This week technology once again helped and hurt the workplace. Companies are using cloud computing to save thousands of dollars, but employees still waste countless hours on email and the web. Meanwhile, new technology is making headlines this week, from Google goggles to an app that locates your iPhone for you. Plus, rumors are circulating about Microsoft Office on the iPad. Even if it's not true, a new app will give you access to a Windows 7 desktop from your iPad.
Technology and the Workplace
Should You Send That Email? (FastCo)
Your Facebook Profile Can Predict Your Job ...
I was researching cupcake places for an upcoming trip to New Mexico (I have a thing for cupcakes) when I came across the following advertisement for an unpaid internship on a cupcake shops website:
We're looking for interns! While these positions are unpaid, there is potential to lead to paid employment with [XYZ Bakery]. An internship with us is a great opportunity to learn all aspects of working in a scratch bakery, you'll have the opportunity to learn about cake batters, fillings, buttercream, fondant, gum paste, cake decorating and tiered cake construction.
No, I wasn't thinking of ...
Love is in the air this week as Valentine's Day approaches, and technology is in the news as it continues to impact and influence the development of the law. A Senate committee approved a bill this week that would allow television access to Supreme Court proceedings. A Texas court upheld the use of a defendant's MySpace page as evidence in his murder conviction. The country of Brazil filed suit against Twitter to try to block accounts that warn drivers of speed traps and roadblocks. And just as the law has collided with technology, Cupid's arrow has struck mobile devices everywhere ...
Minnesota courts have held that employers can protect themselves from contractual liability by including ...
If you're a non-union employer, you may be caught off guard by the administrative burden, not ...
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