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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Back in 2013, my own company was offshore outsourcing to four different countries: the Dominican Republic, Honduras, the Philippines, and India. Even with today’s advanced remote technology, some communication just can’t be provided via video link.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

By combining virtual networks (high-speed internet, mobile communication and other digital technologies) with physical networks (transportation systems and logistics platforms), micro-multinationals have the potential to disrupt industries virtually overnight. I believe this is no exaggeration. In Asia, China provides a case in point.

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

Soko is a Nairobi and NYC-based, women-founded and run social enterprise system, equipped with mobile technology in developing markets. You can’t go wrong when you do right, either in technology (Soko is constantly launching new online products to help make the e-commerce transition a smooth one for its vendors) or with this brand.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

VC Cafe

The company currently has only one technology development center, which is at their headquarters in Cupertino, California. Leading computing company Apple is acquiring Anobit, a developer of flash controllers and smartphone memory enhancement technology. Akamai Technologies Inc., AKAMAI BUYS ISRAELI COTENDO FOR $268 MLN.

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[ADV] How Charter Spectrum Services Can Grow Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Thanks to the latest technological advancements, you can start any business that you want. Whether it is small or big, you can grow it using the modern technology solutions. Today is the era of entrepreneurship. Phone Service for Long Business Chat: You also require an excellent phone service in the office for business use.

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Facebook Acquires Israel’s Snaptu For an Estimated $60-70 Million

VC Cafe

Unlike its normal ‘relocation’ of acquired companies to Palo Alto, Facebook plans to maintain Snaptu’s development office in Israel, which suggests that Facbeook is planning to start a development center in Israel (following the footsteps of many other large technology companies).

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

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On his website, he states that, “new technologies – robots, software, artificial intelligence – have already destroyed more than 4 million US jobs, and in the next 5-10 years, they will eliminate millions more. Technology is going to displace many more workers than it’s going to create opportunities for in the coming months and years.