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Hang on, you can @ people in Gmail?

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


A significant chunk of my workday is spent in Gmail. It’s probably the single product I use the most, and with a product that big, it’s easy for features to pass under your nose. That’s exactly the case with this: it turns out you can “@” people in Gmail, just like Twitter and Instagram. Here’s how it works: when you’re writing an email and you want to mention someone, just type “@” and the first few characters of their name. Gmail’s autocomplete does the rest, and you just have to click the name of the person you wish to include.…

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Hang on, you can @ people in Gmail?

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


A significant chunk of my workday is spent in Gmail. It’s probably the single product I use the most, and with a product that big, it’s easy for features to pass under your nose. That’s exactly the case with this: it turns out you can “@” people in Gmail, just like Twitter and Instagram. Here’s how it works: when you’re writing an email and you want to mention someone, just type “@” and the first few characters of their name. Gmail’s autocomplete does the rest, and you just have to click the name of the person you wish to include.…

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IBM is using its AI to predict how employees will perform

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 3:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


IBM may have the most forward-thinking employee performance review system around. Rather than simply judge employees on what they’ve already done, the company uses its Watson AI to predict what they’re going to do in the future. How it works: Predicting the future is right inside of Watson’s wheelhouse. In this case it isn’t determining whether you’re going to win the lottery and quit, it’s using company data to make logical projections about individual performance. Why it’s cool: IBM has 380,000 employees worldwide. That’s a lot of performance reviews for human managers to handle, and a massive time investment if…

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IBM is using its AI to predict how employees will perform

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 3:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


IBM may have the most forward-thinking employee performance review system around. Rather than simply judge employees on what they’ve already done, the company uses its Watson AI to predict what they’re going to do in the future. How it works: Predicting the future is right inside of Watson’s wheelhouse. In this case it isn’t determining whether you’re going to win the lottery and quit, it’s using company data to make logical projections about individual performance. Why it’s cool: IBM has 380,000 employees worldwide. That’s a lot of performance reviews for human managers to handle, and a massive time investment if…

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The EU sucks for women tech founders

Jul10
by on July 10, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Research done by TNW’s Index team shows the EU ranks worse than Silicon Valley when it comes to tech startups founded by women – a paltry 15 percent of companies founded since 2017 in the EU were (co-)founded by women. By analyzing data collected from news sites and other public resources, the Index team determined that of 726 tech startups founded since 2017, only about 100 were co-founded by women. This is a shockingly low number, but unsurprising. A survey conducted by Atomico for their yearly State of European Tech Report 2017 showed that perception of gender diversity among European…

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