A key part of our vision and a major goal in moving out to the country to run our business startup full-time was to simplify our family lifestyle. Our previous existence in the city had consisted of what seemed to me like a never-ending cyclone of visiting nannies, cleaning ladies, house…

Bloomberg Uber drives can now post signs about tips, although adding a gratuity will still not be part of the ride service’s app. A court settlement last week involving ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. directly addressed a labor dispute over whether operators should be counted as independent…

Uber Technologies Inc.’s hefty $100 million settlement late Thursday with a group of drivers left its business model intact, and may serve as a message to grumpy investors that it is tidying house before eventually going public. The $100 million settlement will resolve many of the drivers’ claims…

This week, 60 Minutes took a look at phone security , and US Congressman Ted Lieu, who was (voluntarily) hacked as part of the demonstration called for an investigation into the vulnerability. The popular messaging app Viber announced that it turned on end-to-end encryption , but won’t say how it’s…

ORLANDO, Fla.—When employers consider building an online onboarding portal, they should first think about the core messages the website will impart to new hires and integrate those ideas into the design components, said Brenda Hampel, co-founder and principal of Connect the Dots Consulting, an HR…

Yik Yak COO Brooks Buffington and CEO Tyler Droll. (Getty Images) Yik Yak, the anonymous social app popular with the high-school and college set and said to be valued at $400 million, has settled a lawsuit filed about two years ago by its third cofounder Douglas Warstler, who claimed he had been…

Uber Technologies Inc. has warded off a serious legal threat to its highflying business model with a settlement that may end the debate over whether its drivers should be counted as independent contractors or employees. The ride-hailing company said Thursday it has settled two closely watched…

As we shift to the future of work, where organizations are focusing on the reasons why employees want to work versus need to work, it is important to understand employee experience. A lot of organizations historically have focused only on one aspect of organizational change and that is culture.…

Fourteen percent of the approximately 600,000 employers using E-Verify are located in Georgia, which ranks highest of all 50 states in the program’s usage, according to new statistics released by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). As of April 1, 82,046 employers in the Peach State…

Sometimes its hard to separate the conservatives from the liberals, especially in a season where populist Donald Trump is running as a Republican and Wall Street bankers are doing their best to put Hillary Clinton in the White House. But this exchange at the U.S. Supreme Court today in Encino…

Sturgill Simpson image courtesy of Atlantic Records I know I’m late to the party but I recently jumped on the Sturgill Simpson bandwagon. I don’t feel all that bad considering that Willie and Waylon didn’t enter my soundtrack until they were well into their Outlaw days of the mid-1970s. All I can…

Apparently ESPN decided it was about time Curt Schilling was on the other side of a Strike Three call. The network fired their controversial baseball analyst for providing offensive commentary on social media following his comments and blog post on the topic of transgender people. “ESPN is an…

A recent paper by Cornell Tech researcher Vitaly Shmatikov and independent researcher Martin Georgiev demonstrated that shortening URLs can have serious privacy consequences. Because shortened URLs are so short, they are vulnerable to brute-force scanning, meaning that attackers can guess multiple…

The Labor Department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) recently unveiled free online resources and toolkits to help employers improve the accessibility of their web-based job applications for job seekers with disabilities. The resources site is called TalentWorks and was created by the…

A previous version of this story misstated Matthew Edman’s role with the government. The story has been corrected. Getty Images Apple’s general counsel, law enforcement officials and outside experts testified at a House of Representatives hearing Tuesday about smartphone encryption. The Federal…

(Credit: Shutterstock) Do you have Apple AAPL +0.57% QuickTime installed on your Windows PC? It’s time to remove it. There are known flaws that can be exploited relatively easily, and Apple has confirmed that it is no longer supporting the software. The US-CERT, part of the Department of Homeland…

Catering to one of the world’s largest population of commuters – the New Delhi Metro is to provide a platform for a new intelligent Wi-Fi system, which commuters will soon be able to access for free, through an app. It could signal an incredible leap in how India consumes technology. With an…

