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In yet another proof that job security doesn’t exist anymore, tech giant Microsoft is planning to lay off thousands of employees – worldwide. Despite earning US$23.56 in revenue and net profit of US$5.7 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, Microsoft would not think twice about retrenching its employees, if that would bring more […]
... written on Jul 04 2017Forbes has just released its compilation of the richest person in every state of the United States of America. The U.S. has more billionaires than any other country in the world, at least that was what Forbes claims. China would, of course, dispute this claim as a different study showed the Middle Kingdom of China […]
... written on Jun 22 2017Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and the world’s richest man, never got a college degree. Not that he cares, but getting a degree wasn’t his priority when most students would be fighting tooth and nail to get into Harvard. He met fellow student Steve Ballmer at Harvard. Unlike Ballmer who stayed and graduated, Gates left […]
... written on May 17 2017When you login on Monday for work, and your computer happens to be running on older versions Microsoft’s Windows such as Windows XP, chances are you could be staring at a screen screaming “pay me money to get your data back”. Call it blackmail, extortion or anything you like, but there’s no way you can […]
... written on May 15 2017Back in 2007, he was estimated to have a fortune of US$40 billion, making him the richest man in Europe. Five years later in 2012, his wealth jumped to US$70 billion, pushing him to world’s top spot. Two years ago in 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin was already the world’s richest man, accumulating a staggering […]
... written on Feb 21 2017Yahoo has finally sold itself away to Verizon Communications for merely US$4.83 billion. Only time will tell if the purchase is a great deal, or a waste of money. Verizon, America’s biggest wireless company, plans to merge Yahoo with AOL, a company it bought last year for a cool US$4.4 billion – cash. Clearly, […]
... written on Aug 02 2016Business needs branding and as a product or service becomes famous, a corporation requires a meaningful logo to represent the company’s identity. However, business changes with time hence the needs to change its logo. Naturally, logos would evolve in order to reflect such changes and we would sometimes laugh at a corporation’s past logos. Even […]
... written on May 31 2016Nokia is making a comeback, for real. If you hadn’t heard of Nokia, chances are you’ve missed the most critical part of mobile phone revolution. Go ask your parents about Nokia phone and notice the immediate smile printed on their face. The Nokia was the first piece of Star Trek technology, since one’s childhood Casio […]
... written on May 18 2016Days after the Panama Papers were leaked and shocked the world; people are still arguing and debating why the lack of Americans being named. Preliminary reports indicate that more than 200 people with U.S. addresses are named in the Panama Papers, a pathetic number considering that the leak implicates 214,488 companies involving 11.5 million documents. […]
... written on Apr 15 2016Apple iPhone 7 is roughly 7-month away so it’s not fair to put the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S7 and 5-month-old iPhone 6S on the table for a comparison. But this is a never-ending game because Samsung and Apple deliberately design their new products launching date roughly half a year apart – to force consumers […]
... written on Feb 23 2016
