Productivity
Anything to do with Productivity
Patrick
@Patrick -
almost 2 years ago
Brexit will cost UK workers 470 pounds a year, study predicts - Reuters UK
Britain is becoming a more closed economy due to Brexit, with damaging long-term implications for productivity and wages which will leave the average worker 470 pounds ($577) a year poorer by the end of the decade, a study forecast on Wednesday./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/KC6TRWKLUFKLXN6LWMOUYVK6GU.jpg)
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Ariel
@Ariel -
over 3 years ago
Hear how working from home is changing startups and investing at Disrupt 2020
Let’s just say it has been a year. While a few ambitious startups like InVision and GitLab built their corporate cultures and talent hiring with a remote-first mentality, the reality is that the vast majority of founders never thought they would have to be socially distan...continued
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Casper
@Casper -
almost 5 years ago
Forge a lucrative career in project management with the help of this training
Forge a lucrative career in project management with the help of this trainingTL;DR: You can get The Lean Six Sigma certification training bundle and access 25 hours of training, simply by naming your price.There's a reason why Jack Donaghy kept preaching about the virtues...continued
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Elian
@Elian -
over 3 years ago
Google rebrands G Suite as Google Workspace, gives Gmail a new logo
Google is once again reshuffling its portfolio of productivity apps.On Tuesday, the company announced Google Workspace, which is a new name for all of Google's productivity apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Meet.If that sounds familiar, that...continued
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Arvid
@Arvid -
6 months ago
Amazon and Microsoft to sign $1 billion ‘megadeal’ for cloud productivity, says internal document
Microsoft is reportedly preparing to bring on Amazon as a potential customer for its Microsoft 365 cloud productivity software. If true, this would see the long-standing rivalry between both companies end as it transforms into a business partnership.
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Giovanni
@Giovanni -
about 2 years ago
You Can Finally Buy This $390 Rotary Cell Phone DIY Kit
In 2020, Justine Haupt came up with a brilliant design for a mobile phone that was free of productivity-killing distractions. Even better, it was made to look like a 40-year-old rotary phone. Two years later, a promised purchasable DIY kit allowing anyone to …
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George
@George -
over 3 years ago
Microsoft Will Fix the Creepiest Part of Its 'Productivity Score' Thing
After Microsoft caused an uproar with its very weird, very invasive “Productivity Score” tool, which essentially spied on Microsoft 365 users’ activity and reported it back to their employers, the company has walked back the creepiest part of that feature.Rea…
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Assunta
@Assunta -
about 2 years ago
Apple Is Considering a Foldable iPad, MacBook Hybrid with a 20-Inch Display: Report
Apple maintains predictable release patterns, so it’s rare for one of the countless product rumors and leaks to catch us by surprise. It does happen though and over the past week, one prediction, in particular, has caught our attention: Apple is supposedly co…
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Jerrold
@Jerrold -
over 1 year ago
Finding persistent invisible systems
Plastic was inevitable. It took hundreds of years to perfect, but we built a system based on profit, convenience, productivity and markets. Markets are extremely good at sniffing out problems that can be solved with transactions. If people care enough to buy …
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Angus
@Angus -
over 2 years ago
HTC's Vive Flow Makes VR Users Look Even Weirder Than Usual
A number of HTC Vive Flow images leaked recently and suggest that the upcoming virtual reality headset will have a far more interesting look than the company's previous VR headsets. The images also show that the headset has a surprising amount of depth when i…
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Cyril
@Cyril -
about 4 years ago
Working from home? A gaming chair can improve your posture and productivity.
