Remote Team: What Apple’s Freeform collaboration app brings on board
Freeform is an upcoming collaboration tool for Mac, iPad, and iPhone that Apple says will give remote teams a limitless virtual whiteboard within which to work. Apple’s Freeform collaboration tool, due out “later this year,” is designed to give remote teams a limitless virtual whiteboard within which they can work together. We don’t know much about it beyond what was announced at WWDC 2022, but we do know not to expect it to appear in the first iterations of the Mac,…
Employers now prefer tech skills to college degrees
A new study shows employers are ending college degree requirements for many job openings, focusing instead on skills, experience, and personality traits. The sea change opens up tech jobs to a more diverse pool of candidates At Google, a four-year degree is not required for almost any role at the company — and a computer science degree isn’t required for most software engineering or product manager positions. “Our focus is on demonstrated skills and experience, and this can come through degrees…
Digital Employee Experience: A key worker retention tool
DEX software can help companies improve the technology their workers use every day, which in turn helps with employee retention. As organizations navigate the changes that have come to characterize the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic — including record-breaking numbers of employees leaving their jobs in the Great Resignation — many realize that they are more vulnerable than ever to facing a depleted workforce. To address this challenge, a growing number of enterprises are deploying digital employee experience (DEX) tools and services…
PixieBrix: A handy tool that lets you adapt your website for your team
This Chrome extension will boost productivity by making your team’s favorite web apps even more well-suited to their needs. Ready to have your mind blown This wacky ol’ World Wide Web of ours has plenty of good things going for it, but customization isn’t exactly its core strength. For the most part, the web is what it is — a take-it-or-leave-it sort of affair. And especially when your business leans on lots of browser-based tools and services, as so many…
Remote work spurs a national wage leveling in tech
As more workers choose to work remotely, organizations face a dilemma: do they pay remote workers the same as those living in high-cost metropolitan regions? For some companies, that conundrum is already a reality. As more employees work remotely in the aftermath the global COVID-19 pandemic, salaries based on where in US they live are showing signs of leveling. For example, a recent study by fintech startup Carta found that salaries for tech startup employees in Seattle now match those of workers…
Why You Need To Stop Charging Your Android Phone To 100%
If you’re concerned about your phone’s battery life and making it last as long as possible, you certainly aren’t alone. A survey conducted by USA Today showed that battery life was the most common factor chosen by Android users when asked what’d get them excited about buying a new phone. There are plenty of ways the average Android smartphone user can improve their battery life in the short term, but today we’re focusing on one of the most important factors in…
How to cleanup Gmail by deleting emails in bulk
In Gmail, mostly social and promotional mails are just sitting there, all you need to do is clean up. To delete all emails on Gmail, click the “Select all” box, then “Select all conversations.” Use your search bar to pull up all read emails, unread emails, emails from specific senders for mass deletion or social / promotional etc. If you accidentally delete an email, you can recover it from the Trash folder within 30 days. Mass-deleting emails can be helpful for emails…
Gmail Now Works Without Internet; Here’s How to “Enable Offline Mail” Option!
Google’s Gmail is undoubtedly one of the most-used email services in the market and Google often improves it by adding new features and changes. Now, the Mountain View giant has added the ability to use Gmail offline, without an active internet connection. Check out how to enable offline mode in Gmail and how it works right here! How to Use Gmail Offline: Guide (2022) Email services like Gmail or any other service require an active internet connection to enable users…
