Everyday Tech (2017-06-24) --- Everyday tech news and article extract!
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Why Technology May Be Doing More Harm Than Good When It Comes To Employee Training
Most companies look at training all wrong. It’s not that they aren’t teaching people how to do their jobs; it’s that they aren’t looking at what training really is: building an employee up to becoming a more valuable asset for your company. However, assessing how and what an employee is learning can be a difficult task.
Netflix Launches Groundbreaking Interactive Branching Technology
When Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings appeared at Recode's Code Conference in May, he talked about the high success rate of the company's shows and the need to be more aggressive and more experimental. "I'm always pushing the content team," he said. "We have to take more risk; you have to try more crazy things."
Google to stop scanning Gmail for creating targeted ads
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-gmail-idUSKBN19E2C7
Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it would stop scanning Gmail content for creating personalized ads from later this year, bringing the widely-used email service in line with its enterprise offering, G Suite.
Microsoft and Gimlet Creative Are Launching a Branded Podcast About Technology and Humanity
Next week, Microsoft and Gimlet Media will launch a branded podcast that will ask that very question and others as they explore the more personal part of innovation. The series will feature people like Chris Dancy (the “world’s most connected man”), who collects massive amounts of data about his body, to better understand how technology can help us preserve and protect our own health. It’ll also explore how digital experts around the world are creating a global community to protect digital privacy in the era of the cloud.
India, Portugal signs MoUs to set up joint science & technology fund of 4 mn euros
Addressing a joint press statement on Saturday in Lisbon, Portugal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Portugese counterpart Antonio Costa took stock of bilateral ties and cooperation in several sectors. The two sides signed MoUs for the creation of an India Portugal Space Alliance for advancing collaborative research and launched a unique startup Portal- the India-Portugal International StartUp Hub (IPISH). PM Modi said that new agreements in taxation, science, youth affairs and sports outlined the expanding scope of both the countries partnership.
Japan’s energy-saving technology gets spotlight at Kazakh exposition
Source: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003781515
At the ongoing 2017 World Exposition in the Kazakh capital of Astana, based on a theme of “future energy,” Japan is showcasing its cutting-edge energy-saving and other technologies as “the greatest resource” and “pride” of the resource-poor country.
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