Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Turnbull’s Chief Scientist is Pro Renewables
Dr Allan Finkel, an engineer, neuroscientist and the Turnbull Governments most recent Scientific Adviser, has suggested that Australia needs to do more to complete the transition from coal to renewable energy. Dr Finkel, the newly appointed Chief Scientist, has said that he wants to place sustainable energy squarely on the political agenda so that Australian’s could…
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What’s Up WhatsApp – App Reaches One Billion Users
One Billion people are now using the mobile messaging service WhatsApp ranking it as the second-most popular app on the planet. Second only to the ubiquitous Facebook app, WhatsApp is now used by almost one in seven people worldwide. In a blog post yesterday WhatsApp revealed the landmark news and thanked its one billion users…
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10 Commandments of Marketing
1. Thou Shalt Know Your Customer How can you bring value to you customers and what drives them to make a purchase? 2. Thou Shalt Not Assume One Audience More often than not you have different people you need to speak to. Take McDonald’s for example, they’re not going to market to the mum and…
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Google to Dethrone Apple as Most Valuable Company
Alphabet, the parent company of Google is set to take Apple’s crown away for being the most valuable company. The tech company announced outstanding results with a market value roughly $US558 billion with Apple following closely behind at $US534 billion. The likely overtaking is strongly due to their core advertising business and various projects including…
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5 Things Your Business Should Consider in 2016
Plan ahead for the rest of the year and don’t let your business miss out on trends that could have potentially benefited you. Here are 5 things your business really should consider in 2016: 1. China is slowing A few years ago GDP growth was at 14% but has since halved to come in under…
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Gender equality in the workplace ‘arriving 2050’ at this rate of change, report says
Gender equality in the workforce is unlikely before 2050 at the current rate of change, a report suggests. Consulting firm Mercer has found women around the globe are seeing slow progress in gaining gender and pay equality and are under-represented at all levels in the workplace and executive boardrooms. “At this pace and rate of…
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Google’s ‘SkyBender’ project plans to beam 5G Internet from solar drones
4G will soon be old news as Google plans to beam 5G to you from the sky. The company is now experimenting with solar drones that deliver 5G Internet, reports The Guardian. The project, SkyBender, involves several prototype transceivers and multiple drones, which are housed at Virgin Galactic’s Gateway to Space terminal in New Mexico’s Spaceport…
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Google learns Strine: search engine can now understand Australian accents
Google has improved voice searches for phone and computer applications to help it understand Australian accents and slang terms such as footy and servo. It has also improved its recognition of difficult place names such as Tibooburra and Unanderra. Also added to its newly learned vocabulary is the term “drop bear”, an Australian slang term…
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Australia’s Manufacturing Sector Longest Expansion Run Since 2010
Over January, Australia’s manufacturing sector continued to grow for it’s seventh consecutive month marking the longest run of expansion since 2010. The Australian Industry Group’s Performance of Manufacturing Index declined by 0.4 points to 51.5. However as it remains over the key 50-point level it still indicates that activity levels are expanding. There was a…
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Slacking Off on Slack
Emails are so 2006 these days with offices around the world flocking to group instant-messaging platforms like Slack to communicate with co-workers. It allows users to send messages individually or in group chats. Surprisingly, the computer-messaging program was created by accident from the failure of a computer game. Slack director of customer experience, Ali Rayl…
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