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Business needs to reset its purpose to attract Millennials

Business should focus on people and purpose, not just products and profits in the 21st century according to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (Deloitte Global) fourth annual Millennial Survey. This and other findings from the survey suggest businesses, particularly in developed markets, will need to make significant changes to attract and retain the future workforce. 

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Kool Tools: PDFpenPro 7

Smile’s (www.smilesoftware.com) released PDFpenPro 7, the latest version of its all-purpose PDF editing tool for Mac OS X, features the ability to proofread and edit the OCR text layer and export to Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF Archive (PDF/A) formats, all with an interface updated for OS X Yosemite.What’s more, PDFpenPro and PDFpen 7 support document sharing via iCloud Drive.

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Apple’s home page honors Martin Luther King Jr.

Apple’s home page is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King on the holiday set aside to mark the legacy of the civil rights leader.

The website sports a black-and-white photo of Dr. King with the quote: “Today we reflect on the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the work that continues in service of the broader concerns of humanity.”

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Apple cuts ties with developers in Crimea

Apple is sending out notices of termination to people whose accounts are registered in Crimea, citing sanctions that the U.S. has ordered against the region as a response to Russia annexing it earlier in 2014, reports “TechCrunch” (http://tinyurl.com/lozygmw).

This means the developers can’t create nor publish apps for the Apple App Store. The move follows Valve apparently also terminating access to its Steam games distribution platform in Crimea, too, notes “TechCrunch.”

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