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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: A Pair Of Legendary Coders
In addition to Melinda Gates, Margaret H. Hamilton (shown below) and Rear Admiral Grace Hopper (left) were also bestowed with the Presidential Medal of...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The New Voice Of The Smart Home
Amazon’s voice-powered digital assistant Alexa had a novelty appeal to it upon its arrival in the Amazon Echo speaker. Streaming music, making shopping and...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The Mud Slingers
It was a campaign like no other. When Donald Trump shocked the establishment and won the Republican nomination for President, the presumptive first woman...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The Un-Carrier’s Un-Orthodox Heart
Since joining the company in 2012, CEO John Legere has taken Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile from a struggling mobile carrier known for subpar coverage and...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Holding On For Life
If there’s one word that sums up Eddie Lampert’s ongoing stewardship of Sears Holdings, it’s “commitment.” Frankly, many retail executives who have watched the...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: An Impatient Optimist
“Few in human history have been more successful than these two impatient optimists.” That was President Barack Obama upon presenting Presidential Medals Of Freedom...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The Industry’s Point Man
There’s justification to be made to include CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro on this feature every year. There really isn’t a happening in...
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TWICE Newsmakers Of The Year
For the third year in a row, TWICE editors have selected the people — and the companies — who helped make the news this...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Blazing A Trail For Women Of Color
Kathryn Finney, founder of Digital Undivided, launched the Big Innovation Center and Big Accelerator program earlier this year. The program and Atlanta-based workspace were...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Penney Wise …
… but nothing foolish about JCPenney’s audacious return to major appliances after exiting the category 30 years ago. Seeing an opportunity amid the majap...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Yahoo’s Star-Crossed Leader
Opinions on Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer are mixed, at best: She’s been named one of the most influential leaders as well as one of...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The Next Taylor Swift?
America met Grace VanderWaal, the 12-year-old daughter of LG Electronics marketing VP Dave VanderWaal, when she sheepishly walked onto the stage of the talent...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Programming The Next Generation Of Innovators
Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls Code in 2011 as a way to introduce programming and technology to young and preteen girls of color. The...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: The ‘Other’ Woman
Shortly after former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her entry into the 2016 presidential race, social media and editorial outlets immediately revisited her tenure...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Faces In The Crowd
Not everyone who made news in the tech industry necessarily warrants a feature. There is news happening everyday around us and often it takes...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Big Blue’s Big Green
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Best Buy in 2016. The year started off rocky, with the chain...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: O Lucky Man!
Not to take anything away from Chip Blankenship, but the GE Appliances CEO is one of those guys who’s at the right place at...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: American Ambition
It’s been an ambitious year for Hisense North America. After CEO Jerry Liu earned his television chops following a five-year licensing of the Sharp...
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2016 Newsmakers of the Year: Earning His New Pay Grade
hhgregg’s Robert Riesbeck may have taken on more than he bargained for when assumed the top slot at hhgregg. The Indianapolis- based CE, appliance...
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