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September 30, 2016
Five Ways To Revamp Your Pathetic Follow-Up Emails
"Following up" often creates more work because it just grabs someone's attention without giving them new information.
"Following up" often creates more work because it just grabs someone's attention without giving them new information.
Emails are usually about asking. Either someone is asking you for something—to do a task, consider an offer, or share a piece of information—or you are asking them.
From Reading Habits To The Power Of To-Do Lists: September's Top Leadership Stories
This month's top stories may get you to pick up a book, train for a marathon, and give yourself a break about those incomplete to-do lists.
This month's top stories may get you to pick up a book, train for a marathon, and give yourself a break about those incomplete to-do lists.
This month, we learned how even unfinished to-do lists may still have productivity perks, why one exec turns to extreme sports to stay grounded in the office, and what it might take to revamp the presidential debate format.
September 29, 2016
How IBM's Bluemix Garages Woo Enterprises And Startups To The Big Blue Cloud
The locations let IBM teach both startups and big companies how to harness its cloud services.
The locations let IBM teach both startups and big companies how to harness its cloud services.
At one time, a tech industry truism held that "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." The company was practically synonymous with computing in many industries, whether it was offering mainframes or early PCs. But when it comes to new technologies like cloud computing, younger programmers at startups today are less likely to instinctively reach for offerings from Big Blue, the company readily acknowledges.
Here's Why Your Cable Box Just Won Its Latest Bout With The FCC
Just 20 minutes before a vote to "unlock" set-top boxes, the head of the FCC backed down—at least for now.
Just 20 minutes before a vote to "unlock" set-top boxes, the head of the FCC backed down—at least for now.
It seemed like such a no-brainer: a government proposal that would have forced cable and satellite TV companies to make set-top boxes optional and give subscribers more choice. Who wouldn't support a plan that lets consumers save an estimated $231 a year on box rental fees?
Apple's New TV Ad Artfully Pushes New Messaging Features In iOS
The star of the video is a red balloon that travels a long distance to reach a birthday party.
The star of the video is a red balloon that travels a long distance to reach a birthday party.
Apple's new TV ad hopes to turn people on to the fancy new messaging features in iOS 10, which the company calls "expressive messaging."
AOL's Innovative Card-Based Email Service, Alto, Comes To iOS And Android
Alto's Dashboard makes it easy to access useful items from emails, like boarding passes and reservations.
Alto's Dashboard makes it easy to access useful items from emails, like boarding passes and reservations.
Three years ago, AOL released a Pinterest-like platform for desktop email called Alto, which Co.Design hailed as "email's next UI paradigm." Alto has kept a low profile since then, as its developers refined the desktop product with a small group of early users.
Tech Giants Team Up To Devise An Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence
Amazon, Facebook, Google DeepMind, IBM, and Microsoft announced the Partnership on AI, which will research ways to use the tech responsibly.
Amazon, Facebook, Google DeepMind, IBM, and Microsoft announced the Partnership on AI, which will research ways to use the tech responsibly.
The Terminator isn't arriving anytime soon, but concern is growing that artificial intelligence is already so pervasive in society—and getting more so all the time—that there needs to be more focus on how it's being used and potentially misused (even if by accident). Aside from futuristic killer robots, there are already real dangers ranging from faulty autonomous cars to algorithms used in hiring or recruiting that have an inadvertent bias against women or ethnic groups. The giants of artificial intelligence, especially as it affects consumers and businesses, have just joined together to form a nonprofit called the Partnership on AI, with founding members Amazon, DeepMind/Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft.
Why This Diet App Is Using Computer Vision To Help You Lose Weight
With its new "Snap It" feature, the Lose It app automatically identifies the food you're eating.
With its new "Snap It" feature, the Lose It app automatically identifies the food you're eating.
One of America's most popular diet apps is trying something new—computer vision—in its quest to help you keep off the pounds. Lose It, a freemium weight loss app with over 3 million active monthly members, is rolling out "Snap It," a new beta feature this week that automatically identifies the foods that users eat. The idea is that, eventually, customers can photograph their meal instead of manually entering it. It's the latest innovation in a cutthroat marketplace, and one that even outflanks much larger rivals like Google.
EXCLUSIVE: The Women Behind The New Bustle On Reinventing "Women's Media"
Bustle, a three-year old website for millennial women, now has 50 million monthly readers. Here's why they completely redesigned it.
Bustle, a three-year old website for millennial women, now has 50 million monthly readers. Here's why they completely redesigned it.
At Bustle's Chelsea office in Manhattan, the two women at the heart of the website's overhaul—creative director Isla Murray and senior engineer Zahra Jabini—are sitting together in the design room. Around them, the walls are covered in inspiration boards filled with images from recent photo shoots for the online publication. Women wearing colorfully patterned dresses seem to float in a sea of bright pinks, teals, oranges, and yellows. Such scenes of warmth, optimism, and fun have been channeled into Bustle's brand-new look, which is being revealed today.
How Wells Fargo's Work Culture May Have Cleared The Way For Scandal
The bank allegedly set unrealistic expectations and rewarded bad behavior.
The bank allegedly set unrealistic expectations and rewarded bad behavior.
The operating ploy that led Wells Fargo employees to open up millions of unauthorized bank and credit card accounts to meet cross-selling targets was categorized by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren as "gutless" and a "scam."
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