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How the Workplace Is Shifting Currently, the workplace has emphasis on workers’ abilities to incorporate human interaction with production. However, for some corporations – especially in tech and business – that human work production can leave much to be desired when it comes to precision and automation. In a study by Pew Research Center, the effects of workplace automation and the increased incorporation of bots is examined. They open the report with: In the report, it’s found that two-thirds of Americans surveyed “expect that robots and computers will do much of the work that currently done by humans within 50 years…” Along with that, 80 percent of those surveyed found their own jobs in jeopardy....

Negative reviews can, perhaps undeservedly, pull down a restaurant’s rating. But not on WHO I CHOOSE – this new business review site is for positive reviews only. That may seem unhelpful, but think of it like this: it’s your personal list of favorite dentists, dog walkers, hair cutters, and restaurants, shared with others. Founder David Winchell started WHO I CHOOSE to make reviews more social, shared among people you trust....

The technology has captured the public eye like no other, and it’s not surprising that VCs are doubling down on new virtual experiences, apps, hardware, and more. Analysts and developers alike consider VR a new paradigm, not a fad. The tech is here to stay, and there is money to be made. The advice applies just as much to virtual reality’s cousins augmented reality and mixed reality, of course. The recent craze for a certain electric rodent proves that augmented reality is just as, if not more, likely to cash in the new tech as expensive HMDs....

Intel Owns Mobileye Nvidia, Google’s Waymo, Baidu and Tesla are among the top self-driving car companies. But Intel’s purchase of software and camera company Mobileye for $15.3 billion earlier this month puts them on hallowed ground: With Intel’s hardware and Mobileye’s software, Intel might be able to rapidly turn into a full-stack self-driving car company. Intel has been seeing 15 percent growth year over year, so it’s doing something right. It just needs to keep up that success....

Elon Musk and his company SpaceX have announced that they will be sending 4,425 satellites into space that will provide high speed internet to Earth. While original documents filed with the FCC never specified a date for the launch, this recent announcement specifies that they will begin their launch campaign in 2019. And how else would they launch them without help from their own impressive technology. According to the announcement, the 4,000+ satellites will create a “mesh network” in space that will be able to provide high speed internet coverage to anywhere on the planet without cables....

Thanks to the terrible reception of Windows 8, plus embarrassing teething issues with Windows 10, Windows 7 is held in fond regard by many. More importantly, millions worldwide are still using it. That’s something of a problem, as when support ends on the 14 January 2020, it will be susceptible to security exploits that Microsoft won’t patch to address. We look at what this means for Windows 7 users, and what you need to do prepare for its end of life....

After finishing his PhD, Wilson spent a full year designing the prototype Tomographic Motion Detection unit (TMD) with Patwari. Unlike Superman’s X-ray vision though, the TMD utilizes a mesh network of radio waves. The TMD features blanketed coverage of any grid, can be embedded behind surfaces, boasts immunities to dirt, dust, and false alarms, and cannot be jammed with counteracting radio waves. “It cannot be beaten,” says Wilson. “Fundamentally, this is a whole new level of security technology....

Comcast has long been at the front of the internet provider race, and their most recent platform, Xfinity xFI, is an indicator of why. This platform, available online and through the app, allows users to full manage and control the many devices connected to their home WiFi. Because I currently live in a small two-person apartment, understanding the intricacies of my WiFi is not as necessary as it is cool....

Poor Content In my personal opinion, there is no greater sin that can be committed by a website owner than lack of good content. Content is ultimately what will drive clients to your business and keep them hooked once they get there, and good content creates a connection with your reader that no marketing campaign can emulate. Your content has to be current, always fresh and speak to your audience. If your content doesn’t address your audience’s questions in a clear and concise way, it shouldn’t be published....

The agency, which handles data from 650 healthcare providers across the country, disclosed that it had been struck by the cyberattack in February of this year. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first breach of its kind. Ransomware attacks on healthcare services — especially medical debt collectors — are growing year on year, highlighting the need for adequate cyber security investment. More than 1.9 Million Patients Affected by Recent Cyberattack In July, the healthcare debt collection agency PFC announced that it was exposed to a ransomware breach on the 26th of February....

