Payday loan regulations
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new, complex regulations on short-term, high interest payday loans. The lenders, often the…
Month: August 2016
TV energy gobbler
Noah Horowitz, senior scientist at Center for Energy Efficiency Standards, says that Ultra-high-def 4K TVs need bright backlighting. The TVs use 30…
Virtual Assistant software aims to make work smoother
Smartphone helpers like Siri and Cortana have already streamlined travel, appointments, news, and other information. Now a new line of virtual assistant…
Book Review: Don’t ignore that man behind the curtain
The guy behind the curtain is the wizard indeed, but he doesn’t seem to be a firebreathing monster. Charles Koch, the leader of one of America’s most…
Shoppers trade carts for phones
Online shoppers are leading a retail revolution, says United Parcel Service. UPS’s Pulse of the Online Shopper Survey found that, for the first time in…
Wearables become standard
Employers are increasingly advocating wearable fitness devices for employees, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The devices have been shown…
Survey shows ‘soft skills’ make a good employee
When a hiring manager evaluates a potential employee, they are looking for the right expertise, but also ‘soft skills,’ according to a Career Builder…
Companies go to the talent
Unemployment for unskilled workers is high but the market for engineers, coders, analysts is tight, so tight that finding them is, in itself, a skill….
Work Notes: Ride Sharing, more
Ride-sharing becomes easier Suppose there were five people who live within two blocks of you who were all going to work at the same time and roughly the…