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"Gartner Says That by 2017, 25 Percent of Enterprises Will Have an Enterprise App Store Growing Number of Enterprise Mobile Devices and Enterprise Adoption of MDM Will Drive Demand and Adoption of Enterprise App Stores Analysts Examine the State of the Industry at Gartner Application Architecture, Development By 2017, 25 percent of enterprises will have an enterprise app store for managing corporate-sanctioned apps on PCs and mobile devices, according to Gartner, Inc. Enterprise app stores promise greater control over the apps used by employees, greater control over software expenditures and greater negotiating leverage with app vendors, but this greater control is only possible if the enterprise app store is widely adopted.  "Apps downloaded from public app stores for mobile devices disrupt IT security, application and procurement strategies," said Ian Finley, research vice president at Gartner. "Bring your own application (BYOA) has become as important as bring your own device (BYOD) in the development of a comprehensive mobile strategy, and the trend toward BYOA has begun to affect desktop and Web applications as well. Enterprise app stores promise at least a partial solution but only if IT security, application, procurement and sourcing professionals can work together to successfully apply the app store concept to their enterprises. When successful, they can increase the value delivered by the application portfolio and reduce the associated risks, license fees and administration expenses."  Gartner has identified three key enterprise app store trends and recommendations of how organizations can benefit from them:  The increasing number of enterprise mobile devices and the adoption of mobile device management (MDM) by enterprises will drive demand and adoption of enterprise app stores. Enterprises already have numerous choices for downloading software onto PCs, but most of them don't include support for smartphones and tablets. Enterprises are beginning to f

"Amazon Flex allows drivers to get paid to deliver packages from their own vehicles. But is it a good deal for workers?"

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Very soon you will be able to earn money just by walking.A new app is about to be launched which will convert your steps into a cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. With Bitwalking you simply generate money by walking. Once installed on your phone, the free app converts steps to Bitwalking dollars (BW$) that you can manage and use as you wish. The money you generate accumulates each day, and remains in your account until transferred or spent. This is presented by the app designers as a disruptive and revolutionary innovation (they usually are) but also one with a moral mission. It is proposed that it can help to improve health and happiness by encouraging more exercise. Also, it can improve the environment through pushing us into walking rather than driving and because it mine coins through human movement rather than via computers. (...) Even more audaciously Bitwalking is also suggested as a enabling freedom and equality. We believe that everyone should have the freedom, and ability, to make money. A step is worth the same value for everyone - no matter who you are, or where you are. What matters is how much you walk. The drive to do social good has been presented as central to the development of this new app with the creators including developing countries, such as Malawi, amongst their test sites. Sportswear brands, charities, health insurance companies and environmental groups are to be targeted for involvement in the Bitwalking marketplace where the virtual currency can be used to buy goods or trade for real money. Also, the data will be made available to advertisers(with security and anonymity safeguards, of course). I have previously developed an argument that self-tracking is contributing towards a reconceptualisation of exercise into labour. Here I suggested that the standardisation of exercise activities through tracking and digitisation and their subsequent accumulation into valuable (to advertisers, insurers and others) data means that

Derrière la multiplication des drive, service qui propose aux clients des supermarchés de faire leurs courses en ligne avant de les récupérer en voiture, se cache de nouvelles formes d'exploitation. Les travailleurs - en l'occurrence, surtout des travailleuses -, courent toute la journée pour accomplir leurs tâches sous les ordres des machines. Extraits d'une enquête de Marie Gueguen à Guichen, en Ille-et-Vilaine.

"Companies around the world are dreaming up a new generation of technologies designed to monitor their workers-from Amazon's new employee wristbands, to Uber's recording whether its drivers are holding their phones rather than mounting them, to "Worksmart," a new productivity tool that takes photos of workers every ten minutes via their webcams. Technologies like these can erode workplace privacy and encourage discrimination. Without disregarding the importance of those effects, I want to focus in this post on how employers can use new monitoring technologies to drive down wages or otherwise disempower workers as a class. I'll use examples from Uber, not because Uber is exceptional in this regard - it most certainly is not - but rather because it is exemplary."

Nuque, poignets, dos. Les 23 salariés de ce service d'Auchan se chauffent avant l'embauche. Pour la direction, ça paie. Moins certain selon un médecin. Explications.

"Ever heard of an "Invisible Executive" or a "Nutrient Banker"? Those are just a few of the positions that are being created in Africa today that will drive economic development in the coming decades."

"So what does that mean for workers over the years and decades ahead? Mr. Autor says that this weakness leaves plenty of opportunities for humans to serve as intermediaries of sorts between increasingly intelligent computers that nonetheless lack that common sense. He invokes the idea of "Polanyi's Paradox," named for the Hungarian thinker Michael Polanyi, who observed that "we know more than we can tell," meaning humans can do immensely complicated things like drive a car or tell one species of bird from another without fully understanding the technical details. "Following Polanyi's observation," Mr. Autor writes, "the tasks that have proved most vexing to automate are those demanding flexibility, judgment, and common sense - skills that we understand only tacitly.""

It sounds like you are interested in taking a desert safari tour for New Year's Eve. Desert safari tours are a popular activity in many countries around the world, particularly in desert regions such as the Middle East, Africa, and the southwestern United States. These tours typically involve off-road driving through the desert, with the opportunity to experience the natural beauty and unique culture of the region. Many tours also include activities such as sandboarding, camel riding, and traditional meals.

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"Most people would find it absurd to hire two people to do the same job. An increasing number of software companies are doing just that and finding that it increases productivity and reduces costs. Here's how to apply the idea to your business."

Zappos, Valve, 37signals, Github, ...

Le business de la "sharing economy", c'est encore beaucoup la précarité des "employés".

"Is empathy training another workplace fad, or can it really help companies succeed?"

"Fears that automation and machine learning will cause massive job losses and make people obsolete are starting to wane (well, unless you ask Stephen Hawking). Instead, there's a more optimistic prediction taking hold: that the new technology could actually lead to job gains. But the transition won't be easy."