Social media is your most powerful platform, regardless of the industry you happen to operate in. If you want to make a lot of money in a short space of time, become a success on social media. You have 2.3 billion active social media users in the world, which means you have a huge audience to target.

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Facebook may be forced to disclose internal documents related to its 2010 tax filing after the federal government requested a court order from a judge on Wednesday. The order, filed by lawyers for the Department of Justice, comes on the heels of a series of summonses issued by the IRS seeking information from Facebook.

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Pokemon Go is quickly taking the world by storm, but not as quickly as Canadians and Europeans might wish.

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Like most organizations, Blackbaud’s previous leadership focused on the money story, not the meaning story. Gianoni flipped it. He says, “Now I only spend 5 minutes on the financials.” The new format, is, “What’s our purpose, how does it impact customers, and are we doing OK financially?”

Gianoni says, “The engineer is sitting there saying I built that. That’s what people go home and talk to their spouses about. They don’t go home and talk about EBIDAT and stock price.”

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Standard Bank – Africa’s largest bank by assets – has launched a pan-African banking app and is shifting its business towards mobile, which been growing 100% a year.

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Data science has been named the sexiest career of the century – characterized by its high demand, and even higher salaries. Here’s how you can transition into the booming field.

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