Pandemic News

"Digital transformation will come out as a faster trend out of the pandemic," says Workday co-CEO Aneel Bhusri. "What's been interesting about the pandemic...

Over One Third of Workers Will Quit if WFH Ends

A recent poll is bad news for employers wanting to resume in-office work post-pandemic, with 35% saying they’ll quit if work-from-home (WFH) ends....

Google Extends Unlimited Google Meet Calls

Google has extended unlimited calls in its Google Meet platform, making the popular feature available for free through June 2021. Like many com...

Google Pulls Out of Mobile World Congress Event

Mobile World Congress (MWC) is one of the biggest phone events of the year, but it will go on without one of its biggest attendees, as Google pull...

Amazon Wants ‘Office-Centric Culture’ as Its Baseline

Amazon is bucking the trend among many tech companies, telling US employees they should expect to be back in the office by early fall. Many com...

GroupM: Stimulus Money Will Help US Ad Industry Grow 15% in 2021

GroupM has revised its outlook on the US ad industry, expecting it to grow 15% in 2021, thanks in large part to stimulus spending. 2020 was a d...

Biden Administration Working on Vaccination Passport Standards

The Biden administration is working on standards to help establish a vaccination passport, another step toward a return to normal. One of the m...

57% of Small Businesses in US Are Now Fully Open

As restrictions ease around the country, a new reports shows that 57% of all small businesses are fully open. Small businesses were among the h...

Microsoft Blocks 300,000 Advertising Accounts In 2020

Microsoft Advertising has released its 2020 year-in-review report, giving a glimpse of the state of online advertising. The company blocked som...

Verizon Look Forward: Streaming and Mobile Gaming Big Pandemic Winners

Verizon’s Look Forward report has a number of important insights, including the growing importance of streaming TV and mobile gaming. The globa...

US Travel Spending Plummeted 42% Amid the Pandemic

A new report sheds light on the devastating impact the pandemic has had on the travel industry, accounting for a 42% drop in spending. The U.S....

Ford Embraces Permanent Remote Work, Impacting 30,000 Employees

Ford has announced some 30,000 employees will be able to work remotely, providing a clear measurement of just how much the workplace has changed....

Upwork: Businesses Will Stick With Remote Work After Pandemic

Upwork has released its Economist Report: One Year Remote, finding many companies will continue with remote work thanks to its benefits....

BuzzFeed Lays Off 47 HuffPost Workers, Will Shutter HuffPost Canada

Less than a month after acquiring rival HuffPost, BuzzFeed has announced it will lay off 47 workers and shutter HuffPost Canada altogether. Buz...

Deutsche Telekom Bidding on EU Vaccination Passport

T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom has submitted a bid to create a digital vaccination passport for the EU. One of the biggest challenges countri...

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