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Stop Scrambling: Get Stuff Done with your Mobile

November 26, 2010 By

Workplace productivity is something the world lacks around the winter holidays. Our work weeks are interrupted by holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s (but who is complaining?). We also do a fair amount of scrambling in our personal lives this time of year — shopping for gifts, traveling to see family, cooking feasts — which leaves little energy for our work.

Here are a few BlackBerry and iPhone tips from PC Helps staff to help you get more done in this notoriously unproductive time of year. [Read more...]

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Holiday How-To: Increase productivity, not your waistline, over Thanksgiving

November 19, 2010 By

Mobile devices have altered the way we work. More than half of American workers do some work from home, and almost a quarter perform job-related tasks at home every day.

Are you the type to check your e-mail in between bites of Granny’s green bean casserole?

So why would work stop on a holiday like Thanksgiving? (It doesn’t.) If you are the type to check your e-mail in between bites of Granny’s green bean casserole, here are a few of our most popular tips that promise to make your holiday a little less work-infused:

iPhone

Easy punctuation

Inserting a period from the symbols box can become tedious. You want to send messages with proper punctuation, but deadlines get in the way. Here’s a quicker way: Double-tap the spacebar. Problem solved. Reputation saved. [Read more...]

Filed Under: BlackBerry, How To, iPhone, Time-Saving Tips

More on the Multiplatform Workplace

October 22, 2010 By

Two weeks ago, we wrote about the multiplatform workplace and offered three reasons why your IT department should have an action plan for handling mobile devices. This week, we take a look at what the rest of the world is saying — or doing — about it.

If IT continues to let fear get in the way of change, it will face obstacles.

But It Looks Cool

As early as February of this year, the CBS Interactive Business Network (BNET.com) posed the question of whether iPads would be next in the bring-your-own-technology-to-work trend. The iPad was about a month away from release to the US market. [Read more...]

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Out of Office, Out of Mind

June 1, 2010 By

It’s the unofficial start to summer! It’s time to turn on your away message and get lost. But before you do, make sure you are covered. Here are some tips to keep your e-mail house in order while you enjoy the season: [Read more...]

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