by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, TECHNOLOGY
from the gonna-ask-you-to-come-in-on-saaaaaturday dept. AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reported and tweeted that Marissa Mayer (CEO since July 2012) has just sent an all-hands email ending Yahoo’s policy of allowing remote employees. Hundreds of workers have...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS
The NY Times reports that a college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement for getting even the lowest-level job. Many jobs that didn’t require a diploma years ago — positions like dental hygienists, cargo agents,...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, Technical Support
Microsoft goes toe-to-toe with unified communications titans Cisco, Avaya It seems Microsoft’s unified communications system Lync is becoming so popular among businesses that it is the No.1 threat to the top vendors Cisco and Avaya. Cisco this week launched an...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog Entry
When PopClip was first released for the Mac, it was an interesting, but mostly cosmetic facelift to how copy and paste works. However, a recent update added support for extensions, and even if you’re a keyboard ninja the feature is a great addition to your...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 24, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, Technicals
Microsoft has been in business, in one form or another, for 37 years. In the tech world, that’s an eternity. Which isn’t to say Microsoft has remained static over that time. Regulatory pressures, strategic shifts in software and hardware, the rise of new...
