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New research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology suggests employees are more engaged and less fatigued when given the freedom to take brief, impromptu “microbreaks” whenever they feel the need throughout a workday.Continue ReadingCategory: H… Continue reading Microbreaks at work can increase engagement and reduce fatigue
Zoom calls and video meetings have exploded over the past year (thanks, COVID), but a flat screen doesn’t do a great job of transmitting a person’s presence. To make remote meetups a bit more personal, Microsoft has unveiled Mesh, a “mixed reality” pla… Continue reading Microsoft melds the real and virtual with new Mesh platform
It’s becoming more and more obvious that one display just isn’t enough for most people. If you’d rather not clutter up your desk with a whole bunch of screens, Lenovo might have the answer – the ThinkReality A3, a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses… Continue reading Lenovo AR glasses let you multi-screen virtually anywhere
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we have discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore how the employee experience is evolving with the new normal.
The employee experience (EX) isn’t abou… Continue reading Five worthy reads: The evolving employee experience
In episode 119 for May 4th 2020: The use of thermal cameras and other technology to monitor the workplace for COVID-19, more details about Apple and Google’s contact tracing framework, and are virtual security conferences the new normal? ** Show … Continue reading Workplace Surveillance, Apple and Google Contact Tracing Tech, Virtual Cybersecurity Conferences
Workplace by Facebook is getting new features, but more importantly: it gained 1 million users in just 7 months.
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The rapid rise of Slack — which has recently broken the 100,000 mark for paying businesses using its service — has ushered in a rush of competition from other companies across the worlds of social media and enterprise software, all aiming to become the go-to conversation layer for businesses. Today, Workplace, Facebook’s effort in that […] Continue reading Facebook’s Workplace hits 3M paying users, launches Portal app in a wider push for video
I don’t know when I opened my Dropbox account. It was years ago –
probably not long after it was founded in 2007. Since then I’ve been a
fan of the way Dropbox makes saving files in the cloud – and sharing
them – quick and easy. When it arrived, its camera uploads feature
solved the problem of getting photos off my phone and somewhere secure –
somewhere that wasn’t locking me in to Apple, or any other hardware
company’s ecosystem.
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There are a lot of bad days at work. Often it’s the last day, especially when it’s unexpected. For the particularly unlucky, the first day on a new job could be a bad day. But the day you find an unknown wireless device attached to the underside of your desk …read more
Continue reading Fail of the Week: How Not to do IoT Security
One of the great things about enterprise chat applications beyond giving employees a common channel to communicate, is the ability to integrate with other enterprise applications. Today, Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise collaboration and communication application, and ServiceNow announced a new chatbot to make it easier for employees to navigate a company’s help desks inside Workplace Chat. […] Continue reading ServiceNow teams with Workplace by Facebook on service chatbot