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The 3 biggest design trends at CES 2020
Every January, the annual Consumer Electronics Show snaps the tech press out of its holiday stupor to fly to Las Vegas and walk through aisle after aisle of new televisions, robots, and plain old weird gadgets that are all billed as the next big thing.
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16 incredibly useful things you didn’t know YouTube could do
Let’s be honest: YouTube and productivity don’t exactly go hand in hand. But just because a site is a famously good way to procrastinate doesn’t mean you have to waste your time while using it.
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How to answer 5 common trick questions designed to trip you up in an interview
Common interview questions such as “Tell me about yourself” may not make you panic as much as a bizarre question like “How do you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?” But they can still wreak havoc on your responses if you aren’t prepared.
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These are the 5 things you should be doing while building your career
Career-building in today’s world can be overwhelming. Once upon a time, all you needed was a job offer from an established company and you’d basically be set up for life.
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5 Google Maps tricks to make your travels more efficient, fast, and fun
For many of us, Google Maps is an indispensable tool—but not one whose advanced features we spend that much time exploring. While it’s a solid choice for simply getting from point A to point B without much fuss, here are some helpful features and functionality that let you do a lot more than simply arrive…
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The 50 best workplaces for innovators
It’s not about the perks. For Fast Company‘s inaugural Best Workplaces for Innovators list, we set out to find companies that empower all employees—not just top executives, scientists, or coders—to create new products, improve operations, and take risks. We searched for businesses where innovation isn’t just a buzzword but a part of the value system and…
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Here’s the trick to remembering more passwords
Making a secure password is easy. For example: $uByX4d8@jMn3u7*!hN1. See? That only took a few seconds to type! Now, uh … how is anyone supposed to remember something like that?
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The Pomodoro Technique Is the Productivity Hack Designed to Halt Procrastination
Ever heard the word «pomodoro» before? Yes, it’s the Italian word for «tomato,» and it’s also a style of pasta sauce. If you’re a big fan of life hacks, however, then you already know that the Pomodoro Technique is a time-management method that many swear by to prevent procrastination and maximize productivity.
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These 10 Books Predicted (or Created) the Future
Science fiction has a reputation as one of the less-serious forms of literature. But then again, it’s also the only genre that makes accurate predictions about the future on a regular basis.
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These Navy SEAL tricks will help you perform better under pressure
When’s the last time you paid attention to your breath? Most of us take it for granted and don’t stop to think how deeply we inhale or exhale. But most of us also survive on shallow breaths that have us living on edge constantly.
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Five ways to find out if someone is smarter than you (and why you need to know)
According to a well-known story, Amos Tversky, the Israeli Nobel Prize winner who pioneered the scientific study of behavioral economics, was so freakishly smart that he inspired his academic colleagues to create an intelligence test based on him. What was the test? Simple: the sooner you realize that Tversky is smarter than you, the smarter you…
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Bill Gates says to read these 5 books to change your perspective on a world in crisis
If you are Bill Gates, who spends his time immersed in global issues like poverty, infant and maternal health, and infectious diseases, your idea of a summer beach read is far from the norm of a frothy romantic comedy or thrilling-but-forgettable crime novel.
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12 books that CEOs think you should read in 2019
If you’re a founder or aspiring entrepreneur, perhaps you’re looking to round out your reading list for 2019 with a few inspiring business reads. We asked entrepreneurs to offer their book recommendations for the new year, including both recent releases and older favorites. A number of CEOs lauded the first book on this list–one you…
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16 apps and tools that help CEOs stay productive and successful
As you set your goals for 2019, you may be looking for new strategies to boost your productivity. Perhaps you want to find a way to better manage your email or organize your to-dos on a day-to-day basis. We asked a number of CEOs which apps and tools help them–and their teams–stay on task and…
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The 25 best new apps of 2018
Just when you thought there weren’t any more apps worth downloading, along comes 2018 with plenty of fresh ideas. Some of these apps first appeared this year, while others are significant upgrades. Either way, they’ll all help you make better use of your phone, tablet, or computer.
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6 Apps to help you refocus after your summer vacation
Of all the seasonal shifts, the one from summer to fall might be the most difficult for our concentration. After months of laid-back, half-day Fridays, vacations, and a general slowdown in the office, once autumn arrives, it’s back to business. This can be a stressful transition for many professionals who must now switch from low…
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How to answer these 10 tricky questions tactfully in a job interview
We’ve all been there—pleased that an interview was going really well until the interviewer threw out a real doozy of a question that you just don’t know how to answer. But you don’t have to panic. We asked career coach Hallie Crawford to give us advice on how to answer the most difficult questions you’ve ever been…
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Moneyball for business: How AI is changing talent management
The online games were easy–until I got to challenge number six. I was applying for a job at Unilever, the consumer-goods behemoth behind Axe Body Spray and Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise.
