That’s the thinking at Kickstarter, which for the past six months has been trialling a four-day work week with no loss of pay for staff. “They’re happier and more refreshed after a three-day weekend to recharge. And we’re more effective as a company,” says Wolf Owczarek, director of operations at Kickstarter. This idea, that employees can achieve the same amount of work in less time, might seem counter-intuitive. But it’s could be the key to solving two huge challenges – fixing employees’ often-awful work-life balance and simultaneously solving the productivity puzzle that has troubled organizations for years....

According to a post by LG Germany on its Facebook page, the Korean company is planning on upgrading its current flagship — the LG G3 — to Android 5.0 Lollipop sometime in Q4 of 2014. The company’s announcement does not offer any other detail except for saying that the Lollipop update for the G2 will follow sometime later. If LG manages to stick to its word, it might just beat HTC, which has promised to roll-out the Lollipop update for the One within 90 days of the source code being released to the public by Google....

Do you know that you can eliminate those wireless devices and use your Android smartphone as a mouse and keyboard for your laptop/computer? Using an Android smartphone as a mouse has multiple benefits like you can control your desktop while lying in bed, you don’t need to worry about carrying a wireless mouse & keyboard during travel, etc. More importantly, if your computer mouse dies, your Android can be a good backup....

For anyone who uses an iPhone (sorry… Android person here), you’ll already be familiar with Low Power Mode. What this does is configure the device to preserve as much of the battery life as possible. This reduces energy consumption by automatically turning down screen brightness and lowering the CPU clock speed. Not only does this help to reduce battery consumption, but it also has the added effect of keeping your MacBook quieter because the fans will not run (thanks to the lower CPU clock speed)....

There are lots of characteristics that are getting attached to Facebook day by day and the marvelous thing that being freshly continued to Facebook is grey tick verification to the page. Firstly blue tick to a Facebook page was preceded that was for the comprehensive business proprietor those who were officially running any legitimate business and that help them to get the different pages. Presently if you want your small business to be an official one then you need a grey tick to your Facebook page and our complete guide will help you with this....

As with phishing emails and scam text messages, Messenger is often the preferred way for criminals to find new victims. Whether it is to steal money or personal details, the more victims they entrap, the more profits they make. It can be so lucrative that criminals reuse old scams in new ways. Read on for one such Messenger trick that is making the rounds again. Here’s the backstory About a year ago, millions of Facebook users received strange messages supposedly from online friends....

Depending upon who performs the penetration testing, who all in the company is viewing the test results and the level of brutality if the test penetration testing is classified into various categories: Target testing: Just like a doctor performs tests to confirm his diagnosis, these types of tests are carried out in specific areas, and the test and its results are open for viewing to all. External testing: This type of testing, as the name suggests, is carried out to check how far can an external attacker enter into the system from outside....

InfoSec Institute is trusted for delivering the highest quality infosec training, certification preparation courses and continuing education. Under this new educational partnership, all ISSA members benefit from an exclusive 20% discount on more than 95 InfoSec Institute courses, including boot camps for (ISC)2, CompTIA, ISACA, Microsoft, PMI and Cisco certification exams. ISSA members can learn more about the education discount program here. “ISSA prides itself on providing our community members education and knowledge sharing opportunities for all stages of their careers....

In Ookla’s annual global report, India ranks at the very top in improving broadband download speed among the most populous countries. With an average of 18.82 Mbps as of November 2017, the country has witnessed a substantial surge of roughly 76.9% leaving China and Unites States at second and third position respectively. If the population factor is not considered, India stands at the fifth spot below Peru and Ghana. Statistics for the growth of mobile data bandwidth present a similar story as well....

Windows 10 does allows you to uninstall programs from the Command Prompt, but what if the program you are trying to uninstall doesn’t have an uninstaller.exe file? This is where the uninstaller tool comes in; it can remove stubborn programs from your computer. Uninstaller programs find and remove the locks that prevent a program from uninstalling completely. Few uninstaller programs like IObit uninstaller can even remove programs and leftover files from your PC....

