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  1. http://www.cio.com/article/3040984/apple-shuts-down-first-ever-ransomware-attack-against-mac-users.html
  2. http://www.govtech.com/security/Data-Leaks-Expose-Private-Information-Without-Being-Hacked.html
  3. http://www.fedweek.com/fedweek-information-technology/fda-it-strategy-lacks-key-elements-says-gao/
  4. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/13/educause-information-security-leads-top-it-concerns.aspx
    (top 10 security issues for Higher Education)
  5. http://www.cio.com/article/3016791/security/5-information-security-trends-that-will-dominate-2016.html
  6. https://securityintelligence.com/a-strategy-map-for-security-leaders-applying-the-balanced-scorecard-framework-to-information-security/
  7. http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/money/business/2016/01/07/time-warner-cable-passwords-data-breached/78411920/
  8. http://www.davidpaulkirkpatrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Encroaching-Metaverse.png
  9. https://techzine.alcatel-lucent.com/sites/default/files/dm2015019535_fig01_june1.jpg
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Articles for May 23, 2016

  1. So You Want to Fund a Startup? Here’s What You Need To Know
    Great opening to understanding that you really need to understand the business, ask the right questions and diversify (link)
  2. ‘Twitterverse,’ ‘Adware’ And ‘Woot!’ Join An Oxford Dictionary As Official Words
    Technology is becoming so embedded in our lives that we are seeing constant additions into our daily language. Here are few more that have now been vetted and added to our Oxford Dictionary of words. (link)
  3. How Designing for the Disabled is Giving Google the Edge
    Many accessibility advancements are truly benefits for all, not just a specific group. Google and others are using the knowledge gained from the accessibility projects to truly allow and demonstrate how inclusive design makes life livable for everyone! (link)
  4. These 5 Startups Used Snapchat To Boost Their Brand (And So Can You)
    Examples of how applying technology to your business can create a competitive advantage and in the long run maybe assist the businesses goal of a sustainable competitive advantage (link)
  5. How Smart, Connected Products are Transforming Companies (Part 2 – Value Chain)
    This is a two part article. Part 1 highlights “the implications external to the firm, looking in detail at how smart, connected products affect rivalry, industry structure, industry boundaries, and strategy” and Part 2 examines the changes on the value chain (link)
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Articles for May 16, 2016

  1. Work in the Future Will Fall into These 4 Categories
    What will work in the future look like. Technology has changed our day to day interactions in the workforce, specifically the time we spend in the physical office, the way we interact and communicate with our colleagues, and more. This article highlights a four quadrant work format. (link)
  2. Young Workers Optimistic About Careers, Positive About Technology
    According to a survey in the US and eight other countries, young workers (Age 16-25) are optimistic about careers and technology. However, there are some differences between developed and emerging countries, including their outlooks on education. (link)
  3. Want to Get Hired? Look to the Tech and Health Care Industries
    “The top five areas for job growth and ones who will provide the largest raises include big data and analytics, front-end and back-end web application programmers, IT security, social media marketers and project managers for both IT and marketing functions.” (link)
  4. Marketo’s CMO on the New Future of Digital Marketing
    Today, technology plays a massive role in marketing strategy and execution: Automation has turned guesswork into a precise science and months of planning into nanoseconds. CMO of a marketing technology firm explains how technology will significantly impact the marketing field today and in the years to come. (link)
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Articles for March 28, 2016

Dinner Parties, and the grand plans for Netflix and Google

In this week’s TechTopics, we discuss the new trend combining the sharing economy and dinner parties. We also look at Netflix’s strategic plans, and a pessimistic view of “surveillance capitalism” as practiced by Google.

  1. How to Make Money Hosting Dinner Parties

This article explains how the dinner party is the newest and latest hustle to get into. It highlights (1)what you need to setup, (2) the capital necessary, (3) promotion, and marketing, and (4) expansion, fees, and viability. (link)

2. Eating with Strangers: What It’s Like to Use the Airbnb of Dinner Parties

This article describes the experience of dining Airbnb style. The food and the people are the two reasons everyone should try this at least once! (link)

3. Netflix’s Grand Daring, Maybe Crazy Plan to Conquer the World

Netflix gives a little insight into the war room and how they come up with their ideas and decisions to be in so many homes. Specifically this article shows how the important data we seldom discuss is truly “gold” versus the typical geography, age, gender, etc we constantly highlight. The article also introduces the use of Open Connect to handle traffic across the internet instead of the standard transoceanic cables. (link)

4. The Secrets of Surveillance Capitalism

Governmental control is nothing compared to what Google is up to. The company is creating a wholly new genus of capitalism, a systemic coherent new logic of accumulation we should call surveillance capitalism. In this article, the author discusses the cons of this strategy. (link)

 

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Articles for March 21, 2016

This week’s TechTopics features articles highlighting open source systems and cloud computing. Continue reading

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