Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information system, a communications system, or, more specifically speaking, a computer system — including all hardware, software, and peripheral equipment — operated by a limited group of IT users.
According to the Economist, the world’s second-biggest technology firm is facing an uphill battle. After the former owner of Samsung had ordered a significant number of smartphones to be destroyed in an attempt to reverse the unfortunate effects of negative reports from unhappy Business partner-customers – Samsung thought that it had managed to save itself…
ByTED
Author & Entrepreneur Isaac Lidsey shares his profound insight on the nature of reality in this introspective, possibly life-altering TED talk. Is reality something we perceive, or is it something we create in our minds? In this personally profound talk, he promulgates the latter and challenges us to release our assumptions and face our fears,…
Electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf may be paving the way for a revolution in the market for metals used in the industry. The new materials used to build these futuristic cars, such as Lithium, could open up a new field for commodities investors. For example, the new demand for key elements used in electric…
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Over the past 3 decades, the U.S. auto industry has faced multiple existential crises, illustrating both the cost of lost opportunities and the power of innovation as the archetypical industrial enterprise adapts to a post-industrial knowledge economy. In the light of this, a more holistic understanding of the industry is called for, for reasons that…
Filling your car up with gas is generally considered to be relatively cheap. But even though the global slump in oil prices has persisted over the last three months, the burden of filling up is yet felt differently around the world. Bloomberg examines gasoline prices around the world, by ranking 61 countries by three economic…
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Machine learning expert Anthony Goldbloom, assesses the extent to which robots will influence our working lives in the future in this insightful TED talk. By crowd-sourcing solutions to difficult problems using machine learning, Goldbloom has come to know that machines aren’t just for simple tasks like sorting mail anymore. In fact, machines are capable of…
