Wireless/Mobile

What Do We Lose in the Virtual Workplace?

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:29:31 -0500

In Ernest Cline’s 2011 science fiction novel Ready Player One, life is divided into two disparate experiences: the real and the virtual. The story is set in 2045, in a future beset by environmental, economic and social problems that leave its inhabitants spending time in a vast, highly-detailed virtual environment called OASIS. Entering OASIS with advanced VR visors and gloves allows users to...

The 2020 Tech Trend That's Quietly Growing

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0500

"Do I need a stand-alone Customer Relationship Management system?" a client recently asked me. "Can't I just use the CRM module that is offered by the vendor of my accounting software? Why can't it all just be in one place?"...

Can Apple keep growing without extracting anything more from the earth?

cassie@qz.com — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Even for a company with a $1 trillion market capitalization, the goal that Apple has set for itself on sustainability is ambitious. Wildly, extraordinarily ambitious. The world’s most valuable company aims to eventually...

Get Ahead of the Tech Tsunami

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Every executive recognizes that technology has disrupted their world. Technology transforms entire industries—e.g., lodging with Airbnb, transportation with Uber and DiDi, retail with Amazon and JD.com, and entertainment with Supercell and Netflix. Technology also shifts...

Managing A Remote Workforce

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:00:00 -0500

How we work is an idea that has undergone rapid and considerable change in recent years. One of the more prevalent changes has been a break from the traditional model of the nine-to-five office experience. In addition to increasingly flexible hours...

5G decoded: Here's how to tell real 5G from the marketing fluff

Thu, 21 Nov 2019 02:00:00 -0500

It may have taken some time, but a nationwide 5G network is coming. On Dec. 6, T-Mobile will turn on its wider-coverage 5G service and says it will reach 200 million people with the new, faster wireless network. T-Mobile isn't just the latest to expand its 5G footprint, but...

AT&T Pays $60 Million To Settle Claims It Lied About Unlimited Data Plan

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:00:00 -0500

AT&T agreed to pay $60 million to settle litigation from the Federal Trade Commission alleging that...

Every iPhone user should check out Apple’s updated privacy website today

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

It’s probably a given by now that if you associate “privacy” with any major tech company, that company is probably going to be Apple. The company’s products have long had...

Silicon Valley Founders Are Going on 'Dopamine Fasts.' Is the Idea a Ridiculous Fad or Stroke of Genius?

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:00:00 -0400

From microdosing psychedelics to days-long fasts to morning ice water plunges, Silicon Valley is known for going to whacky extremes to pursuit of higher performance and better health. And it appears there's...

The Future of Technology: 16 Predictions

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 01:00:00 -0400

You should never have a technology conference without someone providing predictions. And at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech Live conference this week in Laguna Beach, Calif...

Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2020

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The pace of technology change is accelerating rapidly, augmented by factors that IT pros need to study-up on, things they never had to deal with before like...

Featured Resources: Complementary 1-Year Subscription To Popular Science Magazine

Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Discovery and innovation are reshaping the world around us, and Popular Science makes even the most complex ideas entertaining and accessible. As the world's largest science and technology magazine, Popular Science presents the best hopes for our planet, our lives, our children and our future through the individuals and ideas that are building a better world.

New Study Reveals What Happens When Employees Can't Work with Their Apps and Devices of Choice

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 04:00:00 -0400

The workplace is evolving, and an increasing number of collaboration tools are making their way into the enterprise. This shift is allowing many employees to better work on their own terms and...

Apple warns iPhone 11, 11 Pro owners about unofficial display repairs

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Apple's newly released iOS 13.1 will start warning iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max owners who replace their screens with a third-party display with an "Important Display Message."

"Unable to verify this iPhone has a genuine Apple display," it reads.

The warning echoes...

Featured Resource: 12min Book Summary Library

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0400

The 12min App is the perfect way to absorb tons of knowledge to accelerate your career. For $39, listen to or read 12-minute book summaries of hundreds of best-selling books.

iPhone 11, Pro and Max hands-on: Apple bets big on the camera for new phones

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Apple refreshed its line of iPhones for 2019 at an event on Tuesday, announcing the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max. The phones start at...

Apple Has Now Given 1 Billion iPhone Users A Reason To Stay

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:00:00 -0400

Mistakes happen—even at the world's leading companies—as the raft of security announcements for Microsoft, Apple and Google platforms in recent weeks shows all too well. And so...

Venture Capital Funding Frenzy Over HR Technology on Record Pace

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

If you haven’t started your own super-successful HR technology company it’s not too late.

Venture capitalists’ love affair with HR tech firms is on track to break records as they dole out millions of dollars to entrepreneurs who promise to transform the human resources landscape. According to HRWins by LaRocque LLC...

3 Ways to Engage a Remote Workforce

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0400

In today’s digital age, more people than ever are working from home.

In fact, a recent survey revealed that 70 percent of professionals across the globe telecommute at least one day a week.

A remote workforce opens a business up to...

iPhone 11, 11R and 11 Max: The specs, features and prices we expect from Apple in September

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:00:00 -0400

We're quite likely to see Apple's CEO Tim Cook unveil a brand new iPhone about six weeks from now. And yet, oddly, many of the rumors -- and nearly all of the most exciting rumors -- about forthcoming Apple phones do not concern the model expected to be called the iPhone 11. Rather...

Your iPhone Is Recording Your Personal Conversations Despite Apple's Privacy Promises

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0400

We knew that other companies were recording interactions with their smart devices, and using some of those recordings to check for quality by having real people listen to those interactions. But, until now, we thought Apple was different.

On Friday, Apple confirmed...

No, FaceApp Isn't Sending All Your Photos to Russia, but It Shows Why Tech Companies Have a Very Real Trust Problem

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:00:00 -0400

You remember FaceApp, right? That's the app that uses neural networks and artificial intelligence to create a pretty compelling version of your older, grayer self. Well, it's back, partly due to the FaceApp challenge that has celebrities sharing their future selfies along with the rest of us.

Have you ever wondered what happens to those photos you take?...

5G phones and your health: What you need to know

maggie.reardon@cnet.com — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

5G promises lightning-fast speeds and the ability to power new technologies like self-driving cars and advanced augmented and virtual reality experiences. But an undercurrent to all of the things we can do with 5G is concern about what 5G can do to us...

Our automated future will affect women differently than men

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

A brave new world is coming, and with it, wrenching change. Automation is transforming the global economy and radically changing women’s working lives for the better. That is...

Inside Apple's WWDC, from Mac Pro shock to Wi-Fi meltdown

connie.guglielmo@cnet.com — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 04:00:00 -0400

Apple is known for slickly produced product launches and, in Steve Jobs' time, a singular masterful showman unveiling groundbreaking products including the iPhone and the MacBook Air. But...

Apple is quietly rolling out a feature in its next big software update that will prevent your iPhone’s battery life from getting shorter over time

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 -0400

The upcoming version of Apple's iPhone operating system — iOS 13 — comes with a new feature that will prevent your iPhone's battery life from getting shorter and shorter over time.

The feature is simply called...

Is Technology Destroying Our Memory?

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Without looking at your phone, how many numbers do you know by heart? What about your calendar commitments a week from now? Off-loading these bits of information to our devices is convenient, but...

iPhone XR and XS review: Seven months in, what's good and what's bad

Fri, 10 May 2019 01:00:00 -0400

Since the launch of the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR last year, the phone landscape has changed a bit. It's recently been crowded with much sexier stories: 5G is beginning to rear its head, wild new...

Science Proves (Again) that People's Attention Spans Are Declining. Here's How to Get Your Message Across

Fri, 03 May 2019 02:00:00 -0400

I know it's going to be hard for you, but try to pay attention for just a few minutes while I share some important information.

I'll make it brief...

How to boost your phone's bad signal strength or poor data connection

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:00:00 -0400

There's nothing more frustrating than trying to use a phone in an area you know has cellular signal or data connection only for it not to work. There's a lot that goes into providing your phone with consistent voice and network connections, and there are bound to be hiccups during that process.

Thankfully...