SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. jury handed Alphabet’s Google a major victory on Thursday in a long-running copyright lawsuit against Oracle Corp, saying the law allowed Google’s use of Oracle’s software to create its Android smartphone operating system. The jury unanimously upheld claims by Google that its use of Oracle’s Java development […]
This post appeared first on Investment Zen Remember your first real job, when you stopped earning $7.25 an hour at the neighborhood’s fast food chain and started negotiating a yearly salary? I bet you felt like a millionaire. I know I did. My first job out of college paid around $50,000. Almost $1,000 a week, […]
Throughout this post, I’ve been skeptical of giving too much weight to trying to find “the right” color for your brand or your CTA. Still, it’s true that, generally speaking, we do associate certain colors with specific traits (e.g., brown is associated with ruggedness, red is associated with sex and excitement), studies show that when […]
The right-to-work law made it possible for workers to be represented by a union but to opt out of paying dues. The International Association of Machinists, United Steelworkers and AFL-CIO sued the state after the law went into effect saying that they were being forced to provide services without compensation. “We feel confident the law […]
Any chance of the innovative method being used in Hawaii, however, likely hinges on what the Food and Drug Administration decides in Florida, where it is assessing the potential impacts of allowing Oxitec to begin field trials. Brent Lawrence, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told HuffPost in an email that the […]
First impressions count, especially in email marketing, so steadily build mutually beneficial relationships starting with the very first interaction. Start new subscriber relationships off right by engaging immediately, referencing a referral source, setting expectations, using personalization, and building an onboarding campaign. Keep these tips in mind for customer loyalty that will last a lifetime.
The first step is a confident mindset: understand that no one has all the answers to every question on any topic. Ask any philosopher, scientist, theologian, or attorney. They can always point you to someone who can and will argue “the other side.” And some answers are unknowable; they can only be predicted, imagined, or […]
In a research presented by Atlassian, employees attend an average of 62 meetings per month, with half of those considered to be “time wasted” by participants. In a survey conducted by Microsoft among 38,000 workers in 200 countries, people spend 5.6 hours each week in meetings and 69% of survey participants considered meetings as “not […]
