Business in Action, 9th Ed.
Appendix C: Information Technology
Advertisers spend nearly $2 billion a year marketing food to children and teenagers; this in-depth report by the FTC looks at how that money is spent.
Meet Les Perelman (photo, far left) and his Babel generator.
"Social media offers the potential for educators and institutions to develop how they engage with students and other stakeholders and offer new services.
"Some cognition experts have praised the effects of tech on the brain, lauding its ability to organize our lives and free our minds for deeper thinking.
"Culled from Architizer's second annual A+ Awards, which are chosen by 300 experts and a popular vote, these are a handful of the most amazing office spaces in the world," writes Drake Baer in a piece at BusinessInsider.
"Fundamentally, poor business writing is costly and leads to disastrous events.
According to Jackie Gerstein, Ed.
Question: What tools or steps are you using to ensure your customer data is safe across all your platforms?
"Most internet users would like to be anonymous online at least occasionally, but many think it is not possible to be completely anonymous online.
"I said goodbye to my mouse last month.
Alexis Kleinman (photo, left) writes, "With Spritz, which is coming to the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Samsung Gear 2 watch, words appear one at a time in rapid succession.
"While technology has thoroughly infused the workplace, its strategic adoption and meaningful application by the typical worker is actually just beginning.
"Don't look now, but mobile technology is starting to infiltrate .
Milton Kazmeyer presents a quick rundown on the topic.
"Is brain work going the way of manual work?
Download this PDF file, the executive summary of Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to complete Message for Analysis 13.
BusinessWriting.
"Through the years, we've watched technology grow like a child budding into adulthood: It starts out mostly crying and pooping, then crawling, gradually learning to walk, and finally able to run at a speed we all wish we could keep up with.
Which workplace communication method increased more in the past year - email or social media?
BusinessInsider.
Have you ever wondered why Twitter has a 140 character limit?
Experience a normal day in 2014.
Pam Sahota (photo, left) introduces and reviews "some awesome time-saving options for us on-the-go and those of us who just want the convenience of news at our fingertips with less hassle.
A stunning visual motion-graphic presenting 15 keys facts and stats about the evolution of communication technologies and the Internet in the next 4 years.
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