There’s an undeniable edge to bringing your own device (BYOD) to work. It makes everything more productive and less complicated, this is what company’s employees think. How about IT departments? When using VoipNow Mobile, they are all happy. And to make them even happier, a couple of days ago we released VoipNow Mobile 2.0 that comes with video support, crystal clear HD voice even in difficult network conditions, and enhanced privacy for both voice and video calls.
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Drones are uber cool! You can see them anywhere from concerts to rescue missions. But according to BT’s Head of Customer Innovation, Matthew Key, we’ve only just scratched the surface of what drones can do.
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It is often said that we lose our innocence when we grow up. While undoubtedly true, this isn’t the only trait we shake off as we venture into adulthood.
Children are innocent not just through their small stature or their inability to judge certain actions, but also through their sincerity. Show a child an ugly painting and he or she will not hesitate to call it just that. In this respect, the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata trusted the young demographic as a good indicator of the company’s direction.
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nomad
/ˈnəʊmad/
noun
a member of a people that travels from place to place to find fresh pasture for its animals and has no permanent home.
Many things can push you to leave your nest, regardless of time and place. Thousands of years ago people did it out of necessity – to feed their livestock, shy away from cold winters, sell merchandise, hunt, colonize new lands, etc. Today, despite living in cozy apartments surrounded by technology and automation, people still do it.
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The number of smartphone subscriptions will surpass those of basic phones as early as next year, according to the Ericsson Mobility Report, released last month. That number is expected to more than double by 2020, from 2.6 billion to 6.1 billion. Many parties stand to win from this growth, but one particular faction will be swimming in cash – the video streaming market.
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Is the product that you’re about to deploy user friendly, interoperable, scalable? Is your company waiting for others to take the plunge to consider new technology safe or viable? Does the product require radical infrastructure modifications to be deployed? These are just some of the questions that need to be asked when scouring the market for Unified Communications & Collaboration solutions.
What is Unified Communications anyway? Ask ten different people and you’re likely to get ten different answers. The reality is that UC has been waiting on the launch pad for well over a decade, and yet only a handful of industries have managed to wrap their heads around it. How did they do it? Simple. By asking these questions before buying.
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No one likes to be pressured into making a decision. But if there’s still time to resolve whether or not to do something, it’s best to use it until the very last second. There’s nothing like taking a chance that isn’t worth taking.
Weighing the risks against the rewards is a crucial aspect in decision making. The famous Stanley Kubrick lived by this rule:
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As the oil underneath the Earth’s crust continues to run dry, the transportation industry is forced to devise ever-smarter ways to propel their passengers from point A to point B. Speaking of the letter B, Boeing is not wasting any time.
Among the many applications that aim to reinvent the jet engine, Boeing’s latest attempt is nothing short of ambitious. Not only is their ‘Laser-Powered Propulsion System‘ clean and efficient, it also promises to make new inroads into space travel.
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These days, forgetting your phone at home feels like you’re walking around with your hands tied behind your back. Smartphones have become such an instrumental part of our lives that the very thought of losing or damaging it is terrifying. Perhaps then, it is not surprising that we’re putting considerable effort into preventing these things from happening (i.e. proximity sensors, Find My iPhone, protective bumpers, etc.). However, we may be on the cusp of solving at least one of the problems, all thanks to chemistry.
We’ve long heard of self-repairing backs for smartphones. But a self-repairing cracked screens? If it sounds like a speculative headline on our part, I can assure you it’s not.
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You won’t believe how many types of meetings exist. You have staff meetings, ad-hoc meetings, board meetings, manager meetings, one-on-one meetings, team-meetings, standing meetings, and the list goes on. Worst of all, meetings are generally perceived as time-wasting. According to business coach Dale Dauten, companies worldwide cumulatively spend a mind-boggling 300K hours per year, purely on congregations.
Most businesses today still use traditional meetings to convene on how to sell a product, proceed with a given project, or adjust their operations. Asking people to step away from their desk to gather in a conference room may have been a sound idea ten years ago, but today this is no longer the case. If there’s two things that never miss from a meeting, it’s communication and data. You can have both in your browser, thanks to Hubgets.