Новости за 21.12.2017

In the spring of 1999, Eric Schmidt was the CEO of networking giant Novell—which, at the time, made him one of the more important people in the tech industry. His reputation for being good at managing nerdy geniuses inspired Fast Company to profile him and share his secrets, such as “create new ways to promote …

When Eric Schmidt joined Google as CEO in 2001, the theory was that the company’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, needed a seasoned tech executive to help them run the burgeoning business they had created. When he gave up that position to Page almost a decade later, he famously tweeted “day-to-day adult supervision no …

From the #MeToo movement to “Moonlight,” the year gave us many reasons not to give up.

Early data suggests Chinese consumers like the $1,000 phone, and are buying it at a faster clip than earlier iPhones.

Eric Schmidt, who served as Google’s CEO from 2001-2011, has announced that he will be leaving his role as executive chairman of Alphabet’s board of directors. According to the company, Schmidt will then serve as a “technical advisor.” “The Alphabet structure is working well, and Google and the Other Bets are thriving … In recent years, …

Apple is developing a version of the Apple Watch that can give you an EKG, Bloomberg reported. EKGs (electrocardiograms) detect irregularities in the electrical impulses that trigger the contractions in the four chambers of the heart. Those irregularities can be warning signs for stroke and heart failure. From the story by Alex Webb: A version …

Facebook and Universal Music Group have just struck a deal that means your Facebook feed will be filled with your uncle’s DIY workout videos set to Eminem songs—and you won’t be able to report them for copyright infringement. The first-of-its-kind licensing deal means Facebook users can upload videos that contain licensed music on Facebook, Instagram, …

The Trump SoHo just got rid of the Trump name. Overnight, the hotel removed the name from the awning, threw a mat over the hotel’s logo embedded in the sidewalk, and, according to reports from guests, removed the Trump-branded toiletries and chocolates. It basically wiped the Trump name from everything, “even the Wi-Fi.” The building licensed …

Netflix’s $90-million fantasy cop drama starring Will Smith has all the trappings of a major studio film–except for its marketing strategy.

Honolulu mayor Kirk Caldwell explains why they’re getting dirty vehicles off the road–and how the decision will spur innovation.

With most of the final touches in place, companies will start mass-producing chips to get superfast phones in your hands by 2019.

The giant credit agency allows you to freeze or place an alert on your salary data, but it doesn’t publicize those options.

Facebook has become a fact of our sad existences. Most of us use it every day in some capacity, whether we like it or not. Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s goal to shepherd the communication platform that connects the world, Facebook has been proving that it doesn’t seem to be aware of its own immense impact. Here …

Patagonia is not messing around in its fight to save Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, in the largest reversal of national monument protections in U.S. history. Not only did the company turn its website into a battlefront declaring “The President Stole Your Land” on its home page, but they filed suit to block …

As 2017 come to a close, it’s time to reflect on what has and hasn’t worked for our careers.

The CDC released its annual data on drug deaths this week, and if anyone was hoping for an improvement in the public health scourge of opioid-related fatalities, they won’t find it in these grim numbers. Overall, drug overdoses rose 21% to 63,600 last year, fueling a decline in life expectancy for the second year in …

With “Another Silent Night,” 32 women tell their story of struggle to raise awareness for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund.

“What we do is pretty hard. No one has really done it yet, at scale.”

“I don’t say disrupt,” says Parker Stanberry, CEO and founder of Oasis.

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When millennials trust a company’s social and environmental practices, 90% say they’ll buy from that brand.

Good employers don’t just cut paychecks. They protect employees and customers whose rights are under fire. Here’s how to make a difference.

Lawsuits are on the rise, but there’s little proof staff training can solve the problem.

Perfectionists thrive on consistency, which can turn habit changes into daunting “all-or-nothing” propositions. It doesn’t have to be that way.

A joint investigation by ProPublica and the New York Times has found that major companies including Verizon, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Target, and Facebook itself are using Facebook’s ad-targeting tools to block job ads appearing for older workers. And it’s not just on Facebook that the companies are apparently trying to exclude older job seekers. ProPublica …

The two-building, 1.04-million-square-foot project is nicknamed “Caribbean” and would be large enough to house 4,500 employees, reports the Mercury News. Google unveiled its development plans for Sunnyvale’s Moffett Park to city officials on Wednesday. As is in vogue with large tech companies, the conceptual drawings for the two proposed buildings reveal designs for the buildings, …

Internal emails obtained by BuzzFeed show that Twitter executives couldn’t agree on what the purposes of Twitter verification were for. Nearly two years ago after the company unverified alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, there was internal discussion on whether they should restore his verification or ban him from the site outright. Yet emails between Twitter CEO …