Here's what's trending during the past week on the E-Commerce Times, TechNewsWorld, CRM Buyer and LinuxInsider.
Consumer Activism Will Steer Brand Focus in 2022
As the New Year rolls in, consumers are strengthening their voices to tell brand marketers how they support can win more of their dollars. Their message is clear: make your purpose about more than corporate profit.
Shopping on Social Media Platforms To Reach $1.2T by 2025
Shopping on social media platforms is growing at a torrid pace -- three times faster than traditional e-commerce platforms. Most of that growth will be driven by Gen Z and millennial shoppers.
Coders are in high demand right now. The key is knowing how to monetize your software creations. You can do this even if you distribute your code for free.
Rise of Digital Ad Taxes Could Impact Online Marketplaces
For years, affiliate marketers, social media firms, online marketplaces and search engines have enjoyed a seemingly ubiquitous tax-free landscape afforded to them by the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998. That could all be changing soon.
TechNewsWorld attended many of the press conferences and presentations virtually. We assembled a roundup of some of the major announcements and innovations that will impact the technology scene in 2022 and beyond.
This nasty software bug has much of the IT world in a panic as it follows us into the New Year. No doubt, many organizations and SMBs with no IT staff are clueless about its existence. But ignorance of Log4j only makes them more susceptible to...
Cybersecurity 2022: More Fraud, Fakes, Crypto Scams
Cybercriminals will move from ID theft to ID fraud, predicted the Identity Theft Resource Center. The increase in fraud will lead to another development in 2022.
It's okay to give ourselves kudos for CRM's resiliency over the course of the pandemic. We did a heck of a job keeping most of the balls in the air. Oracle, Salesforce, and many other CRM vendors continued innovating for the pandemic.
Sales managers and their managers have had to make peace with the reality that they might not be able to get reps to use technology. But methodology alone or with technology is a more-or-less lost cause.
OSS News: Courts Newfound Support, Latest Linux Niceties
Last year closed out with solid developments in the open-source world. Expect that progress to continue as this new year moves forward. 2022 arrived on the heels of three key European rulings that lend support to the open-source concept.
Remote Work Transformation Calls for Prioritizing Employee Tech Choices
TechNewsWorld reporter Jack Germain discussed the implications of remote workers' tech support needs with Stefan Engel, Lenovo’s VP and GM of Visuals Business. Engel sits in the catbird’s seat in seeing how employers are responding to the ongoing challenges of outfitting their remote workforce with the technical tools they need to work away from the physical office productively.
Tech Analyst Rob Enderle reveals what he expects to appear at CES; plus his first product of the week for 2022: Dell's Concept Luna, a vision for sustainable PC design.
Cybersecurity 2022: More Fraud, More Fakes, More Crypto Scams
Cybercriminals in 2022 will move from identity theft to identity fraud, predicted the Identity Theft Resource Center. Bad actors are accumulating personal identifying information, but they're not using it to target consumers as much as they used to do. Rather, they're using it in credential attacks on businesses.
Talent Firm Flags Best US Cities for Hiring Remote Tech Workers
With remote work here to stay, a conundrum for many firms is where to tap into the stay-at-home workforce. Karat, a maker of a talent platform for developers, has an answer to that riddle. The company has identified what it considers the 10 best cities for hiring remote software engineers.
HP Chromebase Makes Chrome OS Desktops a Smart Choice
HP's Chromebase 22-aa0012 is a unique form factor with a spinning 21.5-inch display, striking performance, and clean aesthetics that make it a game-changing alternative for desktop computers. This all-in-one is the first and only Chrome OS-powered desktop to feature a fully rotating display.
One recent rumor that Elon Musk has been emphasizing is the creation of a Tesla phone with a unique feature set. This makes a lot of sense given where Tesla is going, particularly as a hedge against Apple's rumored electric car.
CES 2022 will not be canceled despite a surge of new Covid-19 infections. Though last-minute plans have made it a hybrid event with a physical show in Las Vegas and a digital component for those unable or unwilling to attend in person.
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