For the first time in a decade, Herndon, VA near Reston in Fairfax County saw its first rent increase earlier
this year as tech jobs in the area attract new businesses to the shrinking office market.
Smartphones, laptops, cameras, cars, smart thermostats, appliances, headphones, televisions, speakers, monitors, drones, tablets, 3D printers, ebook readers, video games, fitness bands... These are just a few of our major review categories, and we're adding more
every year as tech evolves.
This even as the S&P 500 has continued its rise during that same period, jumping 10 % in the first seven months of
the year as tech stocks led a market rally.
30 +
years as a tech writer using and programming MS Word, et.
Barbara Krasnoff is a freelance writer and editor who has spent more
years as a tech journalist than she cares to admit.
NAVTA executive director and certified veterinary technician Julie Legred, of Bricelyn, MN, worked for 32
years as a tech and agrees that based on her personal experience, dogs from puppy mills are more likely to have medical and / or behavior problems, costing their owners lots of money and anguish.
Your comment about the author's 20 +
years as a tech writer is dead on.
That's sure to change over the next few
years as the tech is improved.
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.
Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer of Canada's
tech darling Shopify, took on a second job this
year as a judge on CBC's Next Gen Den, the web - only version of the hit show Dragon's Den, featuring younger entrepreneurs and riskier deals.
Nearly one
year after Jack Dorsey retook his position
as CEO of Twitter, very little has changed at the
tech company.
As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobe
As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in
tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a
year to start thinking of themselves
as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobe
as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.
In recent
years, an increasing number of
tech startups have turned into big - time investments opportunities for VCs, and
as a result, these funds have wanted to get in on the action to bolster investor returns too.
As tech publication GeekWire notes, the data center move help saved Dropbox about $ 75 million over a two -
year period.
As big a deal as Salesforce's planned acquisition of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns out to be an epic year for tech mergers and acquisition
As big a deal
as Salesforce's planned acquisition of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns out to be an epic year for tech mergers and acquisition
as Salesforce's planned acquisition of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns out to be an epic
year for
tech mergers and acquisitions.
He is a seasoned software entrepreneur, project and product manager with 10 +
years of experience in the IT arena, advisor to several fast - growing ventures, popular blogger and contributing author in
tech and business media (Inc., Wired, Pando Daily) Also, Andrew frequently speaks about project management, business and innovation at such events
as E2 Innovate, PMI Global Congresses, Enterprise Connect, IBM Connect and more.
I received the kit
as part of a gift bag at Fortune's Brainstorm
Tech conference a couple
years ago.
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.
This
year's event, convened by scholars Luigi Zingales and Guy Rolnik, focused on the threat of concentration of Big
Tech, otherwise known
as the Big Five: Facebook, Amazon (amzn), Apple (aapl), Netflix (nflx), and Google (googl).
Year to date,
as of last night [Wednesday], energy's outperformed
tech.
While agricultural chemical and mining companies led the S&P 500 in the nine
years leading up to the Lehman's bankruptcy, it's been the internet and
tech companies such
as Netflix and Nvidia that have led the charge this time around.
Since Google created Area 120 roughly two
years ago, it has launched a handful of apps, but Enthoven knew she wouldn't learn
as much about recruiting or scaling if she stayed within the
tech giant.
As a
tech executive, it took me a
year to make some mistakes and learn.
In its first
year as a public company, Impinj financially outperformed the median for post-IPO
tech companies; and Diorio credits the IPO process for forcing him to refine Impinj's priorities and innovative mission.
Russian
tech execs met in Moscow in early October to discuss how to build up their industry, which has lagged for
years,
as the country imported whatever it needed, largely from the U.S. (where many Russians now work in Silicon Valley).
Just 3 percent of all Hong Kong - listed stocks, by capitalization, come from so - called «new economy» sectors —
tech as well
as biotech — according to a report last
year by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, the bourse operator.
The mega-cap
tech names, once darlings of the market, are facing troubles from every direction
as the major indexes posted one of their worst days of the
year on Monday.
At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting last May, for example, Buffett expressed regret for not investing in Google (now known
as Alphabet)(googl) and Amazon (amzn) stock
years ago, having failed to appreciate the
tech companies» great potential.
The industry is in a time of transition anyway
as it prepares to roll out 5G
tech, and in some cases, investment has increased over the past two
years.
