Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
Using Storytelling in Your Software & Technology Marketing: When & How – Business 2 Community
In the fall of 1995, when the Internet was still young, an executive named Irving Wladawsky-Berger was put in charge of IBM’s new “Internet Division.” His mission? To figure out the business value of the internet. At that time, the Internet was just beginning to…
How Video Is Enhancing Heat Mapping for Retailers – RIS News (blog)
In today’s retail environment, heat maps often are used to understand customer behavior in relation to a store’s layout. And now, video capabilities are turning heat-mapping data up a notch. While heat mapping allows retailers to understand where customers walk within a store, video allows…
Wolff: In digital media’s youth crusade, career paths are fuzzy – USA TODAY
Michael Wolff, USA TODAY 7:02 p.m. EDT July 12, 2015 The news media, like most businesses built on craft and culture, have largely worked as an apprentice system. Younger people learned skills and language from older people. A good media job would have been judged…
Big data analytics accelerates Williams’ Formula One performance – V3.co.uk
Formula One cars are essentially big data factories on wheels. They have hundreds of sensors across many components collecting data on everything from fuel levels and engine performance, to oil temperature and tyre pressure. Turning that data into useful information to tweak a car’s performance…
Avis Budget Group Inc. : Avis Budget Group and Southwest Airlines Sign New … – The Wall Street Transcript
Avis Budget Group Inc. Tickers: CAR CAT WBC PCAR EMR TRN JBHT HUBG June 25, 2015 PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) which will enable the Company…
‘Robot Revolution’ exhibit opens with a flourish — and a whir — at Museum of … – Bloomington Pantagraph
CHICAGO — On the one hand, Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry says it wants its big new showcase for cutting-edge robotics to dispel fear about the soulless mechanized creatures rising up and taking the place of humans. “The point we try to make is…
Marketing on a Budget: How to Produce Great Content Without Breaking the Bank – Search Engine Journal
When it comes to marketing your business online, content creation is one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle. But how do you create awesome content to market without spending a ridiculous amount of money? In today’s digital world, there are actually several ways you…