Like every year, the email marketing fraternity is looking forward to some exciting trends for 2021. Obviously, we have come a long way from plain-text emails to images in emails to AMP and what not. With the overflow of creative juices, email geeks are all set to...
While the holidays are advertised as the most wonderful time of the year, the data shows us something quite different. From kitchen fires to porch pirates, there is a sharp rise in the number of accidents and thefts that occur during the November and December time...
Social media is the new networking. We constantly find ourselves communicating with those on the screen sometimes more than those we meet in person. Even some would say they use social media to feel more connected with their community, or the world at scale. During...
Every year, businesses lose 5 percent of their revenue to employee theft. While it may not seem like a typical workplace issue many employers need to worry about, it unfortunately happens quite frequently. In fact, 95% of businesses have been impacted by workplace...
Introduction Remote work brings many benefits. First, you can find the best talents anywhere and increase diversity at your company since you’re not limited to a specific location. Second, organizations with the remote work policy experience a much lower turnover rate...
The COVID-19 pandemic managed to turn the whole world upside down in a few months. The economy collapsed, and millions of people instantly lost their jobs. There’s still no vaccine in sight, which means coronavirus might be here for a long time—much longer than we all...
Whether you’re a first time founder or a seasoned entrepreneur, launching a startup comes with its own set of unique challenges. Building a startup requires a great idea, planning, funding and a bit of elbow grease. Lack of resources often leads founders to look for...
AI is fast becoming a reality as it is sneaking through almost all spheres of the digital world. Snapchat filters, Google Lens, Ikea mobile app, Microsoft Cortana, Amazon Alexa, and the list continues to grow with each passing day. Email Marketing is no exception to...
In recent events, spam and phishing emails have exploded. A reported 18 million emails were blocked on Gmail servers in the past few months. Now more than ever is the perfect time to manage your inbox and create a defense line to stop these unwanted emails. While some...
You alert your vehicle to arrive within minutes. Your car biometrically scans your face to open the door. Once you are seated and your seatbelt is secured, the car relays your health statistics on the dashboard. When you begin to drive, an alert comes up on the...
AI is changing the way we do things every day. It can now help us park our cars, order coffee, stock up on home goods, cancel online orders, and more. In particular, AI-backed technologies are changing the customer experience in drastic ways. Gone are the days of...
As technology continues to evolve, there will be big changes coming to our roads and skies. The way we travel and commute could look completely different by the year 2021. New innovations hope to tackle some of the biggest issues plaguing transport today, by reducing...
Working capital is an essential tool for understanding your business’ financial health and the ability for long-term growth. However, for many of us, it’s one of those terms that we hear a lot but never really understand. Working capital is the difference between your...
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Technology has made everything easier for us, to the point that our watches can now control our lights by simply shouting a command. Every device, right from our cars to our refrigerators has become connected through IoT devices (the Internet of Things network that...
The year 2008 was a critical turning point in the history of finance. Bankers and average individuals recall it with dread, as seen by the decline of the American people’s confidence in financial institutions. For it was in 2008 that the Lehman Brothers went bankrupt....
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When user experience designers initially were faced with transferring their complex sites to mobile devices, they simply tried to cram as much as they could on the smaller devices. This concept created frustrating mobile experiences for users and an embarrassing...
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Selling your products and services is important. However, giving your customers a good experience is even more crucial for the success of your business. Customers are placing more emphasis on their experiences with companies. As a result, customer experience is...
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. The regulation was created in order to protect the procedure of processing EU citizens’ personal information. All organizations must ensure that they are compliant with GDPR if they process...
Each year, only 10% of startups are able to make it out of the gate. That’s because startups are inherently risky at the beginning, as founders must find outside investors who believe in what they are doing. So, what does it take to make or break a startup? The...
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Cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated all the time, with cyber hackers coming up with new and determined methods of threat that are increasingly difficult to detect, making attacks more dangerous than ever before. Statistics show that cybercrime is on the rise...
With the constant innovation and increase in online shopping, so too come insidious cyber criminals with more fervor and creativity. They can send you and your employees shady messages or worm their way through the tiniest security discrepancies that can result in...
Digital transformation is gradually becoming an essential part of business strategy planning today. Increasing competition, evolving customer expectations, and the need for innovation have rendered several existing enterprise architectures costly and ineffective. This...
An employee gap analysis is a systematic review of an employee’s current performance to see how it measures up to the standards set by management. Through this type of analysis, management can identify “gaps” in skill and training that need to be filled in order to...
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Safety online is becoming a greater concern by the day. As technology assumes a more central role in our lives, from entertainment to education, from socializing to buying basic goods, our digital footprint acquires greater weight and importance. The same goes for our...
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Fintech has proven to be the new technology and innovation that delivers not just improved, but faster financial services to the world we live in today. Apart from using the key factors of science and technology to boost financial services, Fintech has gone a long way...
