It’s that time of year again, when publications like the New York Times overflow with profiles of actors up for Oscar contention. But while the Times’s coverage features an innovative use of video, MTV’s got the edge in capturing who an actor really is. Read More »
Archive for December 2010
Forget the commute. There’s no need to rush to the conference room. Have your meetings online, for free, at join.me. How will you use it? Here are a few time-saving — dare we say, life-saving — ideas. Read More »
The folks at Google must never rest, as the update just released for Gmail for Android demonstrates. The new Gmail is available for Android 2.2 and above and adds some nice features, including support for Priority Inbox and improvements in composing new mail. Read More »
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff said embracing social media and collaboration can obliterate hierarchies and transform companies. And he should know. It’s already happening inside Salesforce with his enterprise social networking product Chatter. Benioff spoke at the GigaOM Net:Work conference about the company’s shift to social. Read More »
Enabling a mobile rank-and-file team can bring additional productivity, but true collaboration in a distributed enterprise starts at the top and filters through back office services too. Accenture implemented a multi-wave approach that included not simple reductions in cost, but enabling staff to be collaborative. Read More »
The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will look to expand its power to stop retransmission disputes from leading to blackouts. But don’t expect blackouts to end anytime soon, since it will take at least 18 months for the rules to be in place. Read More »
Collaboration tools are reshaping organizations, John Hagel III and John Seely Brown of Deloitte Center for the Edge told attendees at GigaOM’s Net:Work conference in San Francisco. The edges of an enterprise — as opposed to its core — now have access to the power tools. Read More »
This holiday season, the Unites States Postal Service recommends getting First Class Mail out by Monday, Dec. 20 to ensure delivery by the 25th. The following two tips will help you get address labels printed up and ready to mail using your Mac. Read More »
Amazon Web Services jumped on the mobile-application development bandwagon today with software development kits for both the Google Android and Apple iOS operating systems. The move underscores the need for cloud providers – even the mighty AWS – to target the increasingly important mobile-developer market. Read More »
Cisco’s CIO explained today that the rapid adoption of collaboration technology represents an opportunity that is, “[T]he biggest transformation since e-commerce in the mid 90s, related to how a set of technologies can change the way you work and change your business model.” Read More »
There goes that saying about 15 minutes of fame: YouTube announced today that it is doing away with limiting video uploads to 15 minutes. However, you’ll only be able to upload longer videos if you behave well and don’t violate any of the site’s rules. Read More »
CNN founder, and “Mouth of the South,” Ted Turner said this weekend at the World Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico, that his jointly owned, 30-MW solar farm in New Mexico is being turned on “right now.” Read More »
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