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CHEAP: 33% off Apple’s 64GB iPhone X makes it… pretty cheap tbf

Apr07
by on April 7, 2019 at 12:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you’re still using an ageing, decrepit iPhone, but don’t really wanna pay an absolute shit ton for an Xs, Xs Max, an Xr, listen up. We’ve got an option for you: an unlocked 64GB iPhone X for only $596. Oh, but 64GB is too little storage? How about this 256GB iPhone X, which has 34 percent off? That should sort you out nicely. And it’s still pretty cheap tbf. Despite not being sold by Apple anymore, the iPhone X is still a solid…

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We can’t fix the data scientist talent shortage with $40 online courses

Apr07
by on April 7, 2019 at 7:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


The demand for data scientists is at an all time high. In fact, a recent LinkedIn study found that US-based business need more than 150,000 data scientist jobs filled. And they need them right now. The reason for this demand lies in the massive amounts of data that businesses in every industry are now able to collect through digitization and technology. New data is available all the time, volumes are increasing and businesses need to use that data to optimize functions and, quite frankly, to run at all. Using this data properly can mean the difference between business success and…

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Why corporate acquisitions could be good for the open source community

Apr06
by on April 6, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Open source is all over the media, IBM announced its acquisition of Red Hat, one of the largest in tech history, for $34 billion. Microsoft announced its agreement to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion. It seems the world’s largest companies are either releasing or acquiring their own open-source software — but opinions on this trend are divided. Some tech professionals are excited about the resources and opportunities acquisitions bring, while others worry that giants like Microsoft or IBM may change what they initially loved about GitHub or Red Hat. No one likes to admit this, but I will: sometimes, the…

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Why Facebook will have a hard time becoming the next WeChat

Apr06
by on April 6, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Mark Zuckerberg recently posted an article that got a great deal of attention entitled “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking.” He said the platform would focus on simple, private interactions and blending functions for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. He also wanted to “build more ways for people to interact on top of that, including calls, video chats, groups, stories, businesses, payments, commerce” and more. He also recently commented on an article suggesting that Facebook should try to learn from WeChat, by admitting, “if only I’d listened to your advice four years ago.” Many conclude from all this that Facebook…

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