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IoT Disruptions in 3 Industries and What You Can Learn From Them

Tom Spencer

The massive benefits seen in Australia from the development of digital technology include increased living standards, shrinking distances through telecommunications, improved efficiency for businesses and government, as well as a larger workforce. This allows farmers to better understand the condition of their crops and yields.

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Turkey Plans Military Intervention in Syria, Bans YouTube for Leaked Reporting

MishTalk

Turkey’s telecommunications authority said it has blocked access to YouTube, where the recording was posted. Some sections of the tape were “doctored,” the ministry said. The government imposed a temporary ban on news about the recording, according to Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog.

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Unleashing Technology, Media, and Telecom with Digital Transformation

BCG

Report Thursday, October 27, 2016. Companies in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sectors are in the vanguard, bringing these new opportunities to market—even as their legacy businesses are threatened by them. This is an era of disruption. Still, they are subject to massive dislocation and attack.

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High Frequency Bitcoin Trading Coming Your Way; Reflections on "The Right Pedigree", Bitcoin is Here to Stay

MishTalk

The two firms'' collaboration, first reported last month by The Wall Street Journal, marks a milestone in the evolution of bitcoin out of a retail-oriented, loosely regulated low-tech environment to one that is open to the high-volume and strictly regulated activities of Wall Street. Wall Street has officially embraced bitcoin. And why not?

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Tapping into the Transformative Power of Service 4.0

BCG

Telecommunications is a case in point. BCG analysis shows that telecommunications is still one of the most inefficient service industries, with as much as 50% of its cost basis eaten up by waste. This report describes the technology trends that enable Service 4.0 See Exhibit 1.). We also explore how Service 4.0

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When Having Too Many Experts on the Board Backfires

Harvard Business

They “demand more reporting and analytics” and often respond to proposals by saying “We are not going to make a decision today because you didn’t give us enough information to make the decision.” ” This means that boards with several non-expert directors tend to be more skeptical.

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California Students File Constitutional Challenge to Teacher Firing Practices; Unions are the Child Molester's Best Friend

MishTalk

Reuters reports California students challenge teacher employment rules in lawsuit. The LA Times reports Testimony begins in trial over California teachers'' job protections. Welch, a research scientist who went on to co-found Infinera, a manufacturer of optical telecommunications systems based in Sunnyvale, Calif.