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Top Westin Hotels: Best Westin Hotels and Resorts in the United States for Amex cardholders

Westin properties actually focus on signature amenities. American Express also offers cardholders deals where they can earn $50 back after spending $250 at a Westin Hotel in the U.S.

Oct 27, 2015 10:49 PM EDT


New Qualcomm chip will make security cameras more intelligent

Qualcomm announced a new Snapdragon chip for internet connected security cameras. The smart chip allows the camera to respond to people with face detection, object recognition, and object tracking.

Oct 27, 2015 10:37 PM EDT


Facebook rolls out new notification feature for mobiile

Facebook announced new updates on its notification feature. The updates offer more personalized notification cards based on the user's location. The updates are now available for Facebook apps in iOS and Android in the US.

Oct 27, 2015 10:25 PM EDT


Indonesia Deregulates Policy to Entice American Investor in the E-Commerce Sector

Indonesian President Jokowi will visit U.S next week and in his series of meetings he will also meet chief executives from high profile technology companies to invest in Indonesian e-Commerce sector.

Oct 27, 2015 09:52 PM EDT


Mark Cuban to Wall Street Journal: “SEC screwed up so bad”.

Mark Cuban who won SEC acquisition of insider trading in Dallas court earlier, strongly criticized SEC for lack of oversight that cause stock market to become unsafe for customer and startup in a Wall Street Journal event.

Oct 27, 2015 09:47 PM EDT


Twitter CEO earns brownie points with stock giveback

A week after laying off hundreds of employees, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gives away shares to employees. At almost the same time, he announced he was donating shares in his other company, Square.

Oct 27, 2015 09:05 PM EDT


Brazil analysts expect faster Inflation, interest rate calls for 2016

Brazil analysts see faster inflation and less cuts in the base interest rate for 2016. A central bank survey conducted on 100 analysts on October 23 shows that Brazil's Selic rate is projected to be 13 percent by the end of 2016.

Oct 27, 2015 08:58 PM EDT


Marijuana entrepreneur prefers marijuana-user salespeople

Marijuana do have advantages but have more disadvantages. With too much consumption, a user develops dependence on the addicting leaves. Business people growing and processing marijuana prefers salespeople who are familiar with their merchandise, that means they actually use it.

Oct 27, 2015 08:51 PM EDT


Challenges of Internet of Things to Transform High Tech Marketing

With the emergence of more inter-connected device, new opportunites for high tech marketing appear. However, standardization and security have become challenge in order to expand the IoT adoption.

Oct 27, 2015 09:35 AM EDT


New Balance Sneakers Changed Company's Direction

As competition gets tougher in sneaker and sportwear industry, New Balance,a company that has been in the business for more than 100 years has to change their direction to snowboarding boots and outdoor shoes.

Oct 27, 2015 09:26 AM EDT


Microsoft Focus on Cloud Service Raise Its Third Quarter Revenue

A strategy shift from Microsoft to focus on cloud service has gained a positive result. With the raise of their third quarter revenue, Microsoft will continue to focus on integrating their cloud and mobile business strategy.

Oct 27, 2015 08:56 AM EDT


JPMorgan Chase is Challenging Apple Pay with Chase Pay

A mega bank, JPMorgan Chase is challenging Apple in mobile payment technology with their Chase Pay. They also have signed an agreement with Merchant Customer Exchange to allow their merchant members accepting the payment system.

Oct 27, 2015 08:42 AM EDT


Australia Welcomes New Nexus Devices from Google

Google's two new Nexus 5X and larger Nexus 6P phablet are now available for pre-order in Australia Monday from the Google store, and will be widely available on November. The Nexus 6P has a 5.7-inch display and sells for $899 for 32 GB storage and $999 for 64GB. Meanwhile, the Nexus 5X costs $659 for 12GB and $739 for 32GB storage.

Oct 27, 2015 05:25 AM EDT


Florida Couple Sued Apple $5 million due to Wi-Fi Assist's misleading charges

A couple from Florida filed a $5 million class-suit against Apple on Friday claiming that the tech giant's Wi-Fi Assist featured in the iOS9 is a misleading feature that leads to higher data charges

Oct 27, 2015 05:18 AM EDT


European Commission Rules Starbucks' and Fiat's Tax Deals with Dutch and Luxembourg Tax Authorities Illegal - Ordering Both Companies To Pay Millions of Euro in Back Taxes

The European Commission ruled that Starbucks and Fiat Chrysler had benefitted from illegal tax deals with Dutch and Luxembourg authorities dealing a heavy blow to similar tax arrangements used by many MNCs and have ordered both Governments to recover back taxes from the US coffee chain and Italian-US carmaker.

Oct 27, 2015 04:47 AM EDT


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