June 2012
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Everything You Have to Know in Tech This Morning
RIM’s first quarter earnings were even worse than expected. The company posted an adjusted loss of $0.37 per share for the quarter and announced it will lay off 5,000 employees.
RIM also revealed that it is delaying the launch of its Blackberry 10 operating system until the first quarter of 2013. Some now think that it may never be released.
Reuters reports that RIM’s board is...
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Supreme Court's Decision on America's Health Care...
Court health-care decision:
1. CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Part II, concluding that the Anti-Injunction Act does not bar this suit.
The Anti-Injunction Act provides that “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court by any person,” 26 U. S. C. §7421(a), so that those subject to a tax...
Everything You Have to Know in Tech This Morning
Google introduced the Nexus 7 tablet and an Apple TV-like device called the Nexus Q, along with several other new products at its developers conference on Wednesday. Here’s the complete breakdown of everything Google announced.
Business Insider’s Steve Kovach got to try out the new Nexus 7 tablet for an hour. Here’s his first reaction to playing with the device.
Google also...
Everything You Have to Know This Morning
The big investment banks are putting out their initial ratings on Facebook today. J.P. Morgan kicked things off by rating Facebook as “overweight” and giving it a price target of $43 by the end of 2013.
Google’s big i/o developers conference kicks off today. We expect to hear the company announce a new Google-branded tablet, the next version of Android and maybe even a new home...
Everything You Have to Know in Tech This Morning
Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has been named to the company’s board of directors. This makes her the first woman on the board.
Facebook pulled its creepy ‘Find Friends Nearby’ feature less than 24 hours after it was introduced.
Meanwhile, Facebook just changed your default email address on the social network without telling you. Here’s how...
Three Things in Life
Three things in life that, once gone, never come back: Time, Words & Opportunity Three things in life that may never be lost: Peace, Hope & Honesty. Three things in life that are most valuable: Love, Self-confidence & Friends Three things in life that are never certain: Dreams, Success & Fortune Three things that make a man: Hard work, Sincerity & Commitment Three...
A Cool Secret To Making Employees Feel Like...
Turns out it’s a total myth that to inspire innovation in your company you’ve got to give your employees a bunch of free time to work on pet projects.
New research from Harvard Business School shows that to make people feel like they have more time, you’ve got to add tasks to their schedule — so long as those tasks involve helping other people.
It’s an interesting...
Worst boxing decision EVER!!! Manny should have...
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What is Disparate Treatment?
Disparate impact occurs when:
The employer’s neutral policy or practice has the effect of disproportionately screening out a Title VII-protected group and
The employer fails to demonstrate that the policy or practice is job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity.
National data supports a finding that criminal record exclusions have a disparate impact based...
The Five World-Changing Stories Going On In Tech...
We’re following hundreds, if not thousands of independent storylines all the time.
But right now, there are five big, on-going storylines we are keeping a particularly close eye on.
These stories are tales of seismic events shifting the entire industry – and they mean a lot to our readers.
They are:
Apple After Jobs. Apple’s market cap is closing in on $1 trillion. But it’s...
New EEOC Guidelines Warns Employers of Possible...
EEOC has released guidance on the use of arrest and conviction records in screening job candidates. Many employers do subject job candidates to criminal background checks to combat theft and fraud, and to avoid workplace violence. But the EEOC sees the possibility of discrimination.
That’s because arrest and incarceration rates are particularly high for African American and Hispanic men. And...
10 Latin Phrases You Pretend to Understand
1. Caveat Emptor (KAV-ee-OT emp-TOR): “Let the buyer beware”
2. Persona Non Grata (puhr-SOH-nah non GRAH-tah): “An unacceptable person”
3. Habeas Corpus (HAY-bee-as KOR-pus): “You have the body”
4. Cogito Ergo Sum (CO-gee-toe ER-go SOME): “I think, therefore I am”
5. E Pluribus Unum (EE PLUR-uh-buhs OOH-nuhm): “Out of many, one”
6. Quid Pro Quo (kwid proh KWOH): “You scratch my back,...
Everything You Have to Know in Tech This Morning
A new book claims that Google’s $5.8 billion offer for Groupon fell through because the breakup fee wasn’t high enough and Groupon believed it still had plenty of room to grow.
Now that Scott Thompson is out of the picture, Yahoo is in talks with Facebook to resolve their patent disputes, AllThingsD reports.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is currently testing ways to...
