TechTalk
The car dealership as we know it may be on its way out. 💥 With rising prices, smarter buyers, and digital platforms like Amazon and GM’s “Shop-Click-Drive,” consumers are ditching the old-school haggle for online car shopping. The future? Micro-dealerships, virtual showrooms, and fewer cars on the road as ridesharing takes over. 🚘📱 #AutoIndustry #DigitalShift #FutureOfRetail
Podcasting has exploded from a niche hobby into a $40 billion global industry! 🚀 Thanks to pioneers like Christopher Lydon, Ben Hammersley, and Dave Winer, the way we create and consume audio has changed forever. With AI tools, voice tech, and interactive features on the rise, the next era of podcasting will be smarter, faster, and more personal than ever. 🎧✨ #Podcasting #DigitalMedia #AI
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) centers have been operating in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia since the late 1980s and early 1990s, with companies like Accenture and AT&T establishing data centers abroad. Over time, several e-Services providers set up operations in the Caribbean, benefiting countries like Jamaica, Belize, and the Dominican Republic by offering valuable training and employment.
There is a Jamaican proverb that states – Learn to dance a yard (at home) before you dance abroad. Translated – this means make sure you know what you are doing locally (practice) before exposing it to others. For many years this was the way of the music industry in…
(Over the past ten years, the face of retail has gone through significant transformation. The technologies that have disrupted every other industry have not spared the retail business. Technology has enabled and encouraged customer behavior and expectations at a level not seen in 100 years. Consumers are forced to perform…
Nonprofit organizations are usually tax-exempted or charitable entities which pays no income tax on the money they make. They operate religious, scientific research, charitable or educational institutions and here in the United States, public media or religious broadcast stations. Their revenue model is built mostly on donations and grants to…
Most of us have been in the situation where we purchase a new piece of electronic – a new stereo, laptop or desktop computer, television sets, cell phones, etc. and now we have to dispose of the old one. The only problem is this – state and/or local regulations prohibit…
In the 1940s Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter first used the term “creative destruction” to describe the way technological progress – “while improving the lives of some it can simultaneously disrupt the lives of many.” Over the past 25 years we have witnessed this “creativity” becoming more disruptive than destructive in…
The year 2020 was an invaluable demonstration of how digital skills can help citizens connect, learn and engage with their neighbors, community and political leaders. The period has also opened a window on what our future in the digital world will look like. It highlighted the vital importance of having…
In a recent address to staff regarding the current status and strategic future of the company, Amazon former President and CEO Jeff Bezos was asked the question – “Where is all this headed? The staff member wanted to know what lessons Bezos had learned from recent bankruptcies of Sears and…
