Daily Archives: December 7, 2015

Is Technology Ruining Your Experience At Work?

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This is part of a series of posts exploring the employee experience, that is, creating a place where employees actually want to show up, not where they need to show up. This series will explore what I define as the three employee experience environments that all organizations much focus on which are: physical, cultural, and technological. This is a growing area that I am extremely passionate about because it sees organizations shifting away from thinking of work as a utility to actually focusing on creating what Pat Wadors (the chief Human Resources Officer of Linkedin) calls “beautiful experiences.”

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Amazon Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition now up for pre-order

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Over a couple of months after launching the Fire HD 8, Amazon has introduced a Reader’s Edition of the tablet. Priced at $249.99, it comes with a year of Kindle Unlimited subscription as well as a limited edition, rustic brown leather cover.

Aimed at reading fans, the tablet also includes a Blue Shade feature that the company claims adjusts and optimizes the device’s display to reduce blue light exposure, allowing you to read comfortably at night.

“Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition simply delivers the best reading experience on any tablet,” said Charlie Tritschler, Vice President, Amazon Devices. “With an incredibly thin and light design and 8″ HD color display, this is the perfect tablet for reading—a year of Kindle Unlimited with access to over a million books, plus innovative new features like Blue Shade—now even more readers can curl up in bed with their favorite stories.”

The tablet is now available to pre-order on Amazon.

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HTC’s monthly revenue hits six-month high in November

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Struggling smartphone manufacturer HTC saw its monthly revenue jump to a six-month high in the month of November. The figure stood at NTD 10.29 billion ($314.32 million) last month, up 15% compared to October.

There’s no doubt that the Taiwanese company’s latest smartphone – the One A9 – played an important role in this, helping the company ramp up its sales. The device was launched in the US early last month, and also went on sale in the UK a few days later. Sales are expected to increase further this month due to holiday season and as well as the release of the handset in more markets.

However, despite this silver lining, HTC’s struggle is far from over – the company’s November revenues were still down 40% compared to last…

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Is this the Samsung Galaxy S7 Plus? If so, it’s huge.

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gsmarena_004We’ve previously heard that the Samsung Galaxy S7 would look almost indistinguishable to the Galaxy S6, and now a new case leak seemingly confirms it. A leaked set of renderings of the bodies of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Plus have just hit the internet, courtesy of a skin-maker named ITSkins. They’re based on

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Fossil’s Q Founder smartwatch now available for purchase from Google Store

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Just over a week after it was spotted listed there, Fossil’s Android Wear-powered Q Founder smartwatch is now available for purchase from Google Store. The wearable was unveiled late last month.

The watch comes in two models: Light stainless steel case with silver-finish steel bracelet and Light stainless steel case with leather band. Currently, however, only the steel variant is in stock at the Mountain View, California-based company’s online store, and can be purchased for $295.

It’s worth mentioning that select Fossil stores are already selling the device. It is also available on the watchmaker’s…

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Dropbox cerrará sus servicios de correo electrónico y fotos: Mailbox y Carousel

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Mailbox y Carousel son los servicios de fotos y correo electrónico de Dropobox. El primero de ellos fue adquirido por la compañía en el año 2013 y el segundo fue lanzado por Dropbox en 2014. Lo cierto es que estos dos servicios compiten ante aplicaciones de renombre como Gmail, Mail, Outlook o Google Fotos, por mencionar nada más algunos ejemplos.

Mailbox por su parte cerrará el 26 de febrero del año 2016 mientras que Carousel lo hará el 31 de marzo del mismo año afirmando que han aprendido que la gran mayoría de los usuarios prefieren la comodidad y la simplicidad de la interacción con sus fotos directamente dentro de Dropbox y por lo tanto han tomado la difícil decisión.

Por lo tanto, si eres un usuario de Carousel no debes preocuparte por perder las imágenes que tengas almacenadas en dicho servicio ya que podrás gestionar tus fotos tal y como lo hacías en Carousel desde la aplicación de Dropbox. Además, si usas Mailbox como cliente de correo electrónico puedes valerte de las guías y herramientas de exportación que Dropbox ofrece para mudarte a otro servicio.

Dropbox cierra Mailbox

Esta lastimosa noticia nos llega desde el blog oficial de Dropbox, donde lanzaron un comunicado oficial bajo el título “Diciendo adiós a Carousel y Mailbox“, desde donde recogemos las siguientes palabras:

Los equipos del Carousel y Mailbox han construido productos que son amados por muchas personas y su trabajo seguirá teniendo un impacto. Tomaremos las características clave de Carousel de nuevo al lugar donde viven sus fotos en la aplicación de Dropbox. También vamos a utilizar lo que hemos aprendido de Mailbox para construir nuevas formas de comunicarse y colaborar en Dropbox.

Para nuestros usuarios de Carousel y Mailbox, gracias por abrazar estos productos– y lo sentimos. No es fácil decir adiós a los productos que todos amamos. Pero en última instancia, creemos que este mayor enfoque nos ayudará a crear aún mejores experiencias en los meses y años venideros.

¿Eras usuario de Mailbox y/o Carousel? ¿Crees que Dropbox toma una buena decisión al cerrar dichas aplicaciones?

¿Y tú que piensas? Pásate por Dropbox cerrará sus servicios de correo electrónico y fotos: Mailbox y Carousel para dejar tu huella.

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Moto G Turbo Edition landing in India this week

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The Moto G Turbo Edition smartphone, which was first launched in Mexico last month, will be available in India later this week. This was revealed in a teaser (shown below) posted by Motorola India on its official Twitter account.

Power up and get ready for #TurboMode! 3 Days to go for Moto G Turbo edition. Coming soon! http://pic.twitter.com/iDZGnatsAZ— Motorola India (@MotorolaIndia) December 7, 2015

The teaser image was posted yesterday, and it says “3 days to go,” which means that the device would launch in India on Thursday this week – December 10.

Specs-wise, the handset is powered by a SD615 chipset with octa-core CPU, and sports a 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixel resolution) display. It comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable storage, and packs in a 2,470mAh battery that supports Motorola Turbo Power quick charging.

Other specs include 13MP rear and 5MP front camera, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, IP67 certification, and dual-SIM support. As for the price, there is currently no information on how much the smartphone will cost in India – it carries a $283 tag in…

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