20% Time Blog

For my 20% time I choose to study Deja Vu. For the first few weeks I studied it and tried to get the right definition of Deja Vu. Google says that deja vu "is the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before. The phrase translates literally as "already seen". Although some interpret déjà vu in a paranormal context, mainstream scientific approaches reject the explanation of déjà vu as "precognition" or "prophecy". I have had many encounters with deja vu and let me tell you it is weird. You feel like you have already lived something before. Within the next few weeks I will be asking people if they have had and experienced deja vu before. I will then get the amount of people that have had it and ask them about it.  

Hackers hover near online shopping carts, too. It's called e-skimming

We all know we need to be on the lookout for skimming devices that crooks install at the ATM or at the pump at gas stations. We now have to watch out for hackers online when we are shopping. The hackers are trying to steal our credit card and debit card information. So they can steal your money. This is not a good thing obviously.  Cyber criminals are getting our data in real time, which can make that information more valuable in the underground market. "It's fresh credit card data that's being exfiltrated," said an FBI special agent on the cyber task force. So, overall this is not a good thing and bad for the credit card and you.  

Walmart Hits the Reset Button on a Big Part of Its E-Commerce Strategy

Walmart is making some big changes to its e-commerce strategy. When Walmart's head of U.S. e-commerce Marc Lore joined the retailer after it bought Jet.com, he made a series of acquisitions. Lore's shopping spree was focused on digitally native brands including Bonobos, ModCloth, and Eloquii. Walmart was all set to hit a home room with this new e-commerce strategy but it all went south. Walmart is set to lose 1 billion dollars just this year only. Walmart needs to find a new strategy and get out of the one they are in before the lose so much money. Walmart is going to be in some serious trouble if they can't fix themselves.