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July 8, 2016
Is A Brexit Do-Over Vote Likely?
Despite widespread coverage of Brexit discontent, the road to a revote will be difficult.
It may seem like the entire world is unhappy with the U.K.'s Brexit vote to leave the EU. But is a do-over possible?
5 Strategies Facebook Uses To Avoid Office Politics
Facebook's global head of engineering offers simple strategies to rout out toxic, self-serving behaviors.
Office politics. At best, they're something to be navigated to achieve your goals. At worst, they can make work a toxic hive that encourages back-stabbing and other bad behavior.
How To Stop Checking Email On Vacation
Most of us check work email every single day of vacation, and it's terrible for us. Here's how to break the habit.
The most requested amenity by leisure travelers at hotels is not a heated pool, free breakfast, or even a minibar. It's free Wi-Fi, according to Hotels.com, and it could be a symptom related to Americans' inability to unplug.
Three Questions To Ask Instead Of Saying "Nice Job"
We're much more specific in our criticism than in our praise. Time to correct the imbalance.
"Nice job." "Good work." No more than two syllables, they're just about the easiest possible ways to praise people. That's why we tend to keep hearing those phrases tossed around the office, despite endless advice and admonitions (themselves bordering on cliché) that there are right ways and wrong ways to give positive feedback and even that praise itself is addictive.
From Your Brain Outdoors To Buying Happiness: This Week's Top Leadership Stories
This week's top stories may encourage you to head outside, become a traveling entrepreneur, or just buy something that makes you happy.
This week we learned why the great outdoors are so good for us, how certain material purchases can make us happy, and a few techniques to avoid falling into the skills gap.
July 7, 2016
Could SmartNews Prove To Be The Media's Unlikely Sidekick?
The news app is raising more money and once again heading for the U.S.
In the wake of Facebook's decision to pull back from publishers and focus more on connecting friends and family, the media is looking for a distribution method it can count on. SmartNews, which just raised $38 million, is hoping to be that app.
What "Safety Check" Reveals About Facebook's Changing Role
Questions after the recent bombing in Baghdad underscore the tightrope Facebook walks as it transforms into a humanitarian crisis tool.
Last week, within hours of deadly terror attacks in Istanbul and Dhaka, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature, marking roughly three dozen times that the company has let people in the area of a disaster instantly tell their friends and relatives if they were safe.
On The Dark Web, Medical Records Are A Hot Commodity
In the hidden recesses of the Internet, millions of people's medical records are up for sale to criminals.
For John Kuhn, a routine visit to a hospital in Michigan turned into a $20,000 bill for surgery that he never actually received.
Twitter Is Hyped About Pokémon Go, Wants To Catch 'Em All
The new Pokémon Go game uses augmented reality to put Pikachu and Charizard in your living room—and has already launched a thousand tweets.
The debut of Pokémon Go, which officially launched yesterday, has inspired thousands of wannabe Poké trainers to document their quests to catch 'em all on social media.
The Food-Sharing Economy Is Delicious And Illegal--Will It Survive?
Politicians talk big about supporting innovation, but as home-cooking startup Josephine discovered, the system isn't designed that way.
Renee McGhee, a 59-year-old grandmother of nine, was at home recuperating from a bicycle accident when she opened her neighborhood newsletter and saw an advertisement for home-cooked meals. A few clicks later, she learned that the neighbor who posted it had joined Josephine, an online marketplace that helps home cooks coordinate small takeout-food businesses. McGhee's last job as the manager of a cake bakery had required heavy lifting. After breaking bones in both hands, she'd crossed anything like that job off of her list of potential employment options, but cooking for Josephine sounded like a way to pay her rent once the disability payments stopped—work she could do at home while she babysat her grandkids. She filled out the online interest form.
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