Communications How Much Do Workplace Distractions Cost Businesses? [Infographic] E-mail notifications, phone calls, text messages, instant messages and activity stream alerts and other distractions are all part of the modern workplace. It's been long known that interruptions and multi-tasking reduce worker productivity - but by how much? According to research sponsored by Harmon.ie, a company that sells a solution for… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
web EFF Calls On Apple to Defend Developers Against Patent Trolls Earlier this month, patent-holding company Lodsys started going after small-time iOS developers, sending them "notice" letters which claim the developers are infringing on one of Lodsys' patents for in-app purchasing technology. In these notices, Lodsys demands that developers license the patent from them for 0.575% of the U.S. revenue… Mike Melanson View comments
International Great Firewall Founder Attacked Chinese technologist Fang Binxing is credited as the father of the Great Firewall of China, the ring of blocks and filters that keeps the Internet in that country under the political control of the ruling regime. Known as the "Golden Shield" in Chinese, is was begun as a way to seize economic opportunities for the country without sacrificing… Curt Hopkins View comments
Real World What is the Math Gender Stereotype Doing to Silicon Valley Innovation? I recently came across University of Wisconsin professor Janet Hyde's research into the gender differences in math performance, which I found fascinating especially since my wife's desire is for our two-year-old twin girls to become software engineers. I decided to contact Hyde and follow up with questions that I thought were relevant to the… Bernard Moon View comments
Facebook #unfollowedghonimbecause If the Egyptian revolution was inspired and organized on Facebook, maybe the post-revolution is destined to run its course on Twitter. Wael Ghonim, the former Google executive who launched We are all Khalid Said, the Facebook page that acted as a clearinghouse for the uprising, has fallen under opprobrium for recent comments and a lot of the… Social Curt Hopkins View comments