Probably the best known being PayPal, peer-to-peer payment systems and apps are growing in revolutionary ways. Let's have a look at a relatively new one: Venmo. (On the courtesy phys.org)
On a trip to Maine with four friends, Alexander Culbertson racked up $1,300 on gas, hotel rooms, food and drinks.
But instead of ... Read More
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Software engineer salaries by country
April 6, 2015
Bloomberg published a study on salaries of software engineers compared by country. Even though the seniority levels or expertise areas were not revealed, assuming the comparison was made on apple-to-apple, data in below chart gives an idea on welfare levels of employees' working in software development field compared to their ... Read More
5 IT jobs with biggest pay rise expectation in 2015
February 23, 2015
Recent study by Computerworld UK put forward certain IT jobs that are expected be higher in demand and to have the biggest pay rise in 2015. Let's have a brief look:
1. Chief information security officer (CISO)
Average UK salary: £97,500 - £145,250 , pay increase expected: 5.7%
Average US salary: $134,250 - ... Read More
(Don’t) Build Mobile Apps!
August 25, 2014
According to a recent study by ComScore, mobile app market is substantially dominated by six giants - Facebook, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Amazon, and eBay, and it is not quite likely for other startups to build mobile apps which may penetrate the market to make a fortune.
The approach of the ... Read More
The Future of Cloud ERP is Now
May 19, 2014
A recent Gartner report “Market Share Analysis: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2013” published by analysts Chris Pang, Yanna Dharmasthira, Chad Eschinger, Kenneth F. Brant, and Koji Motoyoshi provides an overview and updated figures of the current ERP market.
Based on these figures, the worldwide ERP market grew just 3.8% in 2013, a ... Read More
SAP Q1’14 – Cloud on the Rise
May 5, 2014
Cloud computing is on the rise in almost every filed.
German ERP software giant SAP recently reported that its cloud subscriptions rose 32 percent to 221 million euros, in comparison to 167 million euros in Q1 2013.
According to the same report, SAP HANA saw strong adoption rates in Q1 2014, ... Read More
NYPD Testing Google Glass
February 10, 2014
Courtesy of New York Post
Google Glass could soon become New York Police Department's newest crime fighting tool.
The NYPD is currently weighing the benefits of equipping its officers with Google’s latest creation and is considering how the new technology could help lock up bad guys, a law enforcement source told ... Read More
Ericsson ConsumerLab : 10 Hot Consumer Trends in 2014
December 12, 2013
Press Release, ericsson.com
Below is a recent press release from ericsson.com. As outlined in the article itself, E///'s global research has been massive and large scaled for some 15+ years. Let's observe in 2014 how close these findings will turn out to be, and more importantly, how these forecasts ... Read More
8 hot IT skills for 2014
November 11, 2013
When it comes to overall job prospects for IT professionals, 2014 will look a lot like this year, with 32% of companies expecting to increase head count in their IT shops, compared with 33% in 2013, according to Computerworld’s annual forecast survey.
by Mary Brendel, Computerworld.com
Here’s a look at ... Read More
Top Tech Trends for 2014
September 30, 2013
Gartner has unveiled its predictions for the top 10 technological trends for 2014.
According to Gartner analyst Chris Howard, the trends were determined based on the impact they are likely to have on enterprises, and the amount of change or disruption they are likely to drive in the industry. Also taken ... Read More