A recent survey of 543 business execs by ad agency Gyro and Forbes Insights found 98% of such workers check email during their “off” time. If that’s not bad enough, 63% say they check on their email at least every one or two hours when they’re out of the office. The trend holds up when the execs are on vacation — only 3% say they don’t check work emails.
Watch this video as a 9 year old boy – who built an elaborate cardboard arcade out of cardboard boxes located in his dad’s used auto parts store – has the best day of his life. Unfortunately, Caine had no customers. Then one day, the internet organized a surprise to make his day.
This infographic from Statista shows the amazing growth of Google’s business over the last couple of years in terms of revenues, stock price, net income and market share.
This is Geronimo — a dog who is not only able to jump rope, but can jump double-dutch.
The folks at social performance management tool Rypple compiled the infographic below based on that data by VoIP communications company Fonality. Fonality conducted a survey to find out which mundane office tasks suck the most time out of the day. Pinpointing and compiling all those wasted man hours could save companies some substantial coin.
Face it: Employees are going on social networks and browsing the web in the office. In an age when social tools pervade every aspect of our lives, the corporate debate over allowing employees to partake in these activities during work hours is a controversial one. In moderation, can these breaks encourage psychological engagement and perhaps even help increase productivity. This Keas infographic explores the benefits of social media in the workplace, showing that social connections make people happier and a brief recess involving Internet-browsing increases productivity. Let’s take a look at the stats:
The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own Guinness world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 300-step behemoth that flawlessly accomplished the simple task of blowing up and popping a balloon. The team spent more than 5,000 hours constructing the machine that accomplished every task ever assigned in the competition's 25-year history, including peeling an apple, juicing an orange, toasting bread, making a hamburger, changing a light bulb, loading a CD and sharpening a pencil.
Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz a reporter gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple's Chinese producer Foxconn. See highlights from his tour of the assembly line and the Foxconn facilities. He traces the journey of an iPad as it makes its way through the factory - from testing of gyroscope to the myriad of tests that a display is run through. If you thought modern electronics are made in giant factories with robotic arms, this one is sure to come across as a surprise. Amongst the many things revealed in the video is the fact that an average
Read MoreThe People’s Republic of China was established in 1949. Located in East Asia, China is the most populous country in the world. China statistics confirm this. The population growth in China makes for some impressive figures. In 2011, the total population of China was around 1.35 billion people. Life expectancy in China was 73.3 years for people born in 2009. China is a one-party country run by the Communist Party of China. After years of stagnation under the regime of Mao Tse-Tung, China statistics showcase a rapid growth in the past two decades. The distribution of the workforce across economic sectors
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