Business – Page 82

Analysis, Business, Corporate Manipulation, Education, government

Department of Education shuts down for-profit Corinthian Colleges

July 14, 2014

Federal regulations are designed to make sure that colleges that don’t offer a good value to students, don’t get student aid money.

Corinthian Colleges will put 85 of its U.S. campuses up for sale and close the remaining dozen under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education. The for-profit college chain operates campuses under the names Heald, Everest and WyoTech. It has more than 70,000 students across North America. It’s the largest-ever college, by enrollment, to be shut down in this way.

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3D Printer, Business, Science & Technology News

Matterport’s Pro 3D Camera creates a fully immersive 3D model

July 11, 2014

Walk into your pictures.

What if you could snap a photo with your smartphone that you can step into? And once you’re immersed inside this 3-D photo, what if you were able to walk around the space or fly above an open floor plan?

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Analysis, Business, Money Talk

Lawrence Lessig’s Mayday smashes $5M crowdfunding goal

July 11, 2014

Lawrence Lessig’s Mayday.us just raised a lot of money to help get the money out of politics by campaigning to elect five politicians who will enact campaign finance reform. Last week, the Super PAC hit its $5 million grassroots fundraising goal thanks to 47,000 supporters, which will be matched by $5 million in donations from wealthy tech luminaries.

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Analysis, Business, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

RevolutionCredit wants to change the way credit scores are calculated

July 10, 2014

RevolutionCredit is using online finance crash courses to help lenders better determine a person’s creditworthiness.

Could a better credit score may soon be just be a few mouse clicks away? The current system of determining a person’s creditworthiness is “inadequate and insufficient” and is costing both consumers and creditors, said Zaydoon Munir, founder and CEO of RevolutionCredit.

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Business, Latest Trend, Science & Technology News

Disruption is a byproduct of entrepreneurship, not a business model

July 7, 2014

The two most cited disruptive business ventures are AirBnB and Uber.

Today’s “disruptors,” and those who write about them, are doing a disservice by using the word as a synonym for, or add-on to, entrepreneur. By doing so, they are missing some key points.

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Business, Science & Technology News

Devices for smart homes need to get a lot smarter

July 7, 2014

Apple HomeKit

The battle between Google and Apple is moving from smart phones to smart things, with both companies vying to provide the underlying architecture that networks your appliances, utilities, and entertainment equipment. Earlier in June, at its annual developer conference, Apple announced HomeKit, a new software framework for communications between home devices and Apple’s devices. Meanwhile, Nest, a maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms that was bought by Google earlier this year for $3.2 billion, recently launched a similar endeavor with software that lets developers build apps for its products and those from several other companies.

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Business, Great New Product, Science & Technology News, Solar Power

Solar powered ‘smart benches’ are popping up in Boston parks

July 7, 2014

Solar-powered benches, called Soofas.

The Internet of Things is growing larger. Benches can now be added to the list of things like watches, cars, phones, and everything else that comes in a “smart” variety.

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Analysis, Breakthrough Thinking, Business, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend, People Making a Difference, Science & Technology News

Top 5 things to help you think differently

July 7, 2014

To help you stay up-to-date on the latest trends in communication, technology, and our dynamic world, here are some resources to help you think differently about the way your organization is communicating, sharing, and inspiring its constituents.

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Business, Science & Technology News, Solar Power

Elon Musk plans to build gigantic solar power super-factory in New York

July 7, 2014

SolarCity hope to create competitive made-in-the-USA panels.

In addition to Elon Musk’s revolutionary SpaceX and Tesla Motors businesses, he’s trying to revolutionize solar energy, too. Now Musk’s solar company SolarCity wants to build a gigantic solar panel manufacturing plant in New York intended to build enough plans to meet what he hopes will be rapidly rising demand.

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Business, Latest Trend, Money Talk, Science & Technology News

Banking with startups a growing trend

July 7, 2014

Majority of the people in the U.S. could be “banking” with startups in the next three to five years.

For investors and entrepreneurs, when looking for opportunity in the financial industry where technology can have the greatest impact, the best place to start has been with one of our oldest institutions: banks. However, while critical to our economy, banks are generally inefficient, have high fixed costs and don’t exactly elicit happy thoughts from the average consumer. It’s for these reasons, among others, that the biggest opportunities in the financial world revolve around the disintermediation of these banks and core financial services.

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The Growing Dangers of Technological Unemployment and the Re-Skilling of America

July 7, 2014

Futurist Thomas Frey: In March, when Facebook announced the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus Rift, they not only put a giant stamp of approval on the technology, but they also triggered an instant demand for virtual reality designers, developers, and engineers.

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Analysis, Business, Health & Fitness, Latest Trend

China’s epidemic of overwork, workers are dying at their desks

July 2, 2014

600,000 Chinese a year die from working too hard.

After 26 years, Chinese banking regulator Li Jianhua literally worked himself to death. He was “always putting the cause of the party and the people” first, his employer said this month, the 48-year-old official died rushing to finish a report before the sun came up.

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