Weekly Issue: 2024-50

What makes a company a great place to work for IT professionals? Top salaries and benefits certainly help, but those are just table stakes. Tech workers are looking for challenging projects, growth opportunities, and continuous learning in a supportive workplace.

The insurance industry is known for being slow and steady, but at Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS), a dogged emphasis on growth, diversity of thought, and continuous learning has helped accelerate an IT culture predicated on innovation and career mobility.

Don’t talk about industry slowdowns to Total Quality Logistics (TQL), which has made its largest-ever technology investments over the past three years to bring greater agility and resilience to the business.

What makes a company a great place to work for IT professionals? Top salaries and benefits certainly help, but those are just table stakes. Tech workers are looking for challenging projects, growth opportunities, and continuous learning in a supportive workplace.

The insurance industry is known for being slow and steady, but at Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS), a dogged emphasis on growth, diversity of thought, and continuous learning has helped accelerate an IT culture predicated on innovation and career mobility.

OCLC may be a midsize software provider catering to a niche industry, but it’s beating a lot of industry giants when it comes to workforce diversity.

OCLC may be a midsize software provider catering to a niche industry, but it’s beating a lot of industry giants when it comes to workforce diversity.

The internet is increasingly where we live today. In fact, global internet traffic grew 17.2% this year alone, according to Cloudflare. The network provider has released its fifth annual internet radar report, offering insights into connectivity, security, outage frequencies, device usage, and a multitude of other trends.

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Data storage is shifting from static to dynamic with Amazon Web Services Inc.’s introduction of AWS S3 Tables. This move reflects broader industry trends toward open-table formats prioritizing flexibility and interoperability.

Google TV has clearly become a powerhouse in the streaming world. With a staggering 270 million monthly active devices utilizing Google TV (or its underpinning Android TV), it’s clear that Google has a successful streaming platform on its hands.

Do you want to insert emojis like hearts, smiley faces, or flames on your Chromebook? You can easily access the emoji keyboard in three simple ways. First, you can use a right-click. Just tap the trackpad with two fingers and choose “Emoji” from the menu.

Many of us fondly remember Google’s Stadia platform; a cloud gaming service that Google unceremoniously shut down, leaving many with a perfectly good controller that was basically useless.

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Elon Musk’s xAI has made its quirky chatbot, Grok, more accessible than ever. Grok, known for its humor and willingness to tackle “spicy” questions, was initially exclusive to X Premium subscribers but now X has opened it up to all users with a free tier, with some limitations.

The Pixel Tablet launched with a curious omission: while it supported USI 2.0 stylus input, there was no first-party pen to accompany it. This sparked a wave of speculation that was eventually confirmed by leaks that Google was indeed working on a stylus for its tablet.

The automotive industry is facing a profound transformation, driven by the rise of CASE, — connected cars, autonomous and automated driving, shared mobility, and electrification. Simultaneously,  manufacturers face the imperative to further increase efficiency, automate manufacturing, and improve quality.  AI has emerged as a critical enabler of this evolution.

Gaming has broken free from the confines of single-platform restrictions, opening up exciting possibilities for Mac and Android users to play together. Whether you’re diving into Mac games or exploring titles on your Android smartphone, you can now connect with players across systems.