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'Deo gratias', 'Chukwu Dalu', how is this said in your local dialect? I'm a million and one times (more than the stars in all the earth) grateful to God for bringing me this far.
In addition, I would love to say thank you to my family. To my parents- Felix Monye and Felicia Eziashi Monye (whose sacrifices from the 1990s still take my breath away), my sisters- Ifechukwude Monye Ogochukwu Monyeand Ngozi Monye (who are worth more than tens of brothers to me), my aunties, uncles and cousins whose prayers and jokes kept me going.
I came here totally clueless as to what it means to be an economist, but today I can boast of a handful of economic theories. I owe this knowledge to my wonderful lecturers. I would also love to thank my mentor in the research world, Dr. Tony Orji for instilling in me the quest for quality academic work.
Thanks also to all my friends who made my stay here memorable. ToBernard Chinonso for letting me go crazy every once or twice. ToChiamaka Symphoroser Mgbeme, S-star Ada Iduh, Patience Ezeogo,Chidinma Uka, Conrad Johnson-Omodiagbe, Chika Nwokoma Ozonze Chima Cally (Chimakodim n'isi), Felix Ceejay, Chidi Prince John, Egbo Chinedu Francis, Ozoemena Nonso Lydia Louise Ezeh Aneke Favour etc etc for all those moments filled with laughter (and more serious ones filled with worry). At some point, keeping close tabs with friends proved really hard and I became 'less close' to some people... It doesn't mean I love you any less.
I left this for so long because I wanted to make sure I acknowledge everyone, but truth is, I can't. The human mind tends to forget no matter how much we want to remember. So I want to say thanks to everyone I ever met here in school, especially those whose names I do not know and those who I only shared nods and weird smiles with.
The arrogance, close mindedness and hyper conservative mentality of Silicon Valley is a very afront to people who truly stand for equality of opportunity for women, minorities and LGBT people. Real deducation to diversity and equality mean walking your talk at home, not just when you are on the podium in DC. They talk about diversity but what they really want is a bro mecca. Actions soeak louder than words.
Gadget reviewer Doug Aamoth learns a valuable life lesson about buying cheap electronics, finally replacing his $13 pile of a Wi-Fi extender with a better, more expensive one in the TP-Link AC1200. But will he will he be able to get a connection in the backyard to browse Imgur while grilling?
There’s nothing worse than answering a call from a number you don’t recognize and getting locked into an awkward sales or marketing call. Well, those incidents may be less frequent for many after Google added spam call detection to its phone app for Android.
Google officially announced this morning the launch of “Family Library” – a program that allows up to six family members to share their purchases from Google Play across devices. This includes the ability to share movies, TV shows, books, apps and games across Android phones and tablets, and, in some cases, across the web, iOS, and other connected TV platforms like Roku, Android TV, Smart TVs and more.
Music, meanwhile, can be streamed by up to 6 family members via Google Play Music’s family plan.
Family Library’s pending launch had been rumored for months, and was prematurely reported as having gone live earlier in July.
However, Google is only today kicking off the official rollout, we’re told.
Over the next few days, the service will become available in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S.
Alongside the launch, Google is also expanding access to its Google Play Music family plan, which lets up to six family members stream songs for $14.99 per month. Previously available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Brazil, Canada, and Japan, the service is now launching in Ireland, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand. Customers can also now sign up on the web or via their Android device.
To get started with Family Library, users will access a new setting in the Play Store where they will configure one person as the “Family Manager” and add the other members. The Family Manager will be an adult in the family who’s responsible for adding and removing members, and they’ll also enter in the payment information where family purchases will be charged.
By default, members’ purchases will be shared with everyone, but there’s the option to selectively share items, too. That can be useful for those times when no one wants to be bothered with dad’s collection of war movies, perhaps, or mom’s cheesy rom-coms. And even if you’re sharing everything, you can still click on individual items and choose not to share them with the group.
Family Library also respects the Parental Control settings you’ve configured on children’s devices, so they won’t immediately have access to your R-rated films, for example.
Similar to Apple’s Family Sharing service, parents can approve purchases requested by younger family members. However, this is a bit awkward at launch. After the request is made, the parent will have to type in their password on the kids’ device. This process should be improved over time, however.
