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14 May. 2:59 am

The Daily Muse Business, Ceo, Jobs, Promotion, Workplace Leave a comment

Caught in an Elevator With the CEO? 3 Conversation Starters

Elevator

It’s Thursday morning, you’re in the elevator, and the CEO skates between closing doors to join you for a 30-floor ride.

You consider commenting on the unseasonably balmy weather, but inquire about her watch instead. You then exchange a series of jokes and, in perfect unison, toss your heads back in laughter. At the 25th floor, she insists that you join her in the company lounge for a bite to eat—she’d like to get to know you betterYou take style points from Sandberg and lean in. Instant promotion

Real life: Silence. You exit the elevator with pit stains and wonder if she heard you swallow that burp. Read more…

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13 May. 9:13 pm

Seth Fiegerman Business, Startups, Twitter Leave a comment

Twitter Acquires Data Analysis Startup Lucky Sort

Twitter has acquired Lucky Sort, a startup that specializes in data visualization, the two companies announced Monday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Lucky Sort was founded two years ago and launched its first product called TopicWatch last February. TopicWatch let users analyze real-time trends on social media (including Twitter) as well as from other news sources. As part of the acquisition, Lucky Sort will shut down its services in the coming months.

“Our goal was to make huge document sets easier to analyze, summarize and visualize by building elegant and user friendly tools for text analysis,” Noah Pepper, CEO of Lucky Sort, wrote in a blog post. Today I’m very excited to announce that our journey has entered a new phase: Lucky Sort has been acquired by Twitter!” Twitter confirmed the acquisition in a tweet. Read more…

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07 May. 4:51 pm

Katie Gatto Business, Commercial and Industrial, Office and Business, Robots and Robotics Leave a comment

Can Robots Help Aussie Manufacturing?

A white paper put out by CSIRO is positing the idea that robots will be good for the workers in the manufacturing sector in Australia, but the real question is, can it actually happen that way? This piece looks at the state of the industry and ponders …

04 May. 2:02 am

E3’s Almost Upon Us: Get Ready For The Latest Videogame Tech!

It’s
that time again! Videogame enthusiasts from all over the world will be
tuning in to their favorite gaming websites and video portals from June
11th through the 13th for huge reveals of brand new videogames,
technology and other electronic entertainment related goodies. As
always, I can’t wait!

09 Apr. 7:17 pm

Steve Levenstein Business, Computers and Hardware, Electronics, Gadgets and Gizmos, International, NEW PRODUCTS, Phones and Mobile Devices Leave a comment

Smart Beam Projector Screens Video Content For All To See

The ultra-lightweight Smart Beam projector from Taro Matsumura of VIVA Japan is one part old-fashioned movie projector and one part Star Wars holographic display, designed for portability inside a stylish 4.5cm aluminum cube.

09 Apr. 11:17 am

Beth Graddon-Hodgson Business, Business Ideas Leave a comment

Revive Clinic: In The Business Of Hangovers

In a world where many members of society consume alcohol like it’s their
job – one business has started offering a service that makes them
accomplish it even more efficiently. Revive is a hangover-helper clinic
located in Chicago. It uses techniques…

07 Apr. 4:15 pm

The Daily Muse Business, Jobs Leave a comment

How to Manage a Micromanaging Boss

Bad-day

Every morning when I arrived at my office, I used to find a to-do list printed out and neatly laid on my keyboard, courtesy of my boss. But this wasn’t a typical bulleted list — it was a long (upwards of three pages), drawn-out document, where each bullet point was accompanied by paragraphs of elaboration, laying out to the very smallest of details exactly how I should accomplish the task.

And as I stared at this book (er, document), wondering if it would somehow look less menacing after my morning coffee, I couldn’t help but think, Wouldn’t it have taken her less time to just complete the things on the list? And the micromanaging didn’t stop there — she constantly asked for updates on my progress, added to and modified the list, and ultimately refused to let me do my job on my terms. Read more…

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07 Apr. 2:11 pm

Kes Thygesen Business, Job Search Series, Small Business, Startups, Talent Community Leave a comment

Why Your Company Should Create a Talent Community

Kes Thygesen is the co-founder and head of product at RolePoint, a complete social recruiting suite that provides unrivaled access and reach to quality job candidates. Connect with him and RolePoint on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Talent communities may be the next big thing in the world of hiring and HR, but too few companies are using them. If businesses want to access the best job candidates for their open positions and glean employee referrals, they’ve got to start using this technique.

Every good company thrives when its ideas are tied together by a great team with common values and a desirable workplace culture. Talent communities are perhaps the best way to pool existing talent and gain access to referrals and job seekers who would be a great company fit. Read more…

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07 Apr. 1:54 am

Anita Li Ads, Advertising, Business, Facebook, Tv Ad Leave a comment

Watch the Latest Ad for Facebook Home

Facebook has unveiled a new ad spot for Home, the social network’s user-interface skin for Android phones, just two days after its launch
Called “Airplane,” the ad is running as part of Facebook’s first-ever television campaign across U.S. network …

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