by Admin | Aug 2, 2019 | Advice, News
We’ve all had that supervisor or manager who keeps their eye on the bottom line, prioritizing penny-pinching and profit above everything else in the workplace. A new study from Baylor University’s Hankhamer School of Business confirms what every employee has always...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Companies, News
The way that Duolingo, the popular language-learning app, hounds you to keep up your daily lessons has become a meme. But it’s so insistent for a reason. Being addictive is basically the app’s entire business model. The lessons, which are designed to be as game-like...
by Admin | Jul 12, 2019 | Companies, News
Virgin Galactic, founded by billionaire Richard Branson, used to be the big name in space tourism before it was passed by SpaceX and Blue Origin. The company struggled through the 2010s, especially after a fatal crash in a test flight in 2014 and the cutting of ties...
by Admin | Jul 5, 2019 | Companies, News
Sir Jonathan Paul Ive, or Jony to his friends and fanbase, has put his mark on the world. The descendant of a jeweler and an engineer, he brought his background of industrial design and Bauhaus minimalism to Apple in 1992. He was a key part of Steve Jobs’ revival of...
by Admin | Jun 28, 2019 | Companies, Profiles
David MacNeil, founder and CEO of WeatherTech, is probably one of the best-known CEOs in America. His company sells high-quality car and truck accessories ranging from digitally made mats to cup holders and even pet ramps. The story of how MacNeil mortgaged his house...
by Admin | Jun 21, 2019 | Companies, News
At a space-themed corporate summit in Boston on June 19, 2019, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg announced that Boeing will be moving the headquarters of its space division from Arlington, Virginia, to Titusville, Florida. Currently stationed near the Pentagon, the...
by Admin | Jun 14, 2019 | Companies, News
In the world of defense contractors, consolidation has long been the name of the game. The lion’s share of the business has always been controlled by a select few companies. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and only a small handful of others have secured all of the major...
by Admin | May 31, 2019 | Companies, News
Over the last two decades, Google has become one of the most successful companies on Earth—and one of the world’s great model employers, to boot. The Google brand has become synonymous with everything workers want in a job, including great pay, solid benefits, and a...
by Admin | May 23, 2019 | News, Technology
Last week, the U.S. decided to restrict Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei’s access to U.S. technology, saying that this access poses a security risk. This decision has had worldwide consequences. What the blacklisting means is that Huawei can no longer source software...
by Admin | May 17, 2019 | News
If you’re paying attention to the trends being talked about in tech blogs and on social media, you might be led to believe that traditional television is dead, and that streaming services like Netflix will soon have a total monopoly over people’s viewing habits. And...
