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Nokia Sells Off Mobile Business for More Than $7.5 Billion The Nokia Corporation unloaded its mobile phone sector to Microsoft. The Finnish company sold off its once industry-leading telecom section to Microsoft for more than $7.5 billion. The transaction for Nokia's handset assets, now a mobile afterthought, has taken about eight months to finalize. |
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Big Data Makes Big Impact on Retailer Location Freedom from the commitment of a lease or rental agreement gives virtual stores the advantage of flexibility with future decisions while using big data to maximize their revenue streams. Now, big data can help level the playing field when it comes to the perceived disadvantage of rental space. |
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Can Amazon Thrive in the Smartphone Market? From its start as a book seller to a one-stop shop to its leadership in complex technologies and cloud computing, the one area that the world has eagerly anticipated Amazon branching into is smartphones. And now it's official—Amazon will be releasing its smartphone later this year. |
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Data Leaks—Will Secure Programming Save the Day? 2014 is already shaping up to be another horrible year for compromised data. With all the widely publicized large-scale data leaks, there has to be a better way to secure sensitive data and applications. Secure programming, combined with more sophisticated network separation, might be the answer. |
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Can You Have Too Much Communication? In matters of communication, more is not necessarily better. Sure, too little communication can result in low morale, confusion, and mistakes, but too much communication can be just as bad. If everyone is busy communicating, no one is getting work done. Read on to learn about quality communication. |
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Google’s Project Ara Phone: Will You Accept the Challenge? What if there were a modular smartphone, an endoskeleton with interchangeable parts you could customize to your needs? Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group is working on a concept—Project Ara—that will enable users to configure their own phone according to their personal preferences. |
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Management Fads and How to Avoid Them When a new management fad comes along, it may sound great and gain rapid acceptance. Some organizations do succeed using a popular new concept—but sustaining it takes time, training, effort, money, and high-level support, and several of these are often lacking. Learn how to spot a fad in the making. |
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Venture Capital Investments Soar in the Software World Venture capitalists have been the backbone supporting the growth of the software sector through the years and have helped take technology to new domains. The community was hit by the dotcom bubble, but venture capital funding now is soaring to 2011 levels. This is great news for fund seekers. |
