Author: Loknath Das

When you’re driving change to your stakeholders—be it the executive team, your employees, the board, or even the customers—the situation comes with its own gravitational force. “You have every opportunity to lose trust and to see it erode. So being genuine and getting it right really matters,” Anna Binder, Asana’s Head of People, explains to me in her matter-of-fact style during a recent phone call. Binder has led the company through tremendous periods of growth and change since joining six years ago. Managing a team through those periods of change comes down to being crystal clear on why you’re making those decisions in the…

I am seeing some early signs of a possible major Google update currently underway. The chatter has definitely spiked in the early morning hours of today, September 4th. This comes shortly after an unconfirmed August 21st update. In fact, that update post has well over 250 comments and a bunch of recent ones this morning reporting the update people are seeing this morning. One WebmasterWorld member said: Yes we are seeing same in several high traffic sites, about 50% decrease at exactly same time, must be going something very big. Another preferred member said: Yep 25% drop here since Thursday 29 Aug. No…

There’s a lot of confusion out there in the freelance-writing world today about blog posts and articles. Also, about what each of those types of writing should pay. Recently, I got a lot of response to my call for freelance writers to stop writing blog posts. Many writers were confused about just what the difference is. So let’s discuss. Because things are changing. And understanding the differences between these two writing forms will help you earn more. For years, blog posts and nonfiction articles were distinctly different: Differences between Blog Posts and Articles Blog Post Article Mostly your own opinion Your…

If your organization is planning on utilizing Microsoft 365, you absolutely need your first 300 users to be licensed under the Business Premium plan. With its top-shelf cybersecurity features, no other M365 license captures both its savings and peace of mind. The recent boom in remote work has created many shortcomings for organizational cybersecurity. Despite this, the trend of remote work is not expected to slow any time soon. Now instead of securing just your locations’ perimeters, you must harden the security for each remote employee. Not just their endpoint, but the user themselves, their other devices, and the data…

Shares jumped 10.7% after the computer software company posted better-than-expected results for the previous quarter. EPAM reported $2.49 earnings per share on revenues of $1.17 billion. The company was forecasted to earn $1.79 per share on revenues of $1.06 billion, according to a consensus estimate from FactSet. Booking Holdings — Booking’s stock price jumped 3.3% after the company’s quarterly results topped analyst expectations. The travel company also reported $27 billion in gross bookings for its most recent quarter, record quarterly amount for Booking. The company also said it is preparing for a busy travel season in the summer. Shopify — Shares of…

Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) – The sporting goods retailer’s shares slid 14.4% in the premarket after it issued a weaker-than-expected outlook for the full year as it adjusts for what it calls challenging macroeconomic conditions. Dick’s reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for its latest quarter, and comparable-store sales that fell less than expected. Express (EXPR) – The apparel retailer’s shares jumped 11.8% in premarket trading after reporting quarterly results that were better than expected. Express lost an adjusted 10 cents per share, narrower than the 15-cent loss anticipated by analysts, and revenue topped forecasts as well. Express also raised its full-year outlook…

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said he expects shortages of the batteries and raw materials needed to make electric vehicles in the coming years, as the global automotive industry pivots to EVs to meet an expected increase in consumer demand and government regulations. Tavares said he expects a shortage of EV batteries by 2024-2025, followed by a lack of raw materials for the vehicles that will slow availability and adoption of EVs by 2027-2028. “The speed at which we are trying to move all together for the right reason, which is fixing the global warming issue, is so high that the supply…

Realme Pad Mini is the company’s latest tablet to have launched in India. This is a compact version of the Realme Pad that the company launched in India last year. Naturally, the display has a smaller size, the battery has less capacity, and the performance is also slightly lower than the vanilla counterpart. The Realme Pad Mini’s unibody design made with aluminium alloy gives it a premium look, but it is one of the cheapest Android tablets you can get on the market. The Realme Pad Mini brings a customised version of Android for tablets. It is not as heavily…

Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor has sold its Myanmar business, blaming the difficulties of operating under the military junta and dealing a blow to activists who say they relied on the only Western operator for communications. Telenor, one of the biggest foreign investors in Myanmar, sold its Myanmar operations to Lebanese investment firm M1 Group for $105 million (roughly Rs. 790 crores), announcing its retreat from a country that slid into chaos after a military coup in February. It was one of the few Western companies to bet on the South East Asian country after it emerged from military dictatorship a…

Parts of India and Pakistan experienced harsh heatwaves in early March which broke several records. “The long-running heatwave in India and Pakistan, which has caused widespread human suffering and hit global wheat supplies, was about 30 times more likely to happen because of human-caused climate change.” This is according to an attribution analysis done by World Weather Attribution (WWA) an international collaboration that analyses and communicates the possible influence of climate change on extreme weather events. March was the hottest in India since records began 122 years ago, with Pakistan also seeing record temperatures; the heatwave intensified in April. At least 90…