Her $ 33 million paycheck this
year puts her ahead of
tech CEOs like Microsoft's Satya Nadella ($ 18 million), who is successfully steering the company back towards growth,
as well
as leaders at fast - growing
tech giants like Alphabet's Larry Page ($ 1), Apple's Tim Cook ($ 9 million) and Amazon's Jeff Bezos ($ 2 million).
Also, several major
tech companies — including Dell, PayPal, DISH Network and even Microsoft — began accepting the virtual currency
as a form of payment this
year.
-- Scott Scherr, CEO and founder of Ultimate Software, an HR
tech platform on track to hit $ 1 billion in annual revenue this
year and used by companies such
as Subway, First Horizon, MLB, the Phoenix Suns, Yamaha, and Nikon
Tech giants such as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic along with thousands of smaller consumer - electronics companies descend on Las Vegas for the week, where they'll make arguably some of the largest tech announcements of the year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this year, but what we can expect to see for years to c
Tech giants such
as Sony, Samsung and Panasonic along with thousands of smaller consumer - electronics companies descend on Las Vegas for the week, where they'll make arguably some of the largest
tech announcements of the year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this year, but what we can expect to see for years to c
tech announcements of the
year and show off not only what we'll see in stores this
year, but what we can expect to see for
years to come.
In the past
year, Stripe has struck blockbuster deals to support Apple Pay, the Cupertino, California,
tech giant's digital wallet,
as well
as Google's Android Pay and payment capabilities for other Silicon Valley luminaries including Facebook, Twitter, Lyft, Pinterest, and Salesforce.
Ed -
tech sector is booming By Erica Alini, MacLean's October 29, 2012 Canadian education startups grew by 65 % in five
years as the technology of learning changes our schools and universities.
After
years of trying, looking for direction, we believe Honda's premium brand has really found its niche
as the purveyor of high -
tech performance oriented premium automobiles.
When Marissa Mayer took over
as Yahoo's chief executive one
year ago today, the world knew her
as a woman who could pretty much write her own ticket in the
tech industry.
The push by the
tech sector piggybacks on
years of state - driven Chinese investments in infrastructure in Latin America, with a pool of 2,000 companies pouring more than $ 200 billion in the region
as of January.
After acquiring more than 65
tech firms in the past five
years, the mercurial CEO announced in September that he would be «buying chip companies,» suggesting that Oracle is positioning itself for what Bill Tatham, head of Toronto - based enterprise software firm NexJ Systems, describes
as «another level of world domination.»
Among them are
tech companies such
as Waymo, which took over Google's self - driving project last
year,
as well
as traditional automakers such
as Toyota and BMW.
Allison spent a few
years in the early 2000s homeless, but now rents in San Francisco's rapidly changing SoMa district, which is known
as the home of dozens of
tech companies including Yelp, Zynga and Airbnb.
Buffett, who for much of his career avoided
tech stocks, has capitalized on that rally by doubling — or, if you will, sextupling — down on Apple stock: He owns six times
as much of it now
as he did at this time last
year, making him one of the iPhone maker's largest shareholders.
Nordstrom, widely considered a technology leader among brick and mortar retailers, plans between this
year and 2018 to have spent $ 1.2 billion on
tech, including e-commerce, fulfillment centers, and in - store service enhancements, such
as these connected fitting rooms.
Alibaba has purchased the remaining 57 % stake of China food delivery app Ele.me it doesn't already own, bringing the app's valuation up to $ 9.5 b.
Tech companies such
as Alibaba and Tencent, which has invested billions of dollars in Meituan - Dianping, are eager to cash in on China's growing online food delivery market, which is expected to grow 18 % to 241 billion yuan ($ 38 billion) this
year.
Infosys, which employs more than 200,000 workers worldwide, was under the spotlight last
year as President Donald Trump targeted the American H - 1B visa program that
tech companies have heavily relied upon to temporarily bring in workers from other countries at lower wages.
Lubin created ConsenSys earlier this
year as a for - profit
tech foundry operating in much the same vein
as Betaworks and IdeaLab, except that it's entirely Ethereum - focused.
But, over the
years, the
tech giant has expanded into new areas such
as driverless cars and «smart» glasses.
In 2011, Weiner and Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) were the overall winners of Ernst & Young's national Entrepreneur of the
Year award, and in 2014, Weiner was recognized
as among the top 10 CEOs of U.S.
tech companies.
HP (HPQ), along with legacy
tech companies like IBM (IBM), has seen its business slump over the past few
years as the market for personal computers continues to decrease.
Here are the
tech companies on this
year's U.S. list (ratings are based on a five - point scale, from 1.0
as very dissatisfied to 5.0
as very satisfied):