11 Small Business Tech Trends of 2023
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, you may not be at the forefront of developing technology, but tech still plays a vital role in your business’s growth and efficiency. Given how much things have changed in the past year, small business technology trends will only become more important throughout 2023. While new infrastructure like 5G...
California wants to ban gas-powered cars, but is the auto industry ready to go
By Paul A. Eisenstein California could join France, Norway and the United Kingdom in banning cars with traditional combustion engines, after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to end the sale of gas- and diesel-powered vehicles in the Golden State by 2035. But there are plenty of obstacles, including the technical challenges of sourcing raw materials and producing...
Digital world training and job opportunities
The digital world is becoming more and more critical to our everyday lives, especially since the COVID pandemic, social distancing, events online, school online and constant virtual meetings. Websites are becoming more important, digital marketing is ever more present and how to use digital data is critical to making sure we market in the right...
Tech Meltdown Drags Wall Street Lower
Stocks on Wall Street fell Tuesday for a third-straight session, led by another sharp sell-off in shares of the same giant tech companies that had led the market back into record territory last month. The Nasdaq composite tumbled more than 4 percent, in the latest of a series of declines for technology stocks that began...
How the coronavirus pandemic helped convince grocery chains to experiment with
Grocery chain Giant Eagle turned one of its stores into a checkout-less shopping experience. A handful of Price Chopper stores in Missouri are offering shoppers access to an app that can scan items and tally up their order, allowing them to skip the checkout line. Wegmans piloted a self-checkout app at three stores prior to...
How Your Personal Brand Can Create Serendipity For You And Your Tech Business
Have you dedicated time to growing your personal brand as a tech leader? If you haven’t, you should. Your personal brand can help create serendipity for both you and your company. A lot of people get hung up on the expression “personal brand,” and if that’s you, look at it this way: Your personal brand...
Etsy CEO Says A Proposed California Bill Hurts Online Small Businesses…And
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Etsy’s CEO thinks the proposed California bill would hurt small businesses. This past week Josh Silverman — the CEO of Etsy — made it clear that he thinks the new bill...
Best Buy says 30% of 1,000 new tech hires will be people of color or women
Best Buy plans on hiring more than 1,000 new tech employees in the next two years — and 30% will be people of color or women. “We are being incredibly intentional about our hiring decisions and how we approach each and every team to make sure it aligns with the communities in which we operate,”...
China’s new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations could need Beijing’s approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment. ByteDance has been ordered by President Donald Trump to divest short video app TikTok in the United...