By Lydia Dishman December 03, 2023 “Gee, I really wish my boss and colleagues would just ignore all the good work I’ve been doing,” said no one ever. We know people like to be recognized for a job well done. And most times, a simple thank-you will suffice. In fact, we humans depend on … Continue reading This underrated leadership habit is crucial to success
By Lance Lambert December 03, 2023 Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter. Roam CEO Raunaq Singh has a bold plan to unlock housing affordability: Connect homebuyers with home sellers who have mortgages eligible to be “assumable,” enabling buyers to take over the existing mortgage, including its … Continue reading A back door to a 3% mortgage rate? This startup has a plan to unlock housing market affordability
By Adele Peters In 2020, Google set a goal to get to 24/7 carbon-free energy by the end of the decade, meaning that all of its data centers and offices will run on clean electricity every hour of every day, all year long. The company didn’t know exactly how that would happen. “We realized … Continue reading This new geothermal plant in the Nevada desert is helping power Google data centers
By Ruth Zive November 24, 2023 As we come to the end of a year marked by hype and turmoil, it’s becoming more and more clear that artificial intelligence isn’t magic. No amount of holiday wishing will suddenly give AI the power to put the perfect gift under the Christmas tree—or fuel meaningful automated … Continue reading Supplement the call center with a chatbot this holiday season
By Sarah Bregel November 17, 2023 Many Americans don’t often leave America, unless they’re visiting Niagara Falls or eating pasta in Italy for a week on vacation. And many don’t move to other countries, staying very close to where they grew up. According to a 2019 survey of people over the age of 25, a … Continue reading More than half of Gen Z wants to move out of the United States for this sad reason
42% of consumers begin holiday shopping on Black Friday or later, one study found. Here’s what marketers can do to capitalize. Chris Wood on November 15, 2023 Holiday shopping will soon begin — officially — the Friday after Thanksgiving, a.k.a. Black Friday. And despite fears of economic slowdowns and lingering inflation, the holiday season is … Continue reading 5 Black Friday trends marketers can act on this holiday season
GPT-4 will have access to more up-to-date info, let users create book-length prompts and be better at understanding instructions. Constantine von Hoffman on November 9, 2023 The biggest AI news this week was OpenAI’s announcement of a new version of ChatGPT, called GPT-4 Turbo, which will have several significant improvements over previous versions. These improvements … Continue reading A new ChatGPT and more in this week’s AI-powered martech releases
By Allan Sloan November 03, 2023 If you’re a fan of financial fiascos, you’ve probably been having a great time reading stories marking the recent one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s troubled Twitter takeover. By my math, which is based on the value that Fidelity places on the X shares owned by its mutual funds, … Continue reading Elon Musk isn’t the only one who lost a ton of money on X this year
Advertisers spent $40.2 million through September 2023, nearly four times more than 2022 investments in the same period. Chris Wood on November 3, 2023 Advertisers are backing the AI boom with AI-related spending. So far in 2023, they’ve spent nearly four times as much on AI product advertisements as they did last year through the … Continue reading AI ad spending has skyrocketed this year
61% of C-suite executives and IT professionals are concerned about their employees’ knowledge of how to use AI. Constantine von Hoffman on November 2, 2023 What’s the point of adding AI to technology if no one knows how to use it? Nearly two-thirds (61%) of C-suite executives and IT professionals say they are concerned about … Continue reading This week’s roundup of AI-powered martech releases