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Bitcoin came to us in 2009 as a creation of the anonymous person or persons known as Satoshi Nakamoto. It brought us the first cryptocurrency, a purely peer-to-peer electronic cash system. It inspired the invention of thousands of other cryptos (commonly referred to...
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We trust our cars to get us where we want to go safely, but what information does our car have on us that could be collected and then used by other sources? Due to GPS location devices and in dash software, your car can gather data about many aspects of your life,...
With the rise of cybersecurity threats and the costly repercussions of a breach – averaged $3.86 million in 2018 – preventative measures must be taken. Although thwarting all attacks may seem like an impossible task, there are small steps you can take to make your...
Think of all the ways you could be a victim of a crime. Do you register any of those as inevitable? In nearly every case, it’s not even close with one major exception… Identity theft. Although, there is a lot of information online and accessible to everyone on the...
Customer expectations when it comes to customer service are getting higher every year, in fact, Microsoft reports that 54% of consumers report expecting exceptional customer service. This means that companies must know their audience, where and how they communicate...
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Every day, all major enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) accumulate volumes of data. From customer relationship management systems (CRM) to sensitive company files, more and more data is being created on a daily basis—around 2.5 quintillion bytes,...
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With today’s modern technology, everything is within reach. The world is connected by an ‘invisible string’ ̶ the internet, which has dramatically transformed access to information. In just one click, you can have all the answers to your questions. One can also store...
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When companies decide to start securing all internal file sharing, it may seem like a confusing and even daunting task. How can something be shareable and public while also staying secure and private? It is quite a paradox. There are various kinds of platforms when it...
A cyber attack is a strike against a computer system, network, or internet-enabled application or device. These attacks happen daily and are constantly evolving. In the past 50 years, cyber attacks have evolved from tiny hacks created by high-school students to...
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Since its inception in 2009, ride-sharing app Uber has changed the way we commute. Within minutes, we can now get from point A to point B anytime we want simply by opening up an app on our phone. After a night out, ride-sharing apps like Uber make it easy for people...
Do you know the biggest threat to your business does not need to come from outside, but from within? Internal security threats do not necessarily mean spies being sent in by your competitors to crash your business, just as we see in the movies; rather it can be your...
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In cyber security circles they say, just because someone might bash down your door, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t lock it. The truth is, it’s practically impossible to prevent all data breaches. Hackers have shockingly effective techniques, including reading heat...
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The world is talking about data — the good aspects and the bad aspects. There are data breaches and data sharing. There are mistakes we’ve all made with our data and things we can do better with the information we share (and the information we don’t). But one thing...
With over 100 million subscribers, there is no doubt that Netflix is the daddy of the online streaming world. Netflix’s speedy rise to dominance has movie industry leaders taken aback – forcing them to ask, how on earth could one single website take on Hollywood? The...
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Such is the range of cloud services now on offer that it can be difficult to determine which one is best, especially if you’re new to the world of cloud storage. The first step is to establish what you want to get out of using the cloud – do you simply want something...
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Artificial intelligence has changed the way marketers work. Companies are using AI to not only help keep track of and analyse data but also to respond to queries via a chatbot and send recommendations or personalised messages. By automating most of the time-consuming,...
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No doubt you’ve heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act introduced by the European Union by now. Some companies – such as Facebook and Google – have already been accused of breathing the legislation; which protects EU citizens from having their...
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We all know how marketing can enhance sales. However, enhancing marketing requires real skills and creativity. Or does it? Can machines do a better job at promoting, advertising, and ultimately selling products than a creative human being? A complete switch to AI...
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How is your information protected on social media? Is it protected? These are the questions we’re asking ourselves more and more, especially in the light of high-profile privacy scandals that demonstrate how vulnerable our data really is. In fact, recent research from...
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Chatbots have become a significant part of our everyday lives. Judging by the market situation today, it seems like chatbots are here to stay. Although chatbots aren’t being used to their full potential, the new millennium has brought a change for the better. Chatbots...
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While there remains no cure for Parkinson’s Disease as of yet, Big Data is making major strides in grossly expanding what we know about the disease—and thus making a cure more likely in years to come. Parkinson’s doesn’t just affect old people, either, as many people...
Passwords are not just random texts that you need to gain access to your online accounts. These can completely change your life for the worse if they had gotten into the wrong hands. An average person spends about 11 hours online each day. They chat with their...
The universe of banking and payments is ever evolving. 2017 has seen a number of significant changes in the payments industry, thanks to advances in technology. Consumers now have access to a myriad of ways to pay. As a result, payment and shopping habits change....
Chatbots are conversational tools, capable of engaging multiple users to give structured responses to the most basic queries. Due to their instantaneity and ease of use, they have demonstrated significant potential on E-Commerce websites. As users face issues getting...
The AI technology has been picking up steam in the past couple of years. It’s no longer a gimmick or a faraway fiction. Scientists from all around the world are slowly but surely cracking this riddle. Sure, they are still a long journey away from creating a true...