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Real Messenger: The birth of an industry-centric social network?

28-07-2022 18:50

After meeting with Real Messenger execs this week, I’ve decided the company has come up with something with implications well beyond the real estate market it’s currently focused on: a social network that’s actually useful for business. The big problem with current social networks is that they try to be everything to everyone and, instead, fail to really focus on anyone for anything. Facebook, for instance, does have groups. But they are moderated by users, aren’t target

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It's Official. Executive Producer @IssaRae is in Her Mogul Era. Shawna and Mia Form a ... - Latest Tweet by - LatestLY

28-07-2022 18:26 via latestly.com

It's Official. Executive Producer @IssaRae is in Her Mogul Era. Shawna and Mia Form a ... - Latest Tweet by LatestLY

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How remote work will improve lives — and destroy cities

28-07-2022 13:30

Remember when tech workers were ruining San Francisco by their very presence?The crisis peaked between 2014-2017 when the booming tech industry was blamed for driving up the cost of real estate. Tech companies drove high demand for office space and also rental housing.Now they're being blamed for ruining San Francisco — by their absence.San Francisco Mayor London Breed said recently that tech workers have either left town or are working remotely and won't be coming back into their San Fra

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70% of UK office workers see hybrid work as a way to ease cost of living

28-07-2022 13:02

New research from enterprise communication company Slack has found that two thirds of UK office workers would consider changing jobs if their employer didn’t provide a hybrid or remote working option, as the cost of living crisis bites households.With inflation at 9.4% and average household disposable income dropping by 18% as of June 2022, 53% of the 1,003 UK office workers surveyed by Slack said they want to see their employers implement a digital-first approach to work, as 70% believe

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The story behind Google’s in-house desktop Linux

28-07-2022 12:00

If you look around Google's Mountain View, CA offices, you'll see Windows machines, Chromebooks, Macs — and gLinux desktops. G what, you ask? Well, in addition to relying on Linux for its servers, Google has its very own Linux desktop distribution.You can't get it — darn it! — but for more than a decade, Google has been baking and eating its own homemade Linux desktop distribution. The first version was Goobuntu. (As you'd guess from the name, it was based on Ubuntu.)To

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