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Panera CEO: Ecommerce Pivot Sparks Dramatic Growth

“Close to 60 percent of our sales are coming from e-commerce,” says Panera CEO Niren Chaudhary. “By focusing on servicing customers through our off-premise channels, leveraging e-commerce, and then rapidly innovating we’ve seen a very smart recovery on our brand and also a...
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iPhone 12 Has The Strongest Screen of Any iPhone

The tests are in and the new iPhone 12’s “ceramic shield” screen appears to be the strongest iPhone screen yet. While 5G may have received much of the attention, one of the major selling points of the iPhone 12 is the ceramic shield screen, the latest innovation coming out of...
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WhatsApp Now Delivering Over 100 Billion Messages a Day

WhatsApp is now delivering over 100 billion messages a day, solidifying its position as one of the most popular communication methods. In February WhatsApp made headlines when it announced it had crossed the two billion users mark. The platform shows no sign of slowing down, with...
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Google Has Fixed 99.9% of Canonical Indexing Issues

Google has announced it has fixed 99.9% of the canonical issues impacting how websites were indexed. Google confirmed three weeks ago that it was dealing with indexing issues that were affecting mobile pages and canonicalization. The issues could result in pages not being...
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Box CEO: Pandemic Opened Up New Way Of Working

“It’s been a funny journey working remotely,” says Box CEO Aaron Levie. “A month or two into the pandemic I distinctly remembered that we actually started our company completely remotely. The move to this remote work style is causing us to realize how different managing and...
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EU Regulators Set to Approve Google/Fitbit Deal

Following concessions by Google, the EU looks ready to approve its acquisition of Fitbit. Google made headlines in November with its plans to purchase wearable company Fitbit for $2.1 billion. Despite the company’s promise to protect user privacy, the deal was immediately met...
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Rescale and Hyundai Join Forces On Multi-Cloud High Performance Computing

Rescale and Hyundai have announced they are collaborating on a multi-cloud, high performance computing (HPC) environment for the mobility industry. As with many industries, the mobility industry is turning to the cloud to help with research and development. Relying on cloud-based...
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Microsoft Azure Issues Impacts COVID-19 Updates

An issue with Microsoft Azure has impacted the UK’s Public Health England (PHE), interfering with its ability to update the notification dashboard. The PHE notified individuals via Twitter that it was experiencing an issue. According to PA Media, Microsoft quickly confirmed the...
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Oracle Loses Pentagon Contract Appeal

A judge has ruled against Oracle in its appeal of how the Pentagon handled its JEDI cloud contract. Microsoft made headlines when it won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) Pentagon contract, worth some $10 billion. The win was seen as a major coup for the company...
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Get Ready For Amazon Prime Drone Deliveries

Amazon’s plans to use autonomous drones for package delivery took a big step forward with FAA approval to begin testing. Amazon Prime Air has been working toward the use of drones to deliver packages to consumers in 30 minutes or less. According to Reuters, the FAA just approved...