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How to ensure your workplace does not become a new source of COVID-19 infections
The risk that the workplace becomes a source of a new outbreak is real. While most employers are taking appropriate measures to create a safe workplace, there is still not nearly enough attention on how to ensure safer conditions for employees during their journey to and from work. There are several ways to mitigate this risk.
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Demand for employee surveillance software soars
Working from home has inspired bosses to find new ways of tracking their employees, says a study.
I went to a reopened Apple Store and listened to the silence
As Apple stores come back to life, things have changed. Really changed.
Panasonic unveils Toughbook A3 rugged tablet, productivity+ Android software suite
The new 10.1-inch tablet offers durability features like dust, drop, and water resistance while running tools to make transitioning enterprises to rugged Android devices smoother.
Safari 14 removes Flash, gets support for breach alerts, HTTP/3, and WebP
Safari also gets support for WebExtensions, the same browser extensions API used by Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
WWDC 2020: Apple's big event had one less thing (and it really hurt)
WWDC had to be reimagined for our currently disturbed times. It rang a little hollow.
Dion Devow's mission to help bridge the gap between Indigenous Australians and IT
The entrepreneur is living proof it's possible to be in tech, without needing technical knowledge.
How Salesforce plans to make virtual TrailheaDX 2020 a better, more meaningful tech conference
For Salesforce, taking TrailheaDX digital is about more than just keeping the event going, the company wants to make TDX a better, more inclusive, and more meaningful tech event.
Address legal, regulatory, and operational risks for the return to work
As firms reopen office buildings, plants, and other facilities, they will have to develop detailed pandemic management protocols (PMPs) before they can safely ask employees, customers, and others to return. Along with government guidelines, firms must also avoid or mitigate risks in these four areas.
Online learning deal: Expand your professional development with lectures from Elon Musk and more
Big Think Edge’s lessons will teach you lessons in leadership, creativity, and innovation.
Microsoft Teams or Zoom? Choose your politics
In these heightened socio-political times, how much does it matter that certain tech companies have questionable socio-political attitudes?
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Working from home? Your boss has a creepy new way to spy on you
A tech startup is helping employers attach a so-called productivity number to every employee. Is this actually productive?
COVID-19: The after economy and developing appropriate responses
Marshall Lager, thought leader, influencer in the CRM/CX world, speaks to the after-economy: What should we be looking for and what we might do. Pay close attention.
The Nightmare in Silicon Valley: 8 horror technologies that should scare you to death
Every night is fright night with what can happen once these scary technologies take hold in ways that you may not have imagined.
2019's tech, security, and authentication trends
We take a look at the top tech, cybersecurity, and authentication trends as revealed today by the Duo Security's 2019 Trusted Access Report, which includes data from 24 million devices, one million apps and services, and billions of authentications.
Five Brazilian tech startups you could be working for
The technology sector in the largest economy in the Southern Hemisphere is seeing a resurgence this year after a period of macroeconomic instability. We list some of Brazil's hottest startups that are on the lookout for talent.
All the Chromium-based browsers
ZDNet has compiled a list of all the internet browsers that have been based on Chromium, the open-source browser project at the heart of Google Chrome. While initially we thought we'd find 15-20 browsers, the number of Chromium-based browsers was far larger than we expected.
20 best apps and gadgets for replacing your assistant (that aren't named Siri)
Park easier, travel easier, make office coffee easier -- and better.
The best travel tech of 2017
Work, fly and breathe easier, literally, with these smart accessories
The 20 best office spaces we've ever seen
High art, high tech and green--these are workplaces that really work
19 caffeine-laced foods to replace coffee
Because sometimes you're in your fifth dev meeting, the beta still isn't done, and you're both tired AND hungry.
17 fascinating tech pioneers who are not Steve Jobs
Contrary to what Mac lovers may think, Steve Jobs wasn't the most important person the tech world has ever seen
16 super-organized workspaces only IT people can appreciate
The sheer beauty of these will make you weep with envy.
22 safest jobs during the robot revolution
An Oxford University study estimates that 47 percent of current U.S. jobs could be done by computers in as little as two decades. But not all professions are vulnerable to automation.
Drool-worthy photos of tech company cafeteria food
There are a lot of perks to working at a tech company. The cafeteria food is definitely one of them.
Classic Steve Jobs disses you can put on your next resignation letter
Whether you're quitting or being kicked out, leave it to the late Steve Jobs to say what's really on your mind
Your emails are terrible (but you can fix that)
Your email sign-off says more about you than you realize.
These robots are coming for your jobs
Think your gig is safe? Maybe it is. Or maybe a replacement robot is meeting with your boss right now.
Interest in employee surveillance software rises exponentially during lockdown
Working from home has inspired bosses to find new ways of tracking their employees, says a study.
How remote work is affecting network admin roles
Tonya Hall talks to Steve Grobman, senior vice president and chief technology officer at McAfee, about the way the role of a network administrator is changing as more and more companies turn to remote work options.
Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead brings AI to Salesforce's online learning platform
Bill Detwiler speaks with Sandeep Bhanot, SVP of Trailhead Product at Salesforce, about Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead.
TrailheaDX 2020: Building a better tech conference
Bill Detwiler speaks with Salesforce's Sarah Franklin about how the company plans to make its virtual TrailheaDX 2020 developer event a better, more inclusive, and more meaningful tech event.
Teleworking? Algorithm helps bosses flag dud workers
A tech startup is helping employers attach a so-called productivity number to every employee. Is this actually productive?
Zoom: If you want end-to-end encryption you'll have to pay
You want your Zoom calls to be really private? You'll have to pay. And you might find Zoom's reasoning strange, or even laughable. It involves the FBI.
This is what happens at a crazy 50-person Zoom birthday party
Chris Matyszczyk says Zoom was designed for business. Now, it's being used for everything. But what happens when 50 people try to have a good time at once? Read more: https://zd.net/3bOUwRK
More data is needed to define our new normal for work
ZDNet's Larry Dignan and Steve Ranger and TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler discuss how digital transformation, office layouts, and employee loyalty will all be impacted after the pandemic.
How will collaboration and remote work evolve? Box CEO Aaron Levie has a few ideas
ZDNet's Larry Dignan caught up with Box CEO Aaron Levie on what gets tweaked in collaboration and remote work as economies reopen.
How Apple's AirPods Pro are saving a marriage
Chris Matyszczyk tells Karen Roby that working from home creates all sorts of new issues. Especially if there's more than one person doing the working. Read more: https://zd.net/2UHPbGC
COVID-19 raises odds of tech market decline to 50%
Based on recent events, Forrester Research is revising its tech market forecast for 2020 downward.
I went to Starbucks, saw the post-Coronavirus future, and really didn't like it
Will technology soon be the only means by which we contact restaurants? Read more: https://zd.net/2QzhPqP
Management tips in coronavirus times
ZDNet has operated under a remote work model for nearly two decades. Here are a few best practices we've learned since you're highly likely to be getting a crash course in remote work management.
How tech is making us more like machines rather than human
Tonya Hall talks to Brett Frischmann, Charles Widger Endowed university professor at Villanova University, about the idea that automated tech is slowly transforming humans into machines.
Video conferencing: The top five services compared
ZDNet's Beth Mauder breaks down the top five video conferencing services you and your company should be using to better accommodate remote employees and customers. These include Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Intermedia AnyMeeting, GoToMeeting, and Microsoft and Google's built-in systems. Here's how they compare and differ. For more, check out: https://zd.net/3cwDaut
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