Technology

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    September 7, 2013

    The 10 commandants for happiness and success Don’t compare yourself to others. Only surround yourself with brilliant and positive people. Don’t be afraid to fail, failure is the best thing that could happen to you. Find your vocation and have pleasure doing it. Be careful when listening to people. Be generous, share when you can….

  • Microsoft Buys Nokia

    In a major yet unsurprising move, Microsoft has acquired Nokia’s device and services devision for around $7.2 Billion. Building on the partnership with Nokia announced in February 2011 and the increasing success of Nokia’s Lumia smartphones, Microsoft aims to accelerate the growth of its share and profit in mobile devices through faster innovation, increased synergies,…

  • August 28, 2013

    MBAs say values matter more than money Eighty-five percent of respondents said learning about social and environmental business is a priority for them in their graduate school program, and 91 percent said that social and environmental issues are essential or very important to a business’s long-term success. I am glad to see that so many…

  • Data Only Please

    I don’t want to be forced to pay for a cellular and data plan from my carrier. I just want a data plan. When Apple introduced FaceTime in 2011 and Google unveiled Hangouts and Voice, the notion of VoIP (voice over I.P address) became popularized. In essence, you could talk to someone face-to-face without using…

  • Start Investing Young

    Melissa Yeong wrote a really in-depth piece in the Financial Post “I am investing to build a sustainable and growing stream of passive income with the goal of it covering our household expenses by the time I am 45 years old.  We won’t necessarily quit working at that point; it’s just for the goal of…