Smart and easy ways to save money through technology

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Upgrading to the latest technologies can be seen as a costly investment by most people. However, some distinct advantages can save hundreds, or even thousands of dollars every year. And not only will these technologies save you money, but they also aid the environment by producing little to no carbon footprint whatsoever. Here are some smart and easy ways to save money through technology.


Going paperless: Hospitals and other paper-intensive businesses used to have rooms filled with boxes full of files, folders, and other documents. Today, desktop computers and storage facilities replace tons of paper each year. It also makes for a safer option in terms of storing critical documents and accessing them takes only a fraction of the time that it used to.


Online advertising: Traditional advertising costs so much regardless if you’re doing commercials, radio ads, or even print ads. Online advertising has almost zero carbon footprint and at times can be more effective than traditional advertising media.

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Video conferencing: Moving from one office meeting to another can be seen as a major time-wasting endeavor. And as for off-site meetings, you waste time as well as transportation costs. Opening a secure channel and doing video conferences can eliminate all these wasteful practices and boost efficiency in the workplace.


Invest in good cybersecurity: Cyberattacks can seriously harm a company’s output. Whether their systems get bogged down because of DD0S attacks or get hit by ransomware, any time wasted dealing with cybersecurity issues is time not used productively. When it comes to cybersecurity, it’s better to prevent the problem from ever happening instead of dealing with it when it eventually comes.


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What smartphones could look like in a few years

It seems not that long ago when smartphones first exploded into the market, taking the technology industry by storm. Since then, these nifty little gadgets have been extremely popular and necessary as people today no longer leave their homes without their phones. Almost everyone everywhere can be seen staring at their bright, colorful, little screens.


The evolution of the smartphone is quite a tale of engineering marvel, and the device it seems is nowhere near reaching the pinnacle of its potential. With countless new and innovative apps being developed every day, smartphone designers have their work cut out for them, as they try to come up with models that will keep up with the demands of new and improved programs.


However, with extreme usage and with people hardly putting their smartphones down, future devices may be ergonomic, fitting into the palm of one’s hand comfortably. There is also a possibility that future smartphones may be sturdier and tougher, and more impact-resistant.

Another massive development comes from the Samsung Galaxy Beam that has a projector as a feature. This is an incredibly big deal as it eliminates the added hassle of setting up a projector for presentations and the like.


And on that note, the next logical step would be holograms and 3D screens. While 3D displays have already been incorporated into a number of smartphone models, tech experts expect to see smartphones capable of emitting hologram images in the next decade.


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Top Apps That Can Help You Organize Your Finances

The road to financial success is full of obstacles. One of the best ways to overcome these hurdles is to learn to organize your personal finances. To help you manage your money properly, there are mobile apps that can come in handy. Some examples are the following:

Mint

Arguably the most popular personal finance app, Mint is useful in providing a complete picture of a user’s financial life. It is an easy-to-use, effective all-in-one resource for keeping track of spending, creating a budget, monitoring bank accounts, receiving reminders on due dates of bills, and more. All of these can be conveniently done through a single app, rather than having to log in to multiple sites or software.

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You Need a Budget

Those who are already in debt should look into downloading and using You Need a Budget (YNAB). The app “forces” users to live within their means, and avoid living from paycheck to paycheck in the long term. Should the user get off track, YNAB’s accountability system can help in balancing his or her budget.

Quicken

A comprehensive personal finance app, Quicken contains a lot of features and can be linked with a desktop software so that data can be synced from mobile devices to the computer’s hard drive. The app’s reports tools also include spending graphs that provide a visual illustration of how the user can optimize his or her spending and saving.

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Cinderella team: What went right for the Boston Celtics?

The Boston Celtics had their backs against the wall since the very first game of the 2017-2018 season, when star forward Gordon Hayward suffered that gruesome leg injury. It was a season-ending injury that deflated many Celtics fans. But they still had Kyrie Irving, and put on an amazing start, going on a record-breaking streak. 

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Throughout the season, the Celtics would not relinquish their place in the top two teams of the Eastern Conference, battling with the Raptors for conference supremacy. While it looked like the Celtics would be one of the Eastern Conference favorites heading into the playoffs, more bad news was headed their way. Their superstar, Kyrie Irving, would miss the remainder of the season and the playoffs with a knee injury. 

Without their two stars, the rest of the Celtics should’ve packed up and called it a season. But no. They took it as a challenge and as an insult when too many basketball analysts wrote them off. And that’s exactly what went right with the team.

