Good morning Pittsburgh, and Happy Friday!! As the summer begins to wind down, it’s time to gear up for shorter and cooler days. Incase you haven’t been in tune this with the happenings of the tech. industry, here is a quick recap.

Apple to Activate Kill Switch

A Brazilian prosecutor is urging Apple and Google to ban the anonymous gossip app Secret from mobile phones over concerns about the spread of cyber-bullying in the country. Such a move would require Apple to activate its iPhone “kill switch” for the first time ever.

Learn more about the kill switch here

Chinese Women Lead the Way 

One of the biggest secrets Silicon Valley is that tech firms have a major gender diversity problem. Throughout the vast amount of companies, men dominate the top jobs. However, In China, things look rather different. Women are more common to be filling in these top jobs.

Read more on how China’s women are succeeding in the tech. industry here

Sony's Secret Division

As the digital evolution precedes us, there are some tech industries who are floundering in the wake of the tech. giants. For Sony, they are working on catching up to the top dogs by creating a new branch in their business operations called Business Creation.

Read more on Sony’s new business sector here

A New Way of Investing 

For those who are timid about entering into the investing industry, take a look at Forest. Forest is a self-funded investing platform that simplifies the process by representing securities and transactions as forest, trees, planting, cutting down, harvesting and more. The platform was started by two high school friends Matt Canning and Jim Keller who are both active in investing.

Read more about this investing platform here

Have a nice weekend everyone! Tune in next Friday for another blog of the latest tech. news.