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How social media makes or breaks a company in crisis

A contributing factor of customer loyalty involves how a company responds to crisis situations, a Crisp report found. With the proliferation of social media, news of a crisis can spread quickly, impacting consumer perceptions and company reputations. Companies must adequately prepare themselves for how to handle difficult

Secret Teacher: social media makes it impossible to switch off from work

It’s silly o’clock on a Sunday morning and I’m still in bed when I hear my phone ping with a WhatsApp notification. I take a look and groan. A colleague is asking if I know how we teach subtraction according to our mental calculations policy. This is

What makes web users happy? Enroll — and learn — in this rigorous design bootcamp

Learning to be a top-notch web designer isn’t just about mastering code. Users don’t see raw HTML and JavaScript when they visit a website or start an app. No, users focus on how the site looks, how to get around, how fast the pages or features load

What makes web users happy? Enroll — and learn — in this rigorous design bootcamp

Learning to be a top-notch web designer isn’t just about mastering code. Users don’t see raw HTML and JavaScript when they visit a website or start an app. No, users focus on how the site looks, how to get around, how fast the pages or features load

Limerick-based software group AMCS makes another acquisition

AMCS Group, a Limerick-based waste and recycling management software firm, has acquired Brady Recycling Solutions from its parent for an undisclosed sum. The company said the deal strengthened its portfolio and was consistent with its strategy for growth that has seen it making a number of acquisitions

Paytm Cash Launched, Makes Cashbacks Non-Transferable

Aiming to enhance user engagements, Paytm has now brought ‘Paytm Cash’ that will eventually transform the existing cashback system on the mobile wallet platform – potentially preventing misuse of cashback offers. The new model is rolling out on Paytm accounts to replace future cashback and is designed to be

CIA makes 12m pages of declassified documents searchable online

The CIA has published more than 12 million pages of declassified documents online, making decades of US intelligence files more easily accessible and searchable. The agency published the roughly 930,000 documents that make up the CIA Records Search Tool (Crest) on Tuesday. The online publication of the

Dyson Pure Hot + Cool Link fan now makes the air in your home pure, hot and/or cool

Last year’s Dyson Pure Link was the British brand’s first connected device, and scooped a T3 Award nomination for the usual Dyson blend of stylish design and clever engineering. The app and connectivity were unusually good for a first effort, too. Sold as an air purifier –

Nasa makes all research free to the public in fight against academic journal paywalls

What’s the point of research, if hardly anyone can read it? Nasa has decided to make all of the scientific research it funds available for the general public to access for free from a new public web portal, even if the research originates from a peer-reviewed journal

Pinterest makes DIY easier with new How-to Pins

Pinterest is making moves to keep more people and brands on the site. The company introduced on Tuesday a