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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

The fresh cash will be put toward several efforts, CEO and co-founder Frederic Lalonde said in a press release, including supporting Hopper’s new social commerce initiatives. Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch. Image Credits: Hopper.

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Top 10 IT Recruiters to follow on Social Media in 2019

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Here, we compile a list of top recruiters to follow on Social Media in order to stay ahead of the knowledge curve. Totten , Recruiting Manager, Product Design at Facebook is responsible for recruiting talent that helps build a formidable team that can spearhead the growth of the social media giant. AI product manager – Microsoft.

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What Can A CIO Do About The Problem Of Airline Overbooking?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Times have been tough for United airlines in the past. There was that event where a passenger was removed from a flight forcibly and everyone filmed it and put it on social media. A bit before that the airline had had to delay 500 of their flights because of a second glitch in two weeks of the computer systems that run the airline.

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Changing Times Cause CIOs To Change Their Priorities

The Accidental Successful CIO

Another example of a person with CIO job who did a pivot can be found at United Airlines. The airlines stopped every project it was working on in order to determine which were the most critical. At United Airlines their plans to deploy touchless kiosks were sped up and quickly deployed to airports.

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How Not To Win Customers

Steve Farber

A Lesson from the Un-Friendly Skies of United Airlines. The ensuing bad PR caused United Airlines’ stock price to plunge by 10%, costing shareholders $180 million along with nearly 17 million negative views on YouTube (as of this write-up). One would think United Airlines learned their lesson from that PR fiasco.

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All airlines are the same, except for their people.

Strategy Driven

Mostly on major airlines, but because I’m more interested in flying non-stop than getting travel miles or points, I take whatever airline is most convenient for my schedule. This past Friday I found myself flying Alaska Airlines from Atlanta, Georgia, to Portland, Oregon. I hope airline employees at your airport act that way!

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Expat CIOs: IT leaders broaden horizons with global experiences

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He experienced a high propensity for bespoke developments outside Australia. “While other global airlines used Amadeus or Sabre, Emirates had built its own ticketing and reservation system. Careers, CIO, IT Leadership Similarly, CLP had a lot of custom development for its transmission and distribution business.