Mike Wheatley
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Headhunting Talent With Big Data
Ask any company boss or personnel department head, and they’ll tell you that recruiting is one of the toughest aspects of running a business. It’s hard to find good people who can do a great job, and even the most scientific approaches to recruitment tend to be hit and miss. Just because it’s possible to weed ...
Fujitsu Gives Seniors A Helping Hand With World’s First “Smart Walking Stick”
Fujitsu smartphones are almost unheard of outside of its home country, so you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Japanese electronics maker is a bit behind the times as far as its push for global smartphone dominance goes. But judging by its latest devices, ‘behind the times’ is exactly where it wants to be, with the ...
Kim Dotcom Suffers Setback In Extradition Battle
Embattled Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has lost the latest round of his legal fight against extradition to the United States, after a New Zealand court ruled that the US does not have to grant him access to key evidence in the case ahead of the main hearing in August. According to the court, the main ...
China Hits Back, Accuses US Of Cyber Attacks Against Its Military
Apparently China isn’t too pleased about recent allegations that its military is behind a spate of cyber attacks on US corporations, infrastructure and media organizations over the last couple of years. Following up from the usual angry denials of responsibility, China went one step further yesterday, accusing US officials of orchestrating similar hacking attacks against its own infrastructure. During a press briefing yesterday, China’s ...
The Big Data Enigma: No Big Data? No Problem!!
The potential of Big Data is no secret – we’ve all heard about it and we’d all like to tap into it and discover actionable insights. But what about those organizations that don’t actually have that much Big Data lying around to dig into? Not everyone has the capability to store up such vast quantities ...
Extreme Weather Forecasting With Big Data
We all worry about the weather from time to time, but where business is concerned these worries are often heightened. Take the example of a ski resort operator, which is trying to determine the best location for its newest hotel. Ideally, it’d want to build its new property somewhere that receives abundant snowfall during December, ...
“Hands On” with SpaceTop, The World’s First 3D Computer Interface
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could, like, actually reach into your computer and touch whatever ‘s onscreen with your own hands? Well, that’s the promise of a futuristic new computing device called the Space Top, which was unveiled at the TED Conference in Los Angeles yesterday. Billed as the world’s first 3D computer, SpaceTop’s ...
Hottest Mobile Accessories On Show At MWC 2013
Gadget fans might have walked away from this week’s Mobile World Congress feeling slightly disappointed by the non-appearance of any glaringly obvious breakthrough products. While smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 and the outsized Asus Padfone represent a trend for bigger, more powerful devices packing all the latest tech available, there were few real hardware ...
RSA Keynote: Big Data Set To Evolve Into “Big Intelligence”
The Big Data era has arrived and IT teams will have to welcome it with open arms if they’re to be successful in heading off a new breed of security threats, says RSA’s Executive Vice President Art Coviello. Speaking at his keynote during the 22nd annual RSA Conference yesterday, Coviello spoke of his belief that ...
Google Says There’s No Need For Retail Stores, But There Really Is
Contrary to reports last week, Google has claimed that it doesn’t have any immediate plans to open up Apple-style retail stores, insisting that it’s perfectly capable of shifting its range of Nexus devices through the Play Store. During a roundtable at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona earlier today, Google’s Android chief Andy Rubin iterated ...
