Information Technology
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DataCubes changes name to ConvrMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG- Insurance technology company DataCubes has unveiled a new name for the company - Convr. Convr stands for convergence, a concept that reflects the company's p...
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How the post COVID-19 workplace will be differentMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - Until recently, the offices of Fishman Public Relations featured open floor plans, with desks lined in rows and employees working elbow to elbow on laptops. The firm re...
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Video-chatting tips from Al Roker and other pros
May 16, 2020 6:20 am - The transition of our personal and professional lives to video chat came swiftly and without much of an instruction manual. Suddenly, Zoom, Skype, Facebook and Google Ha...
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The limits of smartphone data are on display as the country seeks to reopen
May 16, 2020 6:19 am - Federal and state officials are using smartphone location data to inform what amounts to a high-stakes public health experiment in reopening the economy while a lethal p...
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In the pandemic era, the new hiring manager is now a chatbot
May 16, 2020 6:18 am - Tara Lindstrom doesn't know when she'll be able to fully reopen the 56 restaurants she runs across California and Utah. But the minute coronavirus restrictions lift, she...
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Buzzing bracelets could become a workplace accessory in the coronavirus era
May 16, 2020 6:10 am - Are you standing or sitting too close to your co-worker? Soon a bracelet might vibrate to let you know. Companies are rolling out wearables that will buzz or light up wh...
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Facebook is quietly helping to set up a new pro-tech advocacy group to battle Washington
May 16, 2020 6:00 am - Facebook is working behind the scenes to help launch a new political advocacy group that would combat U.S. lawmakers and regulators trying to rein in the tech industry, ...
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Career planning, management webinars setMay 13, 2020 1:00 am - Mulligan & Associates, a career management consulting firm, is offering 12 free webinars on career planning and management plus job finding during the last two weeks in ...
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Best practices: Maintaining cybersecurity remotelyMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 has quickly changed the way large and small companies in the Chicago area and elsewhere carry out their business. One of the biggest adjustments companies have ...
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Uber approaches Grubhub with takeover offerMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - Uber has made an offer to acquire Chicago-based Grubhub in a move that would build out its food-delivery platform even as it shutters parts of its own service abroad, ac...