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Audio player loading… Your casual workplace or life acquiantances might be having more of an effect on your career than you might expect, new research has claimed. LinkedIn has published (opens in new tab) the results of a five-year project involving data from 20 million of its users, analyzing two billion connections between members and the effect they had on 600,000 new jobs on the platform. Somewhat surprisingly, it found weak ties were found to increase job mobility in digital industries, while strong ties had the largest effects in less digital industries. Forming connections with people less known to the individual was also found to increase job mobility, though the effects were observed to diminish after a certain point. LinkedIn People You May Know The connections were split into two distinct categories: weak ties (merely acquaintances and friends of friends) and strong ties (close friends, family, and colleagues). In order to understand the … [Read more...] about LinkedIn says your friends might not actually be helping you get a great new job

Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world, creating regional disparities in access to mobile apps at a time when many economies are becoming increasingly dependent on them . The mobile phone giants have removed over 200 Chinese apps , including widely downloaded apps like TikTok, at the Indian government’s request in recent years. Similarly, the companies removed LinkedIn, an essential app for professional networking, from Russian app stores at the Russian government’s request . However, access to apps is just one concern. Developers also regionalize apps , meaning they produce different versions for different countries. This raises the question of whether these apps differ in their security and privacy capabilities based on region. In a perfect world, access to apps and app security and privacy capabilities would be consistent everywhere. Popular mobile apps should be available without increasing … [Read more...] about Apps can pose bigger security, privacy threat based on where you download them

Like many tech topics, styluses can be needlessly confusing. Here’s what you need to know about the different kinds of styluses used for tablets, touch-screen laptops, smartphones, and more. Not All Styluses Are Equal All it takes to be called a stylus, really, is to be a small pen-like stick held in the hand. The original styluses were ancient writing instruments that were just small pointy sticks used to scratch letters into wax tablets. Things have advanced a wee bit since then. While today you’ll still find styluses that are little more than sticks, there are also styluses with highly advanced and active connections to the devices you’re using them on—which certainly explains the price differences. Let’s take a look at the three broad categories of styluses, including the many kinds of active models on the market, so you can both better understand the technology and select the right one for your needs. Passive Styluses: Cheap and Easy It doesn’t get much simpler than … [Read more...] about Active vs. Passive Styluses: All the Standards Explained

Like grains of sand through the hourglass, so are the releases of Chrome. Google Chrome version 105 arrives on September 27, 2022 with a work-in-progress RSS reader, translation for highlighted text, and several other upcoming features are seeing progress. Translate Highlighted Text Google Translate built-in is a very handy feature of Chrome. Previously, it was possible to right-click anywhere on a webpage and click “Translate to English.” Chrome 106 adds the ability to highlight text and see the same option. It works exactly how you’d expect. Simply highlight the text on a page that you would like to translate, right-click the text, then choose “Translate to English” from the menu. The feature can be enabled through a Chrome flag at: chrome://flags#desktop-partial-translate Desktop Chrome Gets the RSS Reader In 2021, Chrome for Android and iOS received a built-in “RSS reader” in the form of “Follow” buttons on websites. Finally, that feature is starting to … [Read more...] about What’s New in Chrome 106, Arriving Today