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What does the future of work look like?

Aug02
by on August 2, 2015 at 6:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Freshdesk, Google for Work, Insider, Rise Conference 2015

Freshdesk CEO Girish Mathrubootham and Google for Work president Amit Singh
As robotics, automation and AI steadily improve, I’ve been thinking a lot about what will keep the human workforce busy in the years to come. How much longer will we need to park ourselves at our desks for hours on end, in order to pay our bills? At the Rise conference in Hong Kong yesterday, customer support service Freshdesk’s CEO Girish Mathrubootham and Google for Work president Amit Singh shared their thoughts on the future of productivity. Singh believes that desktop apps are on their way out. “Sure, some people work on their desktops, but they’re increasingly getting more done on mobile devices.…

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What does the future of work look like?

Aug02
by on August 2, 2015 at 6:10 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Freshdesk, Google for Work, Insider, Rise Conference 2015

Freshdesk CEO Girish Mathrubootham and Google for Work president Amit Singh
As robotics, automation and AI steadily improve, I’ve been thinking a lot about what will keep the human workforce busy in the years to come. How much longer will we need to park ourselves at our desks for hours on end, in order to pay our bills? At the Rise conference in Hong Kong yesterday, customer support service Freshdesk’s CEO Girish Mathrubootham and Google for Work president Amit Singh shared their thoughts on the future of productivity. Singh believes that desktop apps are on their way out. “Sure, some people work on their desktops, but they’re increasingly getting more done on mobile devices.…

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Frontback lives! The dual-camera selfie app won’t be closing but the founders are leaving

Aug01
by on August 1, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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Last week, Frontback, an app that lets you take a photo with your forward and rear-facing cameras simultaneously, announced that it would be closing on August 15. This, however, is no longer the case according to a recent post from the company: “We just signed an agreement with a partner who believes as much as we do that there’s something incredible with Frontback. This partner is fully committed to make Frontback an even better place to share your moments, we were impressed by how much they understand the platform and we will help the new team to make the transition…

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Frontback lives! The dual-camera selfie app won’t be closing but the founders are leaving

Aug01
by on August 1, 2015 at 11:31 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

frontbackandroid
Last week, Frontback, an app that lets you take a photo with your forward and rear-facing cameras simultaneously, announced that it would be closing on August 15. This, however, is no longer the case according to a recent post from the company: “We just signed an agreement with a partner who believes as much as we do that there’s something incredible with Frontback. This partner is fully committed to make Frontback an even better place to share your moments, we were impressed by how much they understand the platform and we will help the new team to make the transition…

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How to use the IKEA effect in your business

Aug01
by on August 1, 2015 at 6:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, ikea, Insider, sales

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I lugged around a three-shelf bookcase from IKEA through multiple years of moves, through three different states. Despite the fact that these bookcases often go for as little as $10 or for free on Craigslist, I could never bring myself to sell mine for that low a price. I knew this affection for a particle-board, wonky bookcase didn’t make any rational sense. Then I learned about the IKEA effect, where you assign more value to products that you’ve had a hand in creating. If you’ve ever had the pain and pleasure of putting together IKEA furniture, you also know that…

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