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Running a bit behind this Sunday, so let’s rip into the news…Starlink may be mobile soon…The latest stats on returning to work…Put a pod in your backyard….How to find great flex jobs…Take time to schedule what you send….When to turn off your phone…What it means to be working from phone…Video game spending is up….Why tech whistleblowers are stuck..Apple products repair ratings….How to improve your iPad Pro experience…Sorry, no James Bond debuts on Netflix….Roblox to address sexual content and becoming more audience appropriate…Lots of money in PIZZA…..Self driving delivery by Dominos rolls in Houston….those stories and more are all here today in your one and only world famous………… SUNDAY EDITION of THE COMUNICANO!!!
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Starlink Internet service could be "fully mobile" by the end of the year
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his company are working hard to put more satellites into orbit capable of providing Internet access to people worldwide. So far, SpaceX
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Employer Survey on working remotely, hiring, requiring vaccine, reconfiguring workplace
Employer Survey on working remotely, hiring, requiring vaccine, reconfiguring workplace.
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Garden pod provides answer to home working needs
An architectural firm in London has created a space that is intended to meet the needs of people who have to work from home during the pandemic.. See more videos about Videos, Remote Working, Working From Home, Home, Design, Architecture.
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Supplement Your Side Hustle With Vetted Flexible Jobs Through This Service
This elite job board can help anyone find flexible and remote work.
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Leaders Share 10 Ways To Manage A Remote Workforce
While most of us focus on the front-line employees, we should expand our focus to include supervisors and managers. They experience just as much, if not more, pressure than others. They are disconnected from their employees that they typically see face-to-face.
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How to Schedule Emails and Texts on Google Messages, iMessage, Gmail, and Outlook
Your messages don’t have to go out right away. Be strategic about when your recipient gets them.
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Steve Jobs Never Turned Off His iPhone Except For This One Reason. You Should Too
A new book reveals an important lesson about disconnecting.
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Working from Phone. Working from home has meant a lot more
Sometimes when I lie in bed on a weekday morning and am invited to a way too early meeting, I don’t bother to get up and move to my desk just yet. Instead, I reach for my phone, connect my…
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Video game spending is setting records, but can the industry meet increasing demand?
Last month, American consumers spent $5.6 billion on video game hardware, accessories, and assorted content, which marks an 18% increase over March 2020 and…
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Tech whistleblowers like Timnit Gebru can't just move on
Timnit Gebru, Ifeoma Ozoma, Aerica Shimizu Banks, Chelsey Glasson and Jack Poulson are all among recent whistleblowers holding tech giants like Facebook, Google and Pinterest accountable. Following employee outrage, Pinterest backed California’s NDA-busting bill, which is co-sponsored by Ifeoma Ozoma, who alleged discrimination against the company.
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The most (and least) repairable Apple products, ranked
Apple recently lifted the lid on the repairability of its products, to meet new legal requirements in France. Let’s break down how its phones and laptops score
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11 AirPods Pro tricks that help you maximize your wireless earbuds experience
Want to get more out of your AirPods Pro? Of course you do. Read this.
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Why a James Bond film will never premiere on Netflix
The economics of blockbusters like No Time to Die simply don’t work without cinemas. And the pandemic proved it
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The Lord of the Budget. On the rumored budget for Amazon’s
The headline number is literally the headline. And it’s massive. $465M. For one season. But two things: First, there’s likely a lot more baked into that number than just the budget. Maybe it includes…
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Roblox Struggles With Sexual Content. It Hopes a Ratings System Will Address the Problem.
The Roblox gaming platform, popular among cooped-up kids, is developing content ratings for games and improving parental controls after its successful public markets debut last month.
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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the "Eee PC"
There’s an Apple event next week, and it’s looking fairly likely that we’ll see updated iPads. Which is great, because it made me think about the Eee PC netbook, which was either one of the greatest short-lived success stories in tech history or a collective delusion shared by a handful of late 2000s tech bloggers.
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Pizza: an Opportunity for Restaurant Tech Innovation
Recently, a restaurant technology company called Slice announced a $40 million fundraise, suggesting there’s a huge opportunity when it comes to making software specifically geared towards the independent pizzeria. |
Self-Driving Delivery Speeds Up
My 10-year old son likes to outline for me the types of mischief he and his friends will get into once they start driving. Because he is 10, it usually amounts to driving over to the Jiffy Mart to load up on gummy worms.
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Aurora’s Autonomous Car Plan to Catch Up to Waymo: Trucks and Ubers
Backed by Uber and Amazon, Aurora Innovation has a plan to win the self-driving race.
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Europe's 2021 vintage shrunk by frost
Nature can be so cruel. Above, one of the tens of thousands of anti-frost pots that were lit last week (all images by Gavin Quinney of Ch Bauduc in Bordeaux). A version of this article is published by the Financial Times.
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Vinebox Has Brought Back Its Rosé Wine Collection to Kickstart the Season
You can bet that our glasses will be filled with rosé all season long, including ones from Vinebox. The brand’s The Rosé Collection includes six wines and has returned well before summer.
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