Speaking remotely to an Electronic Privacy Information Center crowd honoring him last night, Apple CEO Tim Cook had some choice words about
how other tech companies do business.
Not exact matches
Over the next few months, James and Rosalind Hudnell, Intel's chief diversity officer, will not only figure out
how to collaborate with
other tech companies but also formalize the team that will be working on Intel's own Diversity in Technology initiative.
This means that Google is publishing documents that explain the
tech company's release process for new projects,
how it handles third - party open source projects it uses internally, and
how to submit patches to
other projects.
So it is constantly looking for new tools and better ways to get the job done; and (d) the
company is struggling — right along with every
other tech firm — with
how it can make the work force more diverse even though, in terms of gender at least, it's already as diverse as any firm in the city.
As more sensitive data inevitably moves to the cloud, and that data is managed by private entities (think: Dropbox, Box, etc.),
tech companies must begin thinking about
how to approach transparency in an era of FISA and
other government - related surveillance requests.
Additionally, anyone who has attended
tech conferences might either laugh or scoff (or both) at the availability of this product at all given
how tech companies regularly hand out free shirts (among
other useless pieces of «swag») with their logos ad nauseum.
And Facebook is certainly in good
company among the
other tech names that have not participated in the rally — there are plenty of questions about
how Trump's opposition to net neutrality could raise costs for Facebook and
other video - focused
companies.
«We had heard the stories about
other tech companies and
how hard it is to succeed in China, and so we weren't sure whether to make it a priority or focus on
other things that were more straightforward.»
Others in
tech investing are also mulling
how to counter the free - spending by the Japanese investment
company.
Much of the coverage has focused on what happened and
how it could have been prevented, but the question now is whether Facebook — and
other big
tech companies — will have to be regulated by the government in a way we never imagined before.
Among
other things, Future
Tech set up shell
companies and then vastly inflated its claims of
how much those
companies charged.
Nice buy, I am rather surprised that MSFT's div yield is so high considering the quality of the stock and
how so many
other tech companies tend to have very low yields.
Like
other tech companies, Upstart is hyper - focused on getting the customer experience right, which Anna says she believes starts with
how the software works, in order to be the easiest lender to work with.
It doesn't matter
how close the specs are to each
other,
companies aren't going to budget for Nintendo ports if they have to face the same scrutiny, lack of hardware documentation and
tech support they've had to deal with in the past.
It's obvious that many car
companies,
tech companies, homebuilders, architects, city planners, airline
companies, and many
other industry leaders could do more, and we could (and often do) offer plenty of unsolicited advice to them, based on our own perspective, but considering
how slowly the wheels of change turn, and
how consumers and manufacturers alike are complicit in the creation of our current petro - based economy, the move to a more sustainable economy is more likely to be one full of baby steps, and not giant leaps.
I was struck by
how similar it is to
other outdated systems where a
tech company comes in and is able to make it better.»
We discussed the genesis of Lex
Tech Review,
how the site selects
companies about which it writes, ways that technology can suit a user's personality, and the benefits of software reviews for solo and small firm lawyers, among
other topics.
If you have any
other suggestions on
how legal
tech companies can improve their products, message me: @maryredzic
Tech companies talk a lot about creating a user - friendly interface, but not enough application or software engineers actually spend time with law and
other professional services firms to get a true sense of
how they differ from mainstream
companies or
how lawyers prioritize their time.
And Joe Nocera explored the views of different industries in Bloomberg, painting a picture of
tech companies on one side (supporting inter partes review because of
how often patents are challenged in court) against drug
companies on the
other side (criticizing inter partes review because it cuts down on their ability to build «patent fortresses» around a branded drug to maintain that drug's profitability).
India's top court then scheduled a hearing requesting the presence of leading
tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo, and gave Prajwala one week to find out
how other countries have addressed this issue, which was when Torys was asked by TrustLaw to get involved.
We discussed her new role at Integreon, the highs and lows of starting a legal
tech company,
how the hierarchy of people, process, and technology has changed, projected advancements in litigation management, and guidance on the changing nature of the legal
tech community, among
other topics.
Learn
how Google, Nintendo, Netflix, and
other tech companies make it easier.
Heartbleed drew attention to just
how underfunded this critical piece of software was, so big
tech companies committed to chipping in money every year to fund the development of OpenSSL and
other important projects as part of the «Core Infrastructure Initiative ``.
For someone whose qualifications and education limit them to entry - level work like flipping burgers, making coffee, or bagging groceries, it's probably a bit disconcerting to realize to
how rapidly the
tech industry is working to develop their replacement — a replacement that will never take a sick day or vacation, won't have kids or need to attend to them; and one that doesn't require costly health insurance or any
other company benefit.
Tech companies are also supposed to provide consumers with the ability to access the data that
companies have on them, allow users to correct personal information deduced by
companies that may be inaccurate, and limit
how algorithms will be allowed to process their data, in addition to
other provisions intended to protect internet users in the EU.
I asked engineering leaders at several
other major
tech companies to explain
how their teams approach testing, and their responses made it clear to me that TDD is not just a theoretical ideal — it's a real approach that is currently supporting much of the
tech I run every day.
The
tech companies have explored
how smart speakers like the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and
other devices could monitor more of what we say and do to target ads or product recommendations to us, according to their patent applications filed with the US government and reported by the New York Times (paywall).
While the
company's description as to
how this
tech actually works is a bit lacking in detail, for the most part, the wireless charging process seems to be similar to
other methods.
While Google will be competing with quite a few
other companies at this point to sell self - driving
tech, it has a head start on testing; and ultimately, selling the technology is going to be a lot easier than figuring out
how to mass produce and market its own self - driving cars.
Depending on
how things go for Spotify,
other tech companies could approach IPOs through direct listings too.