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Dates : January 2021

A majority of employees would use workplace wearables if privacy is protected, according to new Nymi report

January 19, 2021
Toronto-based Nymi Inc., survey of more than 2,000 U.S. employees found that 77% would welcome using a wearable issued by their employer if it contributed to their health, safety and effectiveness. At the same time, more than half indicated that they would want their data to be kept private, and 44% had concerns that their company might not use their data responsibly.
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One-billionth CCTV coming to a city near you?

January 19, 2021
Surfshark recently released the results of a global survey of 150 cities, showing those with the most surveillance cameras per square kilometer. Chennai with 657 and Hyderabad, India top the list. Six Chinese cities are also in the top 10 as is London with 399. Paris has 254, whereas New York City cames in with under 26 per square kilometer. Surfshark projects the global number of CCTVs will hit one billion by the end of 2021.
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Data Drives Fewer Than Half of Ecommerce Marketing Decisions: SideCar Survey

January 18, 2021
Ecommerce marketers rank data-driven decisions second only to in-house skills as a major factor in marketing success, according to this SideCar survey.  But just 38% make more than half of their decisions based on data, they rank seven other items ahead of data-driven decisions on their list of challenges, and they prioritize several skills ahead of data analytics in hiring.  One interpretation: they feel they’re as data-driven as they should be.
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Money Keeps Flowing for No-Code Platforms

January 15, 2021
You’ll probably take my word that investors love low-code and no-code development tools. But if not, here are more examples:$140 million in funding for Webflow, which does no-code Website development; $110 million for Workato for no-code/low-code data and process integration; and $80 million for airSlate for no-code business automation. We also have a new low-code/no-code internal app development tool from Internal, which has somehow raised only $5 million.
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