Jason Hincks’ picture of people at the NYE Above the Harbour event waiting in line for up to three hours. Source: Facebook Benedict Brook news.com.au AN ANGRY reveller who attended a shambolic New Year’s Eve party in Sydney has slammed organisers’ offer of a partial refund as an “insult”, and accused them of “trying to shut people up”. Tickets for NYE Above the Harbour at the Domain’s Tarpeian …
2015 has been the year that the on-demand economy became entrenched in our daily lives. From delivery, transportation and household errands, to professional services and consulting, the on-demand economy has been broadly adopted, especially in urban centers. 2015 has also seen the rise of an important debate about how best to support people working on-demand jobs.
James Park, Fitbit CEO In the six years since Fitbit began selling its first fitness tracker, a $100 clip-on device that used a growing flower on its tiny display to indicate how active you’d been, the market for wearable gadgets has changed tremendously. Companies large and small have flooded the market with all kinds of fitness trackers, smart watches, and other wearable devices. According to …
Project Paperless LLC, a strange company whose ownership is shrouded in mystery, wants $1,000 for every person in your company who scans documents and e-mails them. They claim that they have a valid patent covering this ‘‘invention,’’ and while $1,000 per employee is a lot of cabbage, it’s nothing compared to what it would cost you to prove to a court that the patent is as bogus as we all know …
2015 has been the year that the on-demand economy became entrenched in our daily lives. From delivery, transportation and household errands, to professional services and consulting, the on-demand economy has been broadly adopted, especially in urban centers. 2015 has also seen the rise of an important debate about how best to support people working on-demand jobs.
Project Paperless LLC, a strange company whose ownership is shrouded in mystery, wants $1,000 for every person in your company who scans documents and e-mails them. They claim that they have a valid patent covering this ‘‘invention,’’ and while $1,000 per employee is a lot of cabbage, it’s nothing compared to what it would cost you to prove to a court that the patent is as bogus as we all know …