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Dropbox Chief of Staff: Diversity and inclusion begin with hiring

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 6:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


During her keynote at TNW’s 2019 conference today, Dropbox‘s Carmen Pop was quick to denote the differences between diversity and inclusion, and how both companies and individuals can promote both in Silicon Valley. Pop, who is Dropbox‘s Chief of Staff at Global Channel, spoke of what it means for her, a woman who’s worked in tech for 10 years, to see so many stories about the lack of diversity in tech. As she puts it, tech needs not just diversity — though that’s definitely something companies should strive for, given that it has demonstrable benefits — but also inclusion. To help…

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Study: Biodegradable bags aren’t as biodegradable as you first thought

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of claim often made by plastic manufacturers, yet recent research has revealed supposedly biodegradable plastic bags still intact after three years spent either at sea or buried underground. So un-degraded were these bags that they were still able to hold more than two kilos of shopping. The study’s authors, Imogen Napper and Richard Thompson at the University of Plymouth, tested compostable, biodegradable, oxo-biodegradable, and conventional…

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‘Nation as a service’ is the ultimate goal of for digitized governments

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 4:35 pm
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Kaspar Korjus, the Founding Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency program, shared his futuristic vision on how to get nation states to digitize with attendees of TNW2019 today. The private sector has set the pace for technological transformation, and Korjus thinks it’s time for nation states to catch up. “We’ve given governments millions of dollars to digitize, but they always seem to fail,” Korjus said. But what if they didn’t? Having been part of Estonia’s pioneering digitalization of government services, Korjus is a big believer that nation states can adapt to the new technological climate — and that when they do,…

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Marketers shouldn’t base their plans on click-bait — get the real data

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 3:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


Simon Kemp is a global thought leader in digital marketing, CEO of Kepios, and the author of Hootsuite and We Are Social’s renowned Global Digital reports. In his talk ‘Don’t believe the hype: what people are really doing online’ at TNW2019 he explained how the imminent “social media apocalypse” that’s been proclaimed news stories is far from being true. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. What happened to #DeleteFacebook? Well according to Kemp, not much. Facebook’s numbers have grown steadily since its massive privacy blunders, so there isn’t a mass exodus from Facebook — something marketers need to know to do…

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eToro CEO Yoni Assia and Kristian ‘HODOR’ Nairn are live at TNW 2019 — tune in now!

May09
by on May 9, 2019 at 2:48 pm
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Good afternoon from day one of TNW’s annual tech extravaganza, taking place in Amsterdam’s trendy NDSM Wharf. The sun is shining. The beers are cold. People are having fun. All things considered, it’s pretty bloody lovely. Even if you’re not here, you can still take watch the festivities, and it’s all thanks to our livestream. Any minute now, our dulcet-toned Aussie crypto reporter David Canellis will start probing eToro founder Yoni Assia about all things decentralized. Oh, and Kristian Nairn will be there. You know. Hodor. Hodor? Hodor. Hodor Hodor. There’s plenty more where that came from. Check out the official…

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