Rovio To Cut 260 Jobs As The Angry Birds Franchise Becomes Irrelevant
It looks like Angry Birds maker Rovio is having some troubles to pay the bills. The Finnish company is about to cut 260 jobs after reducing its workforce by..
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Posted on 2015-08-27T16:25:46+0000
Reuters Employees Bombarded With Reply-All Email Catastrophe
Every company has its reply-all email meltdown. Wednesday was Thomson Reuters' turn.
Hasnain says:
Should we just teach reply all etiquette in Kindergarten?
Posted on 2015-08-27T05:31:54+0000
Facebook’s Human-Powered Assistant May Just Supercharge AI
Facebook's new virtual assistant, M, is driven mostly by humans. But it may still be a step forward for AI.
Meet Y Combinator’s New COO
Silicon Valley's most successful incubator now has an operations chief who hails from Google.
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"Younis, 33, was born on a rural farm in Pakistan. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1988, where his parents found work as blue collar workers in the auto industry in Detroit. Immersed in a region dominated by Ford, Chrysler and General Motors, Younis didn’t dream of developing the next hot mobile app. Rather, his goal was to be an engineer at an automobile company. Younis ended up attending Kettering University, in Flint, Mich., which let students work at General Motors while completing their engineering education."
Posted on 2015-08-26T18:13:23+0000
I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon. This Is My Story
Last Saturday, I read the 6,000-word New York Times piece, “Inside Amazon,” in the car on my way to the beach. I sat qui…
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Posted on 2015-08-26T16:33:19+0000
Stephen Hawking believes he’s solved a huge mystery about black holes
Hawking presented his ideas at a historic meeting of the minds in Stockholm.
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Good names are difficult to come up with. And if you've found one: have you considered what your potential name might mean in another language? What if it's something obscene?
How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks
Structured-settlement annuitants are lured by quick cash to unload their future payouts for dimes on the dollar.
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I was first going to dismiss this based on a click bait title. Then I read it and got sad
Posted on 2015-08-26T01:46:20+0000
Chebyshev Approximation and How It Can Help You Save Money, Win Friends, and Influence People -...
Blog post by Jason Sachs titled Chebyshev Approximation and How It Can Help You Save Money, Win Friends, and Influence People
The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies
The high cost of overwork.
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"managers could not tell the difference between employees who actually worked 80 hours a week and those who just pretended to."
Posted on 2015-08-25T06:30:27+0000