Sentences with phrase «old tech in»

Old tech in this case being phones 4 years old or older, and laptops 6 years old or older.

Not exact matches

While progressive farmers like Willemse have been dabbling in «precision ag» (also known as agri - tech) for nearly a decade, the past few years have seen scores of companies, old and new, blitz the sector.

In many ways, James Sun is emblematic of today's tech entrepreneur: He's scarily young (21), fluent in business jargon and running a company that's baffling to anyone older than 3In many ways, James Sun is emblematic of today's tech entrepreneur: He's scarily young (21), fluent in business jargon and running a company that's baffling to anyone older than 3in business jargon and running a company that's baffling to anyone older than 30.

Whereas Apple's old logo connoted the free spirit of an upstart that was taking on staid tech giants, its current position as one of the most valuable corporations in the world calls for the sleek, futuristic logo it has now.

«Combined with the revenue potential, favorability, satisfaction, and recommendation impact of these interactions, businesses can benefit significantly from investing in helping their customers on Twitter,» the 10 - year - old tech company said in a blog post.

Saujani, whose six - year - old organization is tackling the gender gap in tech by training young girls in computer science, encouraged the nation's business leaders to double down on the effort in a wide - ranging panel discussion on attracting and retaining diverse talent.

The 35 - year - old online marketing expert is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs in the pressure - cooker tech world to admit that, no, they're not killing it and, no, they can't fake it until they make it.

Widely viewed as one of the first tech leaders to come clean about what many now view as an epidemic in the industry, the 49 - year - old has become an outspoken advocate for openly addressing the still - touchy topic.

Issac Raichyk, who at 63 is probably the oldest high - tech startup founder you'll ever meet, insists he'll keep Keek, a Twitter - like social network for sharing short videos, headquartered in Toronto.

A decade ago, the 53 - year - old chairman and CEO of Toronto - based marketing holding company MDC Partners invested heavily in tech - savvy agencies staffed with creative entrepreneurs that scoffed at the lumbering dinosaurs of the traditional ad world.

Haley was a 32 - year - old phone tech earning about $ 35,000 a year, and he was in a sour mood.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

That's a terrible thing in America, where a guy who has been a company commander in Afghanistan or Iraq goes to try and get a job at a tech company, some 25 - year - old HR weenie asks them if they've ever had a real job.

«We build world - class tech that puts people back in control of their finances, we speak to our customers like humans and we're never afraid to challenge old thinking in order to innovate.»

But now, Stamford hopes to foster homegrown talent, and in a bold move to reinvent itself as a tech hub, it has transformed its old city hall into the Stamford Innovation Center.

So I graduated from Harvard, class of» 97, and the internet was just a couple years old then and, of my graduating class of about 1,600, probably fewer than 10 people moved out West to work in tech.

If your tech is too old to be submitted for credit, Apple will also let you recycle it, which is better than leaving it in a drawer.

The combination of old - school driving pleasure, state - of - the - art tech, and refined luxury make it a compelling option for anyone looking for a vehicle in this genre,» Ben wrote in his review.

In the same test group, which included about 8,000 respondents globally, only 47 percent of older generations said tech has given them a better work - life balance and improved relationships.

The emergence of ties between the ridesharing companies and in - home care companies underscores a convergence of interests between the two segments: Ridesharing services can extend the ability of older adults to live independently while the 50 - plus demographic provides a lucrative market for tech companies.

«Tech hubs made the list, but young people are doing well in older job markets, too.»

The study by Qualtrics and Accel sheds new light on how tech plays a role in the daily lives of those 18 to 32 as opposed to older generations.

«Shenzhen companies are more concentrated in emerging industries including tech, media, and healthcare (a.k.a. New China) whereas the landscape in Shanghai is more oriented towards the «Old China» sectors including Financials and Energy,» Goldman Sachs said in a note Wednesday.

But she still thinks «old money tech» — like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)-- «that historically have been able to weather any rise in interest rates will be direct beneficiaries of this capital expenditure spending cycle that we anticipate as we move into 2015 and 2016.»

