by dankeelan | Dec 22, 2020 | Technology
The social media giant is looking to build a services feature that connects gig workers with users looking for home repair or freelance jobs, The Information reported. The company is forming a team focused on this new initiative, but Facebook could decide to...
by dankeelan | Dec 22, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
America’s job market was firing on all cylinders, until suddenly it wasn’t. Now it’s 10 months gone to COVID — along with a few million jobs — and folks are looking for work. Smartphone apps are the new office headhunters, filling spots on the fly in ways that are to...
by dankeelan | Dec 15, 2020 | Benefits, Technology, U.S. Economy
Steady, a groundbreaking app used by over 2.5 million 1099, hourly and gig workers in the U.S., today launched its “Income Verifier” product, which utilizes its proven and scaled income intelligence to allow states to alleviate the financial and clerical...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Technology, Tips
For years now, security experts have warned of privacy risks associated with using Amazon’s and Google’s AI-based, virtual assistants carelessly. Alexa- and Google Assistant-powered devices have been known, for example, to share our conversations with random people...
by dankeelan | Dec 8, 2020 | Remote Work, Technology, Tips
While some American workers have gone back to the office, Gallup’s recent annual Work and Education poll shows that 33% are still working remotely full-time due to the coronavirus pandemic, with an additional 25% working from home part-time. Nearly two-thirds of U.S....
by dankeelan | Dec 1, 2020 | Remote Work, Technology
As we’ve moved to work from home during the pandemic, it’s been challenging for remote workers to feel connected. Loop Team, a new entrant into the enterprise communications space, thinks the way we are communicating needs improvement. That’s why the startup is...
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