Every player, from Marcus Smart to Terry Rozier to Jaylen Brown to Jayson Tatum stepped up. They all followed the genius of head coach Brad Stevens and his supreme system, which focused on team effort instead of individual talent. All the players were given a chance to prove themselves in the playoffs, and that’s what they did, getting to one game shy of the NBA Finals. 

Next season will be theirs.

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Arnon Dror is the Senior Operations Executive of Janus Technologies. Dror had worked as Vice President of Finance for Xerox Corporation and had held executive posts in other technology companies. For more on his professional background, visit this LinkedIn page.

Is the world ready for 5G internet?

Remember the time when mobile phones were just used for calling and texting? Then came 3G and mobile internet that changed the way people used mobile devices. The world came a long way from the 3G days. Right now, there exists 4G LTE from trustworthy networks. But how far away is the world from 5G and what will it be like?

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Imagine a world where 1GBps is the average download speed of any mobile device across the city. That is the vision of course. But it is left to service providers to create infrastructures that can manage and give customers these speeds.

Currently in the U.S., AT&T and Verizon have made commitments to rolling out their 5G platform this year. And while they haven’t explicitly stated the speeds that they can dish out, what is known is that it will be faster than the current 4G system.

5G speeds can be a game changer for other devices as well. Imagine if streaming 4K videos can be done so effortlessly. Will mobile devices start incorporating 4K screens to each device as well? Will streaming services take over TV networks? Such internet speeds can even help give rise to self-driving cars as the internet speed can support a continuous stream of data.

And it won’t be just mobile phones that could change. Internet speeds at home will also benefit from this upgrade.

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The Global Order-to-Cash transformation for Xerox Technology, which generated $50 million in savings for the business, was spearheaded by ArnonDror. Arnon leads with expertise in finance and strategy planning, systems and technology, financial and business modeling, turnarounds and mergers, negotiations, internal controls, and cash flow management. For more insights on the newest technologies, click on this link.

Ai Applications And Their Uses In The Workplaces

From being chronicled only in science fiction and the movies, artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way and become a reality for humanity.  It has permeated areas of modern existence, including providing a range of risks and opportunities in the workplace.  Here are some of its actual uses and applications in companies. 

Voice enabled assistants

It could be Siri, Alexa, or any number of consumer agents that offer voice assistance services.  AI can contribute to efficient office meetings and undertake human tasks like documentation or transcription.  It is also able to maintain a deep data set about employee skills, records, and supplier or partner knowledge and information.

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Software training

A digital adoption platform powered by an AI engine enables business software to learn about individual users’ roles, habits, as well as actions.  It can help customers receive training and guidance on using specific systems, or learn to create sales opportunities in the CRM system. 

Branded bots

These AI applications seek to deliver brand personality via different channels such as mobile apps, Alexa, Cortana, social websites, and different websites.  One benefit is taking a job, order, or manufacture from pre-production and proposal through billing.

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Facial recognition

AI can be used to scan people’s faces and superimpose their names on top of the screen, aiding in the quick identification of the person from another department or regional office.  This improves meeting dynamics where the video experience can be more streamlined for large groups without name tags.

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How to prepare the business for digital disruption

Digital technology and advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) are already taking over the world, changing nearly everything people are accustomed to. Is your organization ready for these big shifts? Here are some ways to gear up and prepare your employees, stakeholders, and the company as a whole. 

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Create a digital path for the business 

Did you know that about 90 percent of CEOs know that digital technology is affecting their industry, yet less than 15 percent of them are digitally transforming with a clear plan? Beat the competition with a strategy that promotes innovation but is highly practical and doable. Work in an agile way and recover quickly when you fail. 

Re-tool your people 

Prepare your workforce with the key technical and soft skills of the future. Make sure your talent base has the right knowledge to support your digital transformation, adapting in the name of business operations as well as customer welfare. 

Build a company culture geared for the future 

Create a culture that supports digital transformation with everyone is committed to meeting the challenges of the growing digital economy. Ensure that every employee understands the risk and opportunities ahead, the business strategy in place, and how they can be retooled and re-equipped with relevant skills. This will start with the leadership, from the CEO to senior managers to team leaders. 

Revisit the leadership 

Revisit your leadership development programs to check if leaders are self-aware, such that they aren’t blindsided by emerging risks,and they can sense the obvious trends that will impact their business success. 

Listen more closely to the customer 

Now more than ever, it’s important to survey customers and ask them what they like about the brand or what can be done better, and what services they would like to see being offered. Explore online tools for soliciting feedback. Your customers will be a major advocate and can act as a testbed for ideas for the future. 

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