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How to capture the customer journey using online research
Most marketing and innovation teams today care deeply about capturing the customer journey – whether they think in terms of competitive analysis, customer experience, path to purchase or product testing.
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3 macro trends that are transforming email marketing
Email marketing is going on 20 years as a viable direct marketing channel. Although it has proved itself to be a recession-proof channel, how we do email hasn’t changed dramatically over those 20 years. Change is coming, though. Are you ready to change with it?
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The 3 reasons why “Marketing to Millennials” will kill your business
As more and more businesses have been trying to adjust to the fast customer behaviour changes in the past half decade, when asked “Who is your target market”, the answer from companies trying to target a younger audience seems to be more and more “Millennials”.
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Six thinking hats for marketers
Four decades ago, renowned business consultant Edward de Bono came up with a concept called “six thinking hats” to help people make decisions. In the 1970s, before good ideas were a dime a dozen, there was time to learn and implement such concepts in a business and watch that labour yield fruits.
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7 design lessons from Silicon Valley’s most important failure
The head of AI at Apple. The founder of Nest. The head of Google’s speech recognition. The CTO of Twitter. The CTO and cofounder of LinkedIn. The VP of technology at Apple. They all have one thing in common: In the early 1990s, they worked at a small Silicon Valley startup you’ve never heard of.
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The 3 types of work friends you need early in your career
Confession: I clung firmly to an “I can do things all by myself” mentality when I first started my career. I thought that if I just went to work every day, kept my head down, and did my job well, I’d successfully rise through the ranks in no time.
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These 7 Common Speaking Habits Undercut Your Credibility
Every speaker needs to be credible. If your audience spends the duration of your talk mulling over whether or not to take you seriously, you can kiss goodbye to any chance of your message resonating. Sometimes your credibility has as much to do with your behavior as it does with the message itself. Here are…
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The best LinkedIn profile you have ever seen… 6 valuable tips to improve your profile immediately
The best LinkedIn profile you have ever seen… What should it look like?
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The 25 Best New Apps of 2017
From all-new upstarts to dramatically improved old favorites, these apps for phones, tablets, PCs, and the web offer something for everyone.
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The best LinkedIn profile you have ever seen…
I’m not talking about the obvious parts like a professional profile picture, a supporting background photo, a catchy headline. Is there a part in your profile where you really make a difference?
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The impetus of e-Commerce: new opportunities and challenges for B2B
The annual spread of e-Commerce worldwide shows that shopping habits are set to continue on the online path. Benchmark studies, like the one drafted by consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, confirm this growth. Global sales through e-Commerce are forecast to reach 9.8 billion dollars in the year 2020. This means an increase of 30% compared to…
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How To Respond To Negative Reviews On Facebook, Yelp, And Google
Every small business, startup, and consultant eventually gets hit with a bad review on a prominent platform. Here’s what you need to know to survive it.
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Industrial production up by 1.4% in euro area
In August 2017 compared with July 2017, seasonally adjusted industrial production rose by 1.4% in the euro area (EA19) and by 1.7% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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Facebook thinks the answer to its fake news problems is Wikipedia
Your teacher might not trust Wikipedia’s crowdsourced encyclopedia, but it looks like Facebook does. The social media giant thinks the solution to its fake news problem maybe in Wikipedia’s digital pages.
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How To Use Facebook, Twitter, And YouTube To Change Your Career
It’s all about using social media to establish your credibility in a new field. And no, that doesn’t mean becoming an “influencer.”
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6 Ex-Googlers Share How They Landed The Job
Look at virtually any “best places to work” list, and you’ll likely find Google at or near the top. A 2016 report based on LinkedIn data found Google was the best at attracting and retaining its 60,000 employees, with benefits like free food, massages, and after-death benefits.
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10 Brilliant Tips for Dealing With a Difficult Boss
In an ideal world, we would all have fantastic managers—bosses who helped us succeed, who made us feel valued, and who were just all-around great people.
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How You Really Sound in Job Interviews
Watch this intensely squirmy video to discover why you aren’t getting hired—and what you can do about it.
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Why A Bad Interview Doesn’t Always Mean You Won’t Get The Job
Just wrapped up a job interview that couldn’t have gone worse? Don’t freak out yet.
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The AR/VR market will surge 100% over each of the next four years: IDC
Research house IDC says in a new report that worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) market will increase by 100% or more over each of the next four years.
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Several regions of Spain, France and Italy top tourism destinations in the EU
In the European Union (EU), tourism is above all an internal affair. Nearly 90% of tourism nights in the EU are spent by EU residents, meaning that tourists from outside the EU account for only around 10% of the total. And when travelling, EU residents spent almost 85% of their tourism nights within the EU,…
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Business investment rate down to 22.2% in the euro area
In the first quarter of 2017, the business investment rate was 22.2% in the euro area, compared with 23.6% in the previous quarter.