A similar type of offer has been spotted on Paytm recently. Well, it’s raining discounts everywhere and this time its iPhone 7 which got a huge price cut. Paytm has now listed the iPhone 7 handset at Rs 45,964 down Rs 14,040 from its original price. If you have the Paytm app on your smartphone then you can check it right now. Well, this offer can be accessed through Paytm website too....

HTC’s Desire 600 was leaked roughly 24 hours ago. And now, it’s official. You’re looking at a 4.5 inch 960 x 540 pixel display, quad core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor (ARM Cortex A5), 1 GB of RAM, 8 megapixel camera, dual-SIM capabilities, BoomSound (front facing speakers), and a 1,860 mAh battery. HTC doesn’t say which version of Android it runs, but my gut tells me it’s the same Android 4....

When these apps are detected by security researchers or mobile phone developers, they’re typically removed quickly from the respective stores. Tap or click here to see if your phone could be harboring some of these apps. But hackers don’t give up and often come up with new ways to get malicious software on as many devices as possible. Now one particularly problematic form of malware known as Joker is back, discovered hidden in an Android app downloaded over half a million times....

Sony Mobile Communications sustained a profit of $37 million (3.7 billion JPY) in Q2 2016, up from $4 Million in Q1. The company’s restructuring cost it over $500 Million in 2015, however, thanks to the downsizing of lineups and pivot to lesser models harvesting higher margins, things seems to be have patched up at least for now. Selling about 3.5 Million handsets in the most recent quarter, their sales in total, were down by 40 percent year-on-year as Sony axed the majority of budget offerings....

In Summary The Lenovo Legion 5i Pro is the latest gaming laptop by the company in its Legion Series, which now comes with 12th Gen Intel CPUs. It comes with an RTX 3070 Ti graphics card and also offers RTX 3060 as an option. The Legion 5i Pro carries the legacy design of Lenovo’s Legion series to keep thermals under control for extensive usage. It faces cut-throat competition from the likes of ASUS ROG and Flow Series, Acer Predator, and joins the race with other notable names in the segment....

I have previously envisioned a future for Apple and how it can become a superhero company, one that would change the world, fight hunger and boost scientific breakthrough, let’s hope there are chances for that to happen. Life Lessons From Steve Jobs Building such a mastodon as Apple hasn’t been easy and would have been impossible without a strict set of laws or, at least, business rules. Many of them are very powerful motivational advices that you could implement in life or in your business....

Whether LG phones are worth buying is debatable, but there’s one thing the company does that needs to be applauded: They make some of the best LCD panels on the planet. Last night the company announced their latest creation, a 5.5 inch panel with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, which gives it a pixel per inch rating of 538. Other impressive stats: It’s only 1.2 mm thick, it has 1....

Have you ever thought to turn your Android device into a fully functional computer by attaching your device to TV/Monitor and keyboard and mouse? I guess many will say no! Actually, you can do it with the help of Andromium OS which is currently available in the form of free public beta. Andromium OS is currently available in Limited-time free public beta. Andromium OS runs smoothly on Snapdragon 800 or better processor 2GB of RAM or 1080p external monitor....

With Microsoft ending support for Windows 7 officially, it’s really time for users to upgrade to the latest version now and enjoy the benefits at no additional cost. Given you have a licensed version of Windows operating system (Windows 7 or Windows 8) running on your machine, and it meets the minimum system requirements for Windows 10, you are ready to go ahead with the upgrade. However, do note that the process will wipe all your settings, data, and apps....

In Summary One of the easiest ways to get internet connectivity on the go is to turn your Android phone into a mobile hotspot. Depending on which Android device you’re using, there are different steps involved in setting up and enabling hotspot on it. Follow the instructions below to know how to use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. If you own an Android smartphone that has an active data plan, you can use it as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, i....