What makes Google’s Family Library different from Apple’s service is that Google Play is available beyond Google’s own platform. In addition to being available across Android, movies, TV shows and books are available through Google’s apps on the web and on iOS. And you can watch movies and TV shows anywhere the Google Play Movies & TV app runs, like Roku and smart TVs.
“Play by its nature is available across more places, and we really think that’s important for user choice and flexibility,” says Eunice Kim, Senior Product Lead for Google’s families initiatives at Google Play
Plus, she adds, Family Library has flexible payment options. While there is a credit card that will be shared as the family payment method, members will always be able to buy items with their own payment methods, including gift cards and Google Wallet, too
In this contributed blog post Lisa Heneghan, head of UK CIO Advisory at KPMG UK, discusses how the changing demands placed on CIOs may lead to more women in the c-suite
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The recent Harvey Nash/KPMG global CIO survey found the number of women in senior IT leadership roles has risen by a third in the last year, with a third of CIOs also reporting that they have a formal diversity initiative in place.
With Theresa May set to become the second ever female Prime Minister in the UK and the number of women on FTSE 100 boards rising to 26%, some would say that the IT sector is lagging behind in terms of representation at the top level.
However, the number of women in IT leadership roles is in fact improving. In the last two years, around 200 organisations have appointed more women into senior IT positions and this should be recognised as progress.
This inevitably raises the question of why there are now more women than ever taking up senior roles in the tech industry. One of the key factors is the CIO role is changing and that is playing into the hands of women. IT is no longer about managing castles of servers, it is about being an enabler and business strategist. This requires very different attributes, which women have inherently.
Female attributes such as collaboration, being able to manage suppliers and partners to deliver solutions, managing a closer relationship with business functions, marketing, sales and driving consensus amongst teams are all key skills for the modern CIO. Women are also strong at communicating and building relationships, and their emotional intelligence enables them to understand and respond to stakeholders’ needs.
However, technical IT skills continue to dominate in the competition for advancement, and skills like collaboration and strategic planning are still being overlooked. So many talented women often decide that rather than persist in a culture in which they face systemic obstacles, it is time to look elsewhere.
This issue varies from country to country. For instance, our CIO survey found that the number of women in IT leadership in the UK lags slightly behind the global average (11%). Norway, the only country with women occupying over 25% of senior IT roles, is well known for having a quota system for getting more women on company boards. Although quotas are clearly effective, bringing more women into the global tech industry is a much more complex issue.
I believe that having role models at the top level and in the public eye is vitally important. People like Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook, Susan Wojcicki at YouTube and Meg Whitman at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise are giving women in the industry visible figures to aspire to and help change the perception of tech as ‘a man’s world’.
More female role models will naturally inspire more young women to take up technology education and in the future push for a career in IT. But, women require diversity programmes that support in multiple ways throughout their career.
At KPMG we have a programme called ‘IT’s Her Future’ where we focus on supporting and advancing women in technology by providing sponsorship, mentoring, leadership development and technical confidence. We look to inspire women to take leading roles, and empower them to be architects of change across the technology industry. We are already seeing a year-on-year increase in representation of women within Technology Advisory, and we’re doing many exciting things to show our female practitioners that a career in technology will allow them to grow and realise their full potential.
These sorts of initiatives will help in facilitating women’s rise to the top. I believe that the ‘support’ element could have a significant impact on retention. And if you can retain your talented women, you can then start to help move them to the top.
Snapchat selfie lenses and Pokemon Go, not Magic Leap and HoloLens. Smartphones are how Mark Zuckerberg sees augmented reality going mainstream, rather than potentially awkward headsets and glasses. That’s an important clue to how Facebook will adapt to this next computing platform.
Imagine walking through the bathroom door at7am and the shower starts itself at optimal water heat and pressure. The thermostat adjusts when you enter the room. Want a new bathroom tub? What if you could 3D print it? High-tech homes are about to revolutionize the way we live.
Prisma morphs your photos into fine art like Picasso or Mondrian, and it’s blowing up the iOS app charts. Today it came out in unofficial APK beta on Android. But what will be the fate of this red-hot social product? We’ve heard Prisma is in talks with investors about raising funding, but it might make more sense as an acquisition for Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, or Snapchat.
