Featured Articles The sale of Yahoo's core assets to Verizon for a reported $4.83 billion, leaving Yahoo shareholders with roughly a $41 billion investment in Chinese Internet giant Alibaba and a few other small assets, really does mark the end of an era. The former Internet powerhouse has struggled for over a decade to find its voice, and never was able to get it right after its early success as what was then the Swiss Army knife for all things online. At the end of the week the free upgrade window for Windows 10 closes. This has been an interesting experience because Windows 10 for the most part stepped in and corrected a series of mistakes Microsoft had been repetitively making since Windows 95. From Windows 95 on they treated Windows more like an application bundle than an operating system, and the market suffered for it. It wasn't just the market the practice blocked Microsoft's efforts on Smartphones and initial tablets and largely contributed to the resignation of one of Microsoft's most powerful and long lasting executives Steve Ballmer. Recently, the police's ability to access someone's phone has been a hot topic in American news. I'm sure we all remember the ordeal involving Apple and the FBI in regards to the San Bernadino shooter's phone privacy. It raised a lot of questions about how far the police are allowed to go before infringing on an individual's rights in the search for justice and the truth. It's no secret that development and programming are very highly sought-after skills these days. Various tech jobs are consistently among the highest paying jobs in America, alongside doctors and lawyers, and as the tech world continues to influence other industries, be it medicine, manufacturing or finance, the demand for programmers will only grow. There are all sorts of different languages and frameworks to pick from when it comes to development, though, so how do you choose which one is best for you to master? That decision partially depends on your specific skill sets and interests, but it is also worth taking into consideration the tech trends that are poised for major growth in the coming years. The move from hardware- to software-based networking solutions, along with the fact that our still recovering economy has kept many businesses cautious in terms of new investments, has been a significant one-two punch for traditional telecommunications equipment companies like Ericsson. It is amidst this setting that the networking supplier Ericsson yesterday announced that long-time CEO Hans Vestberg has left the company as president, CEO and board member. This is the year in which millennials became the majority of the working population around the world. And, while there have been several studies about what makes them different in terms of their use of technology in their personal and business lives, Dell and Intel decided to take a bit of a deeper dive into the business side of things and have published Future Workforce Study. Its goal was identification of the global technology trends shaping the modern workplace in general with some specifics about the millennials. Oracle this morning revealed plans to buy cloud company NetSuite for $9.3 billion. The deal is expected to close later this year. Sponsored By: Sennheiser WEBINAR: Optimize your Skype for Business Practice with Sennheiser Headsets Tuesday, August 23, 2016 TIME: 2:00pm ET/ 11:00am PT Register Today! Three winners will be selected to win either a MB Pro 2, Presence UC ML and SP 20 ML. What viewers will learn: - Brief history of Sennheiser
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