Very interesting article. I have to agree with this article. Being a startup in the Silicon Valley is a very difficult task, which is scaring many to look for outer markets. A market like Seattle is a great place to start.
It is a very interesting article, but I wonder if companies would show the average Gender hiring when it comes to applicants. Sure, a man with the same skills could've gotten the job, but what if there were 5 women who also applied with the same skill set? It just depends on the way that you view the situation. Different perspective, in my opinion.
I was very excited when I read the title, but was sort of disappointed when i found out it was mostly shopping. But I do think that they are paving the way for something special and cannot wait to see where this is in 5 years time.
A Masters is not really needed unless you need it for your specific career, but in most cases a Bachlelor's gets you a starting career. In this economy and way of living, careers are getting hard to find and degrees give you an advantage over most. That isn't to say that you're guaranteed a career. Some don't need a degree because their communication skills get them through most of the process. Somewhere in between, however, they would have to get the knowledge somehow.
Wow. This truly was a very interesting article. The story of how a man started from the ground up and became one of the greatest man right now. Thank you for the article.
Wow, information is coming at an insane cost. Why do companies have to be so incredibly sneaky when trying to gather your digital information? There really needs to be laws put in place. Technology is growing at too fast a pace and we need laws in place to protect our privacy.
This is what is so intriguing to me about education. We all go to school and learn about problems like these, but we retain so little information without brushing the dust off of our old Comp classes and review the material.
I thought this to be really interesting. I found this article making good points and it is incredible that the maiden name is more important that the password itself. Seems backwards in my opinion.
I find the argument that the phone is an "extension of the mind" to be really interesting. If you think about it, doesn't our phone track our behaviors, suggest words when texting, etc.? Our phones are with us almost every single second of the day and we use these phones and store massive amounts of private and personal data and should we be forced to give over that data when forced to? I do not know the answer to this but this opens up the doors for conversations we need to have in such a fast-paced technology world.
This is exactly the kind of danger that we should be fearing when bringing "driverless" cars into the world. I find the technology to be incredible, but having driverless cars on the roads can seem a bit careless. What would have happened if the driver would have gotten hurt? Where is the accountability?
In today's world, it is so easy to get caught up in the technology craze. We have all done it. The problem that people don't seem to realize is that while technology is great and it can do amazing things, it can also harm us. We use our phones for GPS, accessing information, etc. and we begin to forget how to "defend" for ourselves. Think about it, when was the last time you had a question and DIDN'T google for the answer after giving it a seconds thought? When was the last time we applied ourselves and critically thought about what we were trying to learn? Technology should be an aid, not a crutch.
This seems a bit excessive, being able to collect not just relevant files but all files regardless of their relevance with this new expansion on police capabilities. What's particularly scary is the ability to acquire the past 12 months worth of data of everyone. It claims this will assist with "threat to life" and missing persons cases, but would that not mean the police can now arbitrarily point fingers and say we need your data even when it's not clear that a person was involved? Yes, there's a double-lock system in place, but who are to say these two are responsible to hold such power without consensus of the people?
While Apple should assist with the unlocking of iPhones to assist in prosecution of suspected criminals, the idea that the Feds want Apple to make a backdoor program to every single iPhone is terrifying, even if they are required to gain a warrant before using the program. The entire notion of one government agency holding so much data and power is absurd and coercing a company to make the program shouldn't be allowed.