Google struggles to increase workforce diversity
Businessam Staff
June 30, 2017
Google released its annual diversity report on Thursday and it showed that the tech giant has not made much progress, as the result showed little improvement over last year. According to CNNMoney, the tech company still overwhelmingly employs white men, as about 69 percent of its total workforce is male, and 56 percent of all employees are white. […]
Data reveals Androids are more reliable than iPhones
Businessam StaffJune 28, 2017
After analysing millions of returned phones across America, Asia and Europe, mobile diagnostics firm Blancco Technology Group has concluded that iPhones are now significantly more likely to fail than Android phones. Their latest report, released this morning, analyses returns from Q4 2015 to Q4 2016, and counts the number of devices with “excessive performance issues […]
Uber now allows tipping for drivers officially
Businessam StaffJune 21, 2017
Uber, the ride-hailing conglomerate that said it would never, ever add tipping, finally said it would let riders start tipping their drivers via the app in three cities on Tuesday. The ride-hailing conglomerate is set to roll out tipping in Seattle, Minneapolis, and Houston, according to an email sent to drivers. Uber says it will […]
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns as controversies rock tech company
Businessam StaffJune 21, 2017
Travis Kalanick, Chief Executive Officer of Uber Technologies Inc. has resigned following series of controversies that rocked the world’s largest technology startup, exposing deep problems with its male-dominated culture, Bloomberg reports. The man most closely identified with the ride-hailing giant’s meteoric global ascent said he was ceding to investors’ wishes that he step aside, in part to […]