The 37 - year - old already has an MBA and a successful career as the general manager for EasyWay Electronics, a high - tech manufacturer in Shanghai.

«Great culture, benefits package continues to innovate and improve, 30 + year old start up that is a bit more mature than the younger tech companies in SF and the valley.

You can describe Jordan Hewson in many ways — a social activist, a first - time tech entrepreneur, a 27 - year - old living in Brooklyn, New York.

The no - holds - barred piece draws on recent research published in Teaching and Teacher Education, as well as older reviews of the scientific literature on so - called digital natives, to review whether the recent mania for tech in education has solid scientific foundations.

Lucky for the retailer, many of the tools it needs are already in place, the legacy of its old catalog business (dropped in 2011) and of a three - year tech overhaul Ullman oversaw in his first stint as CEO, which ended in 2011.

In other words, just because your startup has won customers with a high - tech breakthrough, that doesn't mean — by the book — that you've «disrupted» the old guard.

When Daehee Park and JT Marino left the tech startup they worked for to strike out on their own, they looked for a different pace, perhaps something in an «old - fashioned industry» ripe for change.

They don't see those efforts as mutually exclusive, and it's perhaps for that reason that some HR departments, particularly in the tech world, have recently undergone some of their own internal rebranding, shedding the stodgy old «human resources» name in favor of friendlier and more inviting monikers like People Operations (Google, Southwest Airlines), Employee Experience (Airbnb), and Employee Success (Salesforce).

The 39 - year - old actor posted a series of questions on LinkedIn a few days ago with the intention of starting a «live open dialog about gender equality in the work place [sic] and in tech in general» with his partner from venture capital firm Sound Ventures, Effie Epstein.

Tech wants to disrupt sleep to improve it, doing so in the form of «smart» bed and pillows, as well as old standbys like the white noise machine.

Keith Fix is the kind of customer that mobile service providers dream about and believe exists only in myth: a tech - savvy 20 - year - old who runs his own business.

General Motors Co. is spending $ 1 billion renovating its 60 - year - old Tech Center in a northern suburb.

In particular, she was captivated by the high - tech moguls, some not much older than herself, who had the ability to forge new types of electronic ties that left people better connected to one another and to the world.

But that's not the case when it comes to investing in a privately held company, whether it's a hot tech start - up or century - old manufacturing conglomerate.

The old notion of China as a tech copycat nation is being rapidly replaced by the emerging new reality of home grown innovation and mass implementation in fields that include artificial intelligence, social media, biotech, fintech, VR, automotive, the sharing economy, and mobile platforms.

The seven - year - old Plug and Play Tech Center is no stranger to startup investment; in the course of more than half a decade, it has accelerated 1,500 early - stage companies, by Amidi's reckoning.

Wouldn't have my 20 - year career in tech if not for the experience of having a PC in our living room as an 8 year - old.»

The Seedrs office is in Old Street, the heart of London's tech cluster.

The old saying in Hollywood is that «It's not what you know but whom you know» but the truth is always more deceptive and the tech industry is a lot more susceptible to this notion than you may think.

The 55 - year - old Dane has developed machine learning and AI applications for some of the prominent tech - companies in the world, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber.

This 78 - year - old firm has also recovered from its clumsy management of Facebook's initial public offering in 2012 to become the most sought - after underwriter of tech I.P.O.s..

It's also why our «old school tech» trade is our biggest short position yet in my research advisory, Forensic Investor.

I recently got a tour of a MAJOR effort going on at the old Bell Labs in Holmdel, New Jersey that should spark some major tech investments in New Jersey.

BIG BUSINESS RACES TO THE STARS The most exciting new category in tech is three - quarters of a century old: space!

But the sudden spike in trade tensions with the United States is clouding the outlook for both China's «old economy» heavy industries and «new economy» tech firms alike.

In the spring of 2000, the 50 - year - old business writer finally broke down and invested in a hi - tech funIn the spring of 2000, the 50 - year - old business writer finally broke down and invested in a hi - tech funin a hi - tech fund.