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☆ How Apple and Microsoft’s trusted brands are being used to scam you online
  + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
No, it's not really Apple or Microsoft popping up on your screen to tell you your computer has been infected. "Because, who doesn't know Microsoft or Apple as a brand?" Here's what people should know to protect themselves from scams targeting commonly used, trusted tech brands:Never assume any online ad is authenticPeople can be duped in a number of ways. Sometimes simply opening the attachment could infect a consumer's computer with malware. If, for instance, you called a number for "Microsoft" or "Apple" and gave usernames and passwords, change those.
Persons: it's, It's scammers, Cliff Steinhauer, Nati Tal, Bing, Malwarebytes, Jérôme Segura, Segura, Jim Routh, It's, Routh Organizations: National Cybersecurity Alliance, Microsoft, Apple, Guardio Labs, McAfee, PayPal, Norton
☆ Best Buy has trained more than 30K employees to help sell new AI-enabled computers in hopes of ending a sales slump
  + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Best Buy is hoping Microsoft's Copilot+ will help end its 10 quarters of declining comparable sales. More than 30,000 employees have been trained to help sell the new AI-enabled PCs. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . With 10 consecutive quarters of declining comparable sales in the rearview, the electronics retailer is hoping a partnership with Microsoft will help end the slump. On Tuesday, Best Buy began selling the tech company's AI-enabled Copilot+ PCs in stores and online.
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☆ I talked to 70 parents who raised highly accomplished adults—here are 5 signs your kid will be successful
  + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Margot Machol Bisnow | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
For my book, "Raising an Entrepreneur," I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful kids. We fail, we try and try again, we fail, we try and try and try," he told me. We want kids to explore things in ways that are most meaningful to them, rather than having them trying to please us. Robert Stephens is a perfect example of someone who turned a childhood passion into entrepreneurial success: The boy who loved to fix things started a company that fixes things. Stephens' parents consistently supported his passion and trusted him to make his own choices, and he learned to believe in his own abilities.
☆ Best Buy will set up in-home hospital care through a new deal with Atrium Health
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Best Buy is best known for installing TVs and home theater systems. Best Buy began setting up virtual-care systems in mid-February for 10 hospitals in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. Best Buy and Atrium did not disclose specific financial terms, but said Atrium will buy the devices from Best Buy and use Geek Squad services for installation and retrieval when the patient is cleared from care. For Best Buy, the hospital-at-home program represents the latest push to turn health care into a more meaningful revenue driver. Best Buy, like retailers including Walmart and Target , has seen consumers buy fewer big-ticket and discretionary items as they pay more for food and housing.
☆ A booming market for gear to help seniors grow older at home is creating an opportunity for investors
  + stars: | 2023-01-21 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +13 min
Alphabet, Amazon and Best Buy are among the fund's plays on the aging in place theme. Best Buy breaks into the space It's Best Buy that has really been doubling down on its efforts to break into the space. Best Buy sees the role of technology within health care becoming much more important. Medicare Advantage's health care at home coverage includes primary care, transitional care when someone is released from a hospital and often hospice care, she said. That should lead to higher earnings power, said Baker, who has a buy rating and $237 price target on Lowe's stock.
☆ I'm the senior director of a $5 billion data company — here's how a mix of programming and leadership courses skyrocketed my career since college
  + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Focusing on hard skills like data analysis as well as management helped me move up in my career. But what really put my career on a rocket ship was taking online courses from platforms like Coursera, edX, and LinkedIn Learning. For anyone looking for a big career jump, here are four lessons I learned from taking online courses — and how to make the most of online learning. Taking management courses helped me advance much faster. Mike CrabtreeBecause of taking online courses, my career advanced very quickly in a short amount of time.
☆ I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here's the 'rare' skill they all taught their kids
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Margot Machol Bisnow | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
For my book, "Raising an Entrepreneur," I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful people. When I asked them what skills they taught their kids at an early age, there was one in particular that they all agreed on: curiosity. As parents, we all want to raise confident, fearless and resilient kids. They encouraged their kids to fix things. Robert's curiosity for how things worked started when he was a young boy, when he unscrewed all the doorknobs in his parents' house.
☆ The founder of a baby-services startup that just launched in Walmart shares her tips for working with the retail giant
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Tot Squad began selling services at Walmart stores nationwide and on Walmart.com in February. After being "relentless" and pitching to many different people at the company, Tot Squad finally signed a contract with Walmart in August 2019, Saxton said. It wouldn't be until February 2022 that Tot Squad would officially launch in Walmart. Customers choose between video consultation or personal installation by a Tot Squad expert technician for an extra $40 or $80, respectively. For example, she said Angi — formerly known as Angie's List — is the home-services partner for Walmart, and Tot Squad is the retail giant's baby-services provider.
☆ I talked to 70 parents of highly successful adults—here are 5 phrases they always said to their kids
  + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Margot Machol Bisnow | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
The things that parents say to their kids can either encourage and give them confidence, or lower their self-esteem and hold them back in life. As I researched and wrote my book, "Raising an Entrepreneur," I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults about how they helped their kids achieve their dreams. These parents were the opposite of "helicopter" parents (a.k.a. “My parents weren’t angry, they just told me I had to put them all back," he said. We fail, we try and try again, we fail, we try and try and try."
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