Meta and IBM form open-source alliance to counter big AI players NASA, Intel, Yale University and more related bodies are involved. Sarah Fielding Tue, Dec 5, 2023 AI development and concerns about its safety continue to grow at a rapid pace with little regulation in place. The latest industry-based solution to this comes courtesy of … Continue reading Meta and IBM form open-source alliance to counter big AI players
By Chris Stokel-Walker March 31, 2023 The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in early February killed tens of thousands of people and left a trail of destruction in its wake. A massive cleanup operation is still underway in both countries. Meanwhile, one Turkish-based tech business has offered its support to … Continue reading Here’s how the Turkish startup Jotform used its web form tools to help in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake
eBay is buying the trading card marketplace TCGplayer for $295 million Amrita Khalid @askhalid eBay is placing a big bet on the booming trading card industry. The company is set to buy TCGplayer — an online marketplace for trading card games — in a deal valued up to $295 million, it announced today. Launched … Continue reading Workers at trading card marketplace TCGplayer form eBay’s first union
Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter Twitter could change dramatically under Musk’s leadership. K. Bell @karissabe Dado Ruvic / reuters After months of legal drama, Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His first move was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief … Continue reading Elon Musk says Twitter will form a ‘moderation council’ before it reinstates banned accounts
Activision Blizzard recruits a new chief diversity officer amid harassment scandal Kristen Hines will be tasked with helping to increase the number of women and non-binary workers at the company. K. Holt @krisholt April 11th, 2022 Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard has recruited a new chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. Kristen Hines will join … Continue reading Activision Blizzard employees form a committee to fight workplace discrimination
Dave Brock April 1, 2021 Sometimes when we lift our heads up and look outside our day to day work, our roles, and our companies, we look at others. We may look at our competitors and what they do. We may look at high performing companies, and what they do. We may look at individuals … Continue reading Imitation May Be the Sincerest Form of Flattery, But It Sucks as a Business Strategy
How work gets delivered by different agile teams Stacey Ackerman on March 17, 2021 Agile marketing is all about putting customers at the center of everything we do. Yet, so many marketing organizations struggle to form teams this way. One of the biggest benefits of agile marketing is being able to have teams that can … Continue reading Form Your Agile Marketing Teams Around the Customer
Thomas Griffin January 8, 2021 Opt-in popup forms have generally had a bad reputation because they were misused in the early days of the internet. And for good reason. Who wants to have popups forced on them as soon as they arrive on a web page? Many popup forms were also difficult to close and … Continue reading 5 Best Ideas For Personalizing Your Opt-in Popup Form
Chris Christoff — April 30, 2020 Is your job application failing to attract high-quality candidates for your company? If so, it’s time to make tweaks that’ll drive the right people to your open position. A poorly optimized application will not only bring in the wrong prospects, but it’ll also give qualified job seekers the wrong … Continue reading How to Optimize Your Job Application Form (4 Tips)
Pam Aungst — April 10, 2020 When I’m auditing a website, I always recommend placing a conversion form somewhere in the design so that it appears on every page of the site. I often get questioned about my logic behind this, which is twofold: 1) Making the user perform an additional click and page load … Continue reading 11 Research-Driven Best Practices for Increasing Form Conversion