Visual content marketing is a field that is constantly evolving. With so many affordable graphic design softwares available to marketers to create their own visuals, more and more people who don’t have traditional design training are taking on their own design projects. Venngage surveyed over 300 marketers to see what worked for them in 2016 and what didn’t, and to see the role they expect visual content to play in their 2017 marketing strategies....

5 Crowdfunding Websites Here are five crowdfunding websites to scope out for your next project: Kickstarter Forbes listed Kickstarter as the most successful online crowdfunding forum. With more than 61,000 projects funded successfully, Kickstarter has become one of the most frequently visited crowdfunding websites. Kickstarter charges 5 percent of the total collected funds for every launched project. Indiegogo Indiegogo is another successful crowdfunding website. Indiegogo charges 4 percent of the total collected funds for every posted project and offers Flexible funding through which users receive funds even if the project has failed to attain its funding goal....

We asked entrepreneurs how they celebrate their successes, and here’s what they shared with us. “If something really exciting happens, like a new product feature or we land a big customer, we like to do the Anchorman team jump.” – Matt Thompson of Ninua “Our biggest parties occur when the entire team works together to reach major company milestones. When we raised our last round of funding ($11M), we had a casino night at the top of a local hotel....

Read more about Burning Man on TechCo. Editor’s Note: Lead photo of Rebecca Thieneman and Julia Zasyatkina on Instagram taken by Justin Bench.

When it comes to marketing, especially social media, startups have several advantages over larger companies. Are you using these advantages to their fullest potential? Intimacy When startups interact with their customers, they have the benefit of being able to pay attention to each and every customer, address every concern that customers bring to the table (within reason). While larger companies need to pick and choose how they respond to their responses or connections on social media, smaller companies can respond more freely....

Peer-to-peer advice and word-of-mouth marketing are the two most powerful techniques, especially when it comes to millennials and Gen Z. In fact, influencer marketing, which leverages both of these strategies, brings the average ROI of $6.50 for $1 spent is $6.50 according to this study. Ready to leverage your marketing game this year? Here 3 best practices to launch better influencer marketing campaigns. Use the Right Metrics to Scale Influencers It’s not always about the vanity numbers and followers count....

A recent panel at Detroit Startup Week covered this topic in-depth. Five esteemed panel members took the stage, including Carolyn Casin of Belle Michigan, James Feagin of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Richmond Hawkins of New Detroit Inc, Wayne Millette of The Back Office Studio, and Ray Water of the Detroit Development Fund. They discussed at length a few of the necessities for bootstrapping startups in Detroit. A Plan While this may seem obvious to an aspiring business owner, the panel agreed that startup founders are shockingly unprepared when they start looking for funding....

Nicole Berry, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel at JPMorgan Chase, suggests for early-stage founders to figure out the structure of their business before they gain momentum, take on investments, and become too busy to focus on the legal framework needed to protect their company. Here are three decisions early-stage founders need to consider when launching their business: For Profit or Nonprofit Aligning your business model with the company’s income stream could help determine if it needs to be for profit or nonprofit....

All you have is an idea, perhaps a prototype, maybe a place to work from, and a dream. Whether you can actually afford to pay them now or require them to work on a contingency, or freelancer, basis is not as important as finding ways to reach top talent. Here are a few tips that might get you started on the path to finding the most creative employees ever....

Coding tests are fast becoming a crucial part of the recruiting process in IT. How much can the right programming tests impact your efforts to find and hire top tech talents? Check out below: 1. Coding Tests Tools for Screening Candidates Challenge: Screening is very time consuming, but necessary, part of IT recruitment process. Tech recruiters spend countless hours going through resumes and screening phone interviews. One of the main challenges they meet is choosing candidates that are likely to perform at the job they are recruited for, especially regarding, what’s basic, programming skills....