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.TL;DR: As of March 23, Best Buy has a couple of AKRacing and Gamdias gaming chairs on sale for up to 46% off.Aside from maybe crappy WiFi and a poorly stocked snack cabin...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
about 3 years ago
Add Some Wood to Your Home Office to Boost Concentration and Job Satisfaction
It’s been almost a year since people with office jobs were instructed to work from home until the pandemic passed. First of all, we should start by saying that to even have the ability to do so is a huge privilege: So many essential workers have continued to …
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Elvie
@Elvie -
almost 4 years ago
ASUS ZenBook Duo review: A dual-screen ultraportable with compromises
As you'd imagine, the ZenBook Duo instantly stands out from every other notebook when it's open. But it's another story if you're not actually looking at the screens. ASUS is still relying on its metallic ZenBook case design, which is sleek and smooth to the touch. Its ma...continued
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Erik
@Erik -
3 months ago
Fantastical for visionOS makes Apple Vision Pro a real productivity machine on day one
Flexibits wasted no time preparing the Fantastical experience for Apple Vision Pro. Michael Simmons, the mind behind the best calendar app, said over the summer that taking advantage of Apple’s Vision Pro developer sessions “helped us start thinking not just …
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Colin
@Colin -
over 2 years ago
Remote Work and Moonlighting
One of the top concerns for managers with respect to widespread remote work was that employee productivity would suffer, in part due to the related concern that the ability of...
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Juliet
@Juliet -
over 2 years ago
Folk helps you share contacts with your team
Folk is a new productivity tool started by European startup studio eFounders. And the startup just raised a $3.3 million seed funding round led by Accel with a big group of business angels. When you think about managing contacts and relationships in a profess…
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Angus
@Angus -
10 months ago
Learn all of Microsoft Excel's secrets with the ultimate training bundle, now $170 off
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. TL;DR: Even if you think you're an Excel pro, there are plenty of secrets you likely don't know about in this product…
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Eleanora
@Eleanora -
almost 2 years ago
roasted tomatoes with white beans
Is July the most lethargic cooking month? I don’t mean this in a bad way. I know in our productivity-fixated culture (“so busy, crazy busy”) we balk at praising apathy but what if we leaned into it instead? It’s hot. The days are long. If midsummer demands so…
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Colin
@Colin -
over 3 years ago
Omnipresent raises $15.8M Series A for its platform to employ remote-workers globally
Omnipresent, which helps companies employ remote-working local teams worldwide, has closed a $15.8M Series A funding round. The fundraise was led by an undisclosed investor with participation from existing investors, Episode 1, Playfair Capital and Truesight …
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Torey
@Torey -
almost 3 years ago
Selling hours
This might be the workplace question of the decade. Does the boss buy your time or your productivity? In the pre-industrial age, when we worked from home (“cottage industries”) workers got paid by the piece. As we moved to factories, it shifted. Many workers …
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Zackery
@Zackery -
about 2 years ago
Best new apps for February: 3 smart ways to amp up your productivity
Ramp up your researching skills, amplify your ideas, and get organized with these February favorites. Listen: let’s just get through February. We’re all in this together. It’s cold. It’s windy. It’s the perfect time to stay inside and get some work done.Read …
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Ericka
@Ericka -
about 4 years ago
Collaborative meeting notes platform Hugo nabs seed funding from Google, Slack
Workplace productivity software has had an insane year with slick subscription tools popping up seemingly each new day. VCs have been backing the tools en masse, and startups are continuing to find new holes in company workflows that can be patched with a new service.Hugo...continued
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Oren
@Oren -
10 months ago
Don't wait for Prime Day to get the ultimate productivity bundle, now just $80
We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. TL;DR: Looking to transform your work-from-home or hybrid work setup? We've got you covered with pre-Prime Day saving…
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Marjory
@Marjory -
about 2 years ago
OECD tells Israel to cut red tape in non-tech sectors to boost productivity - Reuters
Israel needs to cut red tape in traditional industries so they can boost productivity and catch up with the country's booming high-tech sector, the head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Sunday./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/7XCJTXWPS5JKRA6ILVV67IJRHM.jpg)
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Teagan
@Teagan -
almost 2 years ago
Euro most resilient to climate change, yuan most exposed - Barclays - Reuters.com
Climate change could play out to the advantage of the euro, while China's yuan and the Japanese yen are set to suffer the most without greater efforts to mitigate the effects of global warming, Barclays said in a report./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/LWTHQVAKXZO7FENN4MNYXDTL2M.jpg)
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