time the company has allowed emulators on iOS. Hooray! It didn't take long for someone to take advantage of this new allowance: iGBA, a…
Yunjia Yuan For Forbes Back in November 2021, as the market for venture capital funding of fintech companies was peaking, San Francisco Bay Area bill-payment startup Tipalti raised $270 million at an $8.3 billion valuation. Then last summer, shares in the company traded hands privately at a $4 billion value. Today, by one estimate, Tipalti is…
Photo-Illustration by TIME; Getty Images Recently, I wanted a new pair of leather sandals. I narrowed my search down to a few favorite pairs, then compared prices before scouring the reviews. An hour later, I was still pondering which pair was the cutest, how much money I should spend, and whether the company’s return policy…
Shopify has just unveiled over 100 new updates to its commerce platform, with artificial intelligence emerging as a key theme. The company introduced new AI-powered capabilities aimed at helping merchants work smarter, sell more, and create better customer experiences. The headline feature is Shopify Magic, which applies different AI models to assist merchants in various ways.
Cyberthieves target huge stores of data, often one company at a time. It’s the 20th-Century equivalent of looting a bank vault. In our time, these heists are happening on a regular basis. Since data can be converted into dollars on the dark web, it just keeps happening.
If you’re a plant parent, we probably don’t have to tell you about the benefits you reap from keeping your horticultural brood around. Plants are pleasing, soothing and great company—in fact, one 2022 public-health study on the effects of indoor plants found that people who spent time around indoor greenery experienced optimal relaxation and cognitive function.
Product management is becoming increasingly popular as a profession. Not only is this a career path at Big Tech companies, it is also an important part of traditional businesses that choose to embrace technology. If a business has an app or a website, then there is probably somebody doing the product manager’s job.
Business development companies offer great dividends, plus bonuses to income hungry investors. Tempting, but look closely before you leap.With interest rates at heights not seen in nearly two decades and traditional len-ders still shell-shocked from this past spring’s bank runs, private credit, or nonbank direct lending, is booming on Wall Street. Yield-chasing institutions have poured into the sector, which now amounts to $1.5 trillion globally.
To Be Happier At Work, Invest More In Your Relationships Many of us strive for a meaningful job, an impressive title, or a sizable salary at the ideal company. In doing so, we drastically undervalue the importance of relationships, even though extensive research shows that it’s people, not the...
Getty Images As businesses strive for seamless and accurate customer interactions to build their market momentum, they are increasingly leaning on A.I. The current wave of A.I. advancements, especi…
Getty Images If you’ve ever wondered why a new company with a ton of potential would suddenly start making moves that seem awkward and desperate, there’s usually a good reason. Actually…
One of the financial industry’s leading payments companies, Mastercard, announced on April 28 that it will expand its crypto payment card program. To do so, the company seeks to partner with new cr…
Photo: NASA Stem cell research is expanding beyond earthly confines. Scientists from Cedars-Sinai in California have partnered with the private company Axiom Space to help them produce stem cells a…
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Ezra Bailey (Getty Images) AI is inevitably seeping into the workplace. And while some fear the technology could replace workers, an AI industry leader says workers shouldn’t worry about the new tools replacing them — they should worry about the people who know how to use them. Almost half of C-suite level executives surveyed by Deloitte said their companies are currently training and…
Illustration by Antonio Giovanni Pinna I've undertaken many businesses in my life. In college, I sold calf-nursing bottles full of booze at football games. In my 20s, I launched a boutique hotel company, Joie de Vivre, and in my late 50s, I started the first midlife wisdom school, the Modern Elder Academy. Along the way, I've mentored the…
Grocery store shoppers are noticing something amiss. Air-filled bags of chips. Shrunken soup cans. Diminished detergent packages. Companies are downsizing products without downsizing prices, and consumer posts from Reddit to TikTok to the New York Times comments section drip with indignation at the trend, widely known as “shrinkflation.”
Venture capital isn’t the only choice when it comes to financing. When used wisely, debt can be a powerful tool for growth. In his new book, All Money Is Not Created Equal: How Entrepreneurs Can Crack the Code to Getting the Right Funding for Their Startup, (Wiley, July 20, 2023), Runway Growth Capital founder David Spreng provides practical advice and shares examples of how debt can be a powerful tool for growth. The following is an edited excerpt.
The idea of mesh networking has been around for several years. However, we didn’t start seeing the term pop up on wifi routers and devices until around the mid 2010s. That’s when companies like Eero, Google, and Netgear started rolling out “mesh networking kits,” which allowed you to blanket your home in a stronger wifi signal.
That text message about your package could be a scamOne of the biggest scams you need to watch out for is coming from your phone. In “smishing” ― a term that combines “SMS” and “phishing” ― bad actors try to get your personal and banking information through unsolicited text messages on mobile devices. They do it by pretending to be government agencies, companies that you might have done business with, or a package delivery service.
This week I'm recommending a list of more surprising titles, courtesy of Inc. and entrepreneur Rohit Bhargava. The first Inc. Non-Obvious Book Awards aims to offer founders and business leaders perspectives that they may not normally hear or read. "We are all surrounded by plenty of obvious ideas," says Bhargava, whose Non-Obvious Company has produced its own list of best nonfiction books since 2014. "Our mission since we started was to uncover those ideas that can take you in a fresh and new direction."
While hype around the metaverse hasn't gone anywhere, there's something brewing that's actually being practically applied in companies: AR instead of VR. Although Apple's Vision Pro is at this point ludicrously expensive, there are far cheaper options that are already providing practical benefits.
Investors Bet Big On Ripple’s Win Against SEC As XRP Futures Trading DoublesAs the legal battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple continues, the cryptocurrency community is betting that the blockchain company’s victory could open an alt season, which has...
Smartsheet In today’s market, companies that are not constantly evolving or changing go extinct very quickly. Back in 1950, the average age of a company on the S&P 500 was 60 years old; today, …
Corbis via Getty Images Apple’s market capitalization soared past $3 trillion Friday, a historic milestone as the world’s largest company continues to grow larger thanks to resilient profits and pr…
stockce/Getty Images Summary. As remote work becomes the norm, more and more companies have begun tracking employees through desktop monitoring, video surveillance, and other digital tools. These…
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