O RLANDO, Fla.—Celinda Appleby, global head of digital recruitment and employer brand for Oracle, affirms what talent acquisition professionals know: “Every recruiter is a marketer." 2016 SHRM Talent Management Conference Complete coverage Photos More information Appleby's session at the Society for…

The U.S. Department of State toughened its travel alert for Acapulco, a port in the Mexican Pacific coast state of Guerrero which the agency said has been Mexico’s most violent city for the past three years. The new warning, which was issued Friday and replaces the one from January 19, 2016 ,…

Even as Apple Inc. and the U.S. government disagree over how much the company should help investigators extract data from locked iPhones, law enforcement continues to frequently seek Apple’s help. U.S. law enforcement sought information from Apple 4,000 times, covering 16,112 devices, in the second…

O RLANDO, Fla.—To create a great culture, businesses can apply the same methods the rock band U2 uses to create great music, said training and development veteran Jim Knight during a high-energy opening session at the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) Talent Management Conference &…

Since 1913, Texas had been the only state generally accepted as allowing employers to opt out of the workers’ compensation system. One hundred years later, in 2013, Oklahoma enacted legislation seeking to give its employers the same option. Provisions in the Oklahoma version sought to protect…

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Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Apr 17, 2016 10:41 p.m. ET Share Streaming service to be stand-alone option for first time Getty Images Creator/executive producer Jill Soloway attends the Season 2 premiere of…

Call it the power of social media. Cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holding Inc. said Friday it has abandoned a plan to allow texting at select theaters after the proposal was slammed on social media. AMC said in a tweet there will be “NO TEXTING AT AMC,” using capital letters to hammer home the…

SunEdison Inc.’s stock plunged in heavy volume Friday, reversing the previous session’s surge, after investors were reminded that the renewable energy company could go bankrupt at any moment. The company disclosed in a filing Friday that it had entered into “confidentiality agreements” last month…

Alexis Glick, left, is the CEO of GENYOUth Foundation and Erin Fitzgerald Sexton is senior vice president of global sustainability at the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. Quick: What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think about an innovative field? Let me guess, the first thing…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Apr 14, 2016 9:30 p.m. ET Share Investors growing wary of on-demand sector By Cat Zakrzewski San Francisco-based Shuddle Inc., an on-demand ride service for children, said it would…

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Home General The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Apr 13, 2016 7:44 p.m. ET Share Tensions between Washington, Silicon Valley may escalate Bloomberg News Califfornia Sen. Dianne Feinstein is circulating a proposal that tech companies won’t like. By Damian…

Employers filed approximately 236,000 petitions for H-1B guestworker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2017, a lower total than some were predicting, but still surpassing last year’s record by 3,000, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). U.S. employers generally use the H-1B visa…

Facebook Inc. plans to eventually make an augmented reality device so small it might one day resemble a pair of glasses. The company unveiled this Google Glass-like aspiration along with drones, solar-powered planes and bots as part of a 10-year road map for the company on Tuesday. In a nod to the…

A national nonprofit is partnering with community colleges around the country to develop a retail certification program that prepares primarily low-income students for successful careers in the service industry. Hiring for the service industry can often feel like a numbers game where high turnover…

The crowded field of salary comparison platforms has a new entry seeking to provide tech candidates with an advantage in compensation negotiations. Paysa is the latest in a series of companies to bring salary data into the mainstream. The company, which launched in February and recently secured $4…

Today, humans cram more data into our brains in a single day than our ancestors did during an entire lifetime. On average, in one day, we view Google 7.2 billion times, send 247 billion emails, and upload 48 hours of video to YouTube each minute (Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is the most watched). The…

Home Industries Internet/Online Services The Wall Street Journal Get email alerts The Wall Street Journal By Published: Apr 11, 2016 7:05 p.m. ET Share Coalition could ease transit for overseas travelers Getty Images Lyft is teaming up with Didi Kuaidi. By Douglas MacMillan Customers of Chinese…