Author: Irene Hawkins

Before examining the distinctions between shortcode or long number, we should emphasize the common function of both number kinds. These codes are important options for every firm looking to enhance customer connection and customer experience. The biggest advantage of these numbers is that consumers may reach you directly. Especially when employing some people who can identify, your company’s exposure may boost. This gets us to the first distinction between shortcode or long number, favoring the shortcode. 1. Speed A key issue with SMS long codes is the number of messages transmitted per second. With a restriction of one message per…

With Microsoft’s Project xCloud set to release next month, Google Stadia might need a flagship game to put it over the top. Microsoft’s cloud gaming service offers hundreds of Xbox games to mobile players. How can Google beat a massive library of games? Right now, Google’s hopes rest on games like Baldur’s Gate 3. Google Stadia and Baldur’s Gate 3 Gizmodo reports that Larian Studios, developers of Baldur’s Gate 3, is excited to work on the Stadia. They wanted to bring the game to Stadia because it’s much easier than porting it to the Xbox or Playstation. Moreover, Larian has…

Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout media firm. He is an in-person and Certified Virtual Speaker, a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, a Fortune 500 consultant, #1 bestselling author, and hosts the Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. Michael’s A Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Culture with Thinkers360. and a former Healthcare executive, overseeing $ 2 Billion budgets. Where did the idea for The Breakfast Leadership Network come from? Michael Levitt: When I decided to launch a business that addressed burnout with leaders,…

Here’s some bad news for Huawei users in the US. The US Commerce Department has stopped giving Huawei a US license, which means the company might stop supporting its phones sold in the country. Bad News for Huawei The Commerce Department had given Huawei an extra 90 days before its license expired. Within those 90 days, the smartphone maker could still support its products in the US. However, the license has expired on August 13. After that day, it’s now illegal for US companies to deal with Chinese companies.  Now, it’s illegal for Google, among others, to send updates to…

Fortnite gamers will have to stick to consoles now, as both Apple and Google kicked out the mobile app from their stores. Apple had kicked out the game first, which triggered a lawsuit from Epic Games. Now, Google has followed suit. Why Did Apple Drop Fortnite? Gizmodo reports that Apple dropped Fortnite from the App Store because Epic Games tried to bypass Apple’s fees for its apps. The company charges app makers a 30% fee before they could sell apps on the App Store. Also, app makers have to make Apple their only payment option. However, Epic Games bypassed Apple…

It looks like Apple is stepping beyond hardware. Along with the new iPhones, Apple will release subscription bundles in the fall. The packages cover nearly every Apple service.  The New Apple One Gizmodo reports that Apple’s subscription bundles would be called Apple One. If you subscribe to Apple One, you’ll get a choice of tiers, starting from the Basic level, which includes Apple Music and Apple TV+. Once you go higher, you’ll also have Apple Arcade. Even higher than that, and you’ll have Apple News+, and then on the next tier, you’ll get extra iCloud storage space. Moreover, Bloomberg also…

The entertainment giant, who recently gobbled up one of the biggest players in Hollywood, is retiring one of the more iconic names in TV. Name dropping On Monday, the Disney company had revealed that it is renaming one of the studios it absorbed from their acquisition of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire Fox. The TV arm, popularly known as “20th Century Fox Television,” is being rebranded into “20th Television,” apparently dropping “Century” and “Fox.” The title card with the studio name and spotlights that is known to pop at the end of a Fox TV episode, which is somehow similar to…

General Motors, a 111-year old carmaker company, revealed their brand new product, but this time it is not a traditional Cadillac car. And now, they are set to gear towards being a seller of EVs, a market currently dominated by Elon Musk-led Tesla. Three years ago, GM first unveiled their plans of launching 20 new electric vehicles by 2023, per The Verge. And finally, they announced last Thursday their first attempt for their commitment of going to “an all-electric future,” with a brand new SUV from Cadillac that is fully electric. GM’s first EV: what are the features? Promising to…

Managing a business takes lots of effort and time. Being a business owner there are chances that you might not have time to keep an account of all the employees working for you. It becomes even tougher when you have employees working at different locations. One thing that can help you in such a situation is Aussie time clocks. These clocks can help you to lessen down the frustration involved in managing the employees. Aussie time clocks are one of the finest suppliers of employee-based time clock systems. These clocks are suitable for the needs of small and medium-sized businesses.…

After 35 years, Toshiba is finally ceasing production of its laptops. The Japanese company has decided to stop making laptops after scaling down output in recent years. To seal the decision, Toshiba sold its remaining stake in the laptop business to Sharp.  Toshiba Says Goodbye to Laptops In a press release, Toshiba announced it had shifted its last 19.9% of outstanding shares in Dynabook, Inc. to Sharp Corporation. In 2018, the company had also transferred 80.1% of its shares in the PC business to Sharp. Sharp now sells laptops under the Dynabook brand. Toshiba also stated that Sharp had bought…