Tag archive: work

Of course, there may be some professions where it’s impossible to switch off the smartphone and forget about work. But if you think most of the out-of-hours work-related emails you receive really could wait till you’re back in the workplace, then you may be interested to know what Volkswagen has done in Germany. In order to provide a better work/life balance for some of its employees, the carmaker has agreed to stop sending out emails from its… Read More

According to a recent survey conducted by digital and social media marketing company Tick Yes, approximately 2.8 percent of the respondents check Facebook and other social networks while “during intimate moments”, likely anything from foreplay to sexual intercourse. In addition, sixty-four percent of those people were male. Other recent studies between technology and sex found that a sizable amount of women would give up sex for… Read More

According to a recent survey conducted by British job site Reed.co.uk, approximately 33 percent of employees admit to using social networking within the office. Facebook was the most popular choice preferred by 45 percent of the people that did admit to logging into a social network. Facebook was followed by LinkedIn, a social network that's becoming commonly used to research potential candidates for job openings. Other choices included… Read More

Unlike 50 years ago, most of us in the U.S. now sit at desk jobs for eight hours a day, five days a week. That adds up to a lot of time in one chair, and we're guessing that you haven't given much thought to whether you even like that chair. In our opinion, if you're going to sit in one piece of furniture for close to 40 hours a week, you should probably make sure you like your current chair, or buy a brand spankin' new… Read More

Google will be pleased to know that when it comes to hiring new workers, the company pretty much has the pick of the bunch. According to the results of a survey carried out by employer branding firm Universum, more people would like to work for the Mountain View company than any other. More than 160,000 job seekers from the world’s 12 biggest economies were questioned in the survey, which was split between those looking for a career in the… Read More

Site users can provide anonymous feedback and rate their previous and current managers, departments and companies. Above and beyond, they can also take a career self-assessment which rates their own performance and skills and invites colleagues to provide them with feedback. Those looking for the best managers can use ViewsfromtheCube.com as well. View and assess prospective top quartile managers by their ratings and rankings; these findings… Read More

People can't get themselves to disconnect from work, even on the holidays. A study by Harris Interactive shows that 59 percent of people check their work email during holidays. Worse, 55 percent check it every day and 28 percent check it multiple times each day. Harris surveyed 2,179 U.S. adults in early November, reports PC Mag. More interesting is that of the 79 percent of people who received a work email during a holiday, 41 percent… Read More

After six months off work, during which he reportedly underwent a liver transplant, Steve Jobs is officially back at work at his company, Apple. The 54-year-old has said he’d be back at work by the end of June and kept his word by appearing at company headquarters in California yesterday. An Apple spokesman said: "Steve is back to work." However, he won’t be in the office full time immediately, the spokesman… Read More

Apple announced today that its litigation with IBM over hiring Mark Papermaster as senior vice president of Devices Hardware Engineering has been resolved, and Papermaster will start work at Apple on April 24. Apple announced in November it was hiring Papermaster to take over for iPod chief Tony Fadell, but IBM immediately sought an injunction blocking the move, claiming a non-compete agreement Papermaster signed in 2006 would prevent him… Read More

Nokia made an appeal to mobile e-mail addicts on Monday with the launch of two new phones designed specifically to ease the process of checking e-mail in on the go. With support for a vast array of different e-mail protocols, the Nokia E71 and E66 allow users to check both work and personal e-mail with a one-touch setup. The duo support the common Microsoft Exchange format (popular for work addresses), along with the less-common System… Read More

Quote from the review: “After a countless number of pictures, we've finally reached the end. If there's anything to reflect upon, it's that dual display is simply amazing. It has made my work a hell of a lot easier! With one monitor setup for work and the other one for TV, I've turned my desk into a complete entertainment complex! Given that most people won't have 2 LCDs dedicated for one computer,… Read More

Swingin' Ape was formed by a number of Midway employees who left the firm after completing work on Hydro Thunder, and recently delivered original title Metal Arms: A Glitch In The System for Vivendi Universal Games. The company's deal with Blizzard is believed to extend beyond the StarCraft: Ghost work, with the official announcement this morning alluding to collaboration on future multi-platform projects, although no details… Read More

A work in progress, the beta version enables users to walk around and utilize weapons in a full 3D environment, however frame rates are indicated by users as not being overly impressive at the current development stage. Source: Infosync