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The highlight of the event was a discussion of the key challenges in informatics in terms of aligning the digitalisation of companies with business processes and people.

At a surprisingly low-key 20th anniversary and future of search event, Google announced a number of new search features. Some are new, some are expansions or adaptations of existing capabilities, and some are borrowed or "inspired by" competitors' products (Snap, Instagram, Pinterest).

13 are the companies that represent Bulgaria to the biggest in the last 20 years - the Thessaloniki International Fair. Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises organizes the participation of a record number of Bulgarian companies, presenting their production among 1500 exhibitors from over 20 countries.

Fifteen years after its launch, Skype is finally getting a built-in call recording feature. Many of its competitors have already been offering this service for some time.

Bulgaria is in preparation for a unique conference, which places the country among the first in the world. The two-day information technology forum, which will take place in a few days attracts the interest of the world's largest in the IT industry. The idea of this conference comes from the Indian-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce.

Coca-Cola plans to open 130 new jobs in its regional IT development center, said Zhelyazko Petrov, director of the center, during a meeting with students from the Technical University in Sofia.

Microsoft is determined to spread the use of cloud computing in Turkey, where a digital transformation has already begun in several sectors of the economy, the tech giant’s senior executive in the country has said.

A top Microsoft executive has warned about security loopholes in computers in Turkey, especially those used by public institutions, where over 90 percent of computers do not use the latest software.

Year after year Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates led this list. But in 2018, he has been finally dethroned. The new richest person in the world is Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who leads the Forbes list of super rich in the world with net worth of $112 billion. This is also around $22 billion more than the second richest person, who is Bill Gates with net worth of $90 billion.

Nurten Akkuş, a pre-school teacher and principal at the Ayvacık Pre-School in the northern province of Samsun, has been named as a finalist for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2018, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has announced.