When shoppers use smaller screens, they make smaller purchases

As holiday shoppers shift to e-commerce, many of them are also increasingly using their mobile devices for purchases.

No One Needs To Fear Facebook 'M' For A Good While

The truth is we're nowhere near as close to full Artificial Intelligence as the media, Hollywood or indeed academics lead us to believe.

The Wall Street Journal: Angie’s List should sell to IAC, top investor says

The founder of activist investor TCS Capital Management rejected Angie’s List Inc.’s board seat offer and continued to push for a combination with IAC/InterActiveCorp’s HomeAdvisor.

A Series Of Unfortunate Tech Predictions - Blockchain

It's the time of year when futurists and all manner of tech analysts decide to break out the crystal ball and make some predictions for the coming months and years. Of course, I'm no different, but I don't need the title of futurist to do it. I've decided rather than write one long-winded article about several trends, to break it up a little and write a series of shorter articles tackling each one I see having a major impact on both businesses (vendor and end client alike) and consumers in general.

The Wall Street Journal: Apple Music’s first outside hardware partner is Sonos

Apple Music subscribers will soon be able to queue up songs from Apple Inc.’s catalog to wireless speaker systems from Sonos Inc. When the public beta launches on Dec. 15, it will mark the first time Apple pairs with an outside hardware maker on deep integration of its music streaming service.

Paris Climate Conference: Maybe This Time It Really Will Be Different

In the financial markets, the phrase “this time it’s different” is enough to make seasoned investors run for the hills, and there is no reason for it to be any different when it comes to the annual United Nations climate conferences that are held at the end of every year.

7 holiday scams and how to protect yourself

Holiday season is prime time for scammers and identity thieves who hope to cash out as people become preoccupied with gift-buying, festivities and travel.

Why Dunkin' Brands' CIO Was Asked to Lead Strategy As Well

When Jack Clare joined Dunkin' Brands, holding company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins in 2012, he did so after a stint as CIO of Yum! Restaurants International. He took over a traditional IT function, but two and a half years into his time at Dunkin, there was a need for someone to lead corporate strategy for the company. The leadership team called upon Clare to take on these added responsibilities. The leadership team was impressed with the job he had done as CIO, but also were pleased that he had management consulting experience, and had worked on matters of strategy in his past. The fact that so much of business strategy is enabled by information and technology was an added reason. As such, Clare, now the Chief Information and Strategy Officer of Dunkin' Brands, is part of a small but growing group of CIOs who have taken over the strategy function. In this interview, he describes the reasons why he feels he got the combined role, the reasons why CEOs he spoke with were not surprised, and his thoughts about whether other CIOs will increasingly follow in his footsteps.

How WhatsApp Became A Store Front For Diamond Rings

A diamond ring startup has been using WhatsApp exclusively to talk through some of its deals, and says more clients want to do the same.

Forget Facebook-Style Friendship: Plag Lets You Spread Content Like A Viral Infection

A cool Lithuanian startup proposes a new approach to content dissemination on social media.

Black Friday Shoppers Go Increasingly Mobile

Mobile shopping accounted for 36% of shopping on Black Friday 2015, up from 30% last year, while fewer shoppers turned out in stores.

Why Does Alibaba's Stock Drop With Each Acquisition?

Over the last two years, Jack Ma has been on a buying spree that would be the envy of any avid female shopper. He has snatched up UCWEB, Highmoral Map, Kuaidi Taxi, Meituan, Suning, Youku and Tudou, etc. It’s clear that Ali’s ambition is to create one-stop access to the Internet. But, at the same time, financial magnate George Soros got rid of almost his entire stake in Ali, Tiger Fund series reduced their shares in Ali and Baidu, and Morgan Stanley even excluded Ali from the Focus List for the Asia-Pacific.

Don't Just Blame The Government, Private Companies Also Struggle With IT Projects

Flagship public sector IT projects cop a lot of flak. But large private companies struggle just as much. Only, their failure isn’t as high profile.

The Wall Street Journal: Microsoft unveils Skype for business

Skype for Business is a platform for online calls and meetings.

Daily Fantasy Companies Await N.Y. Court's Ruling On Injunction To Shutdown FanDuel and DraftKings

(Disclosure: The author consults for a fantasy sports provider that is in current litigation against DraftKings)

The Wall Street Journal: Amazon reveals new drone prototype

The new prototype combines elements of a helicopter and an airplane, including a rear-facing propeller

The Top Cyber Monday Wearable Tech Deals

Black Friday has come and gone but that doesn’t mean the online deals bonanza has finished.

Adele’s record-breaking ‘25’ is hotter than ‘Frozen’ and Taylor Swift

Adele sold 3.38 million copies of her critically acclaimed album “25” in its first week, almost as many copies that the top-selling albums of 2014 sold all year.

Cyber Monday Deal: Launch A Satellite For $200,000

Want to launch a satellite? Spaceflight Industries will make it happen for $200,000.

Drone delivery is already here — and it works

Amazon published new video of its drones Sunday night. It turns out, drone delivery is already here.

How To Use AutoCorrect In Microsoft Office To Create Your Own Boilerplate Responses

AutoCorrect is a pretty amazing thing…most of the time. I’m not a huge fan of the autocorrect function in iOS all the time—or it’s tendency to correct words that are actually spelled correctly because Siri thinks some other word should go there instead. In general, though, I appreciate being able to just hammer away on the keyboard and let Microsoft Word make those minor corrections for me on the fly. Recently, though, I started using the AutoCorrect function of Microsoft Word in a completely different way.

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What's Really Behind The Low Rate Of Women's Entrepreneurship In The Middle East

Women's entrepreneurship surged in Israel, and other insights from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's report on women.

Court Rules Discrimination Class Claims OK Under ADEA

A federal court ruled that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is authorized to bring pattern-or-practice discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

Online shopping tops stores on Black Friday weekend

The Thanksgiving shopping ritual appears to be losing steam.

How A Small City Makes Some of The Biggest Films In The World

This story is a part of a series titled 'Wellington Aims To Be Most Prosperous, Livable and Vibrant City in the Southern Hemisphere'.

Tax Court Holds Pending Income Tax Refund Is Includable In Federal Gross Estate

The case below demonstrates the scope of “property” for federal estate tax purposes. The issue was whether a pending income tax refund was includable in the decedent’s federal gross estate. Interestingly, the case highlights the different treatment that may result if a decedent had undisputed and unpaid tax liabilities that may offset that refund.

Museum Of Neon Art Gets A Los Angeles Preview

Museum of Neon turns the lights on in Los Angeles

Museum Of Neon Art Gets A Los Angeles Preview

Museum of Neon turns the lights on in Los Angeles

The Ratings Game: For Hewlett-Packard, a tale of two diverging stocks

Hewlett-Packard reported its final fiscal quarter as a combined company on Tuesday, and the increased transparency is taking a toll on HP Inc.’s stock.