Productivity
Anything to do with Productivity
Angus
@Angus -
about 3 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 -
over 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 -
over 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 -
over 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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Colin
@Colin -
about 3 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...
3 minutes read
Juliet
@Juliet -
about 3 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…
3 minutes read
Angus
@Angus -
over 1 year 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…
3 minutes read
Erik
@Erik -
10 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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Eleanora
@Eleanora -
over 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 -
almost 4 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 -
over 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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Arvid
@Arvid -
6 months ago
Study Finds a Quarter of Bosses Hoped RTO Would Make Employees Quit
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: A study claims to have proof of what some have suspected: return to office mandates are just back-channel layoffs and post-COVID work culture is making everyone miserable. HR software biz BambooHR surveye…
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Ericka
@Ericka -
over 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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Zackery
@Zackery -
almost 3 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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Rex
@Rex -
7 months ago
Bedside lava lamp concept improves sleep with white noise, warm lights
Bedside lava lamp concept improves sleep with white noise, warm lightsPeople are finally realizing that sleep actually plays an important role in productivity and shouldn’t be sacrificed for its sake. Unfortunately, many people by now...
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Oren
@Oren -
over 1 year 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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Priscilla
@Priscilla -
5 months ago
Dutch startup bags fresh funding to tailor orchard farming for every tree
Aurea Imaging, an Utrecht-based agtech startup, has raised €2.8mn in a Series A round to scale up deployment of its sensor system for orchard farming. Founded in 2016, Aurea provides agronomic intelligence products for precision orchard management on the indi…
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Marjory
@Marjory -
almost 3 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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Liliane
@Liliane -
over 4 years ago
Speechify can turn any written text into spoken word to boost your productivity
TLDR: Speechify Audio Reader can magically help you read more by turning any text into spoken audio you can listen to anywhere.Audiobooks are a godsend for people who love to read, yet feel like they can never find the time to actually crack a book. And that doesn’t even ...continued
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Teagan
@Teagan -
over 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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Juliet
@Juliet -
over 4 years ago
Go Ahead and Waste Time
Image : ShutterstockI’ll be the first person to say that I love optimizing my life. I’ve spent over a decade mastering David Allen’s Getting Things Done productivity system, and tried-and-true lifehacks like email batching, meal planning, and habit stacking are all essent...continued
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Elaina
@Elaina -
about 3 years ago
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says the US is 'on the wrong path' after inflation hits a 31-year ...
Ray Dalio warned that just because people's financial portfolios are going up, it doesn't mean they're really getting richer.
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Felicita
@Felicita -
over 3 years ago
Amazon’s serious injury rate at warehouses was still nearly double the rest of the industry in 2020
Amazon’s serious injury rate at its warehouses in 2020 was nearly twice as high as competitors, a new OSHA report shows — although numbers were down compared to 2019, 2018, and 2017 rates.
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Raoul
@Raoul -
almost 5 years ago
Someone Built a Distraction-Free Cellphone With a Working Old-School Rotary Dial
Photo : Justine HauptThe smartphone changed the world, but it wasn’t all for the better. Mobile devices are packed full of endless productivity-killing distractions, and the ability to actually make a phone call almost seems like an afterthought now. A frustrated Justine ...continued
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Iva
@Iva -
15 days ago
Scientists Are Testing AI That Could Detect Pain in Goats Just By Their Facial Expressions
Identifying when animals are in pain is good for moral reasons, of course, but also for maximizing their productivity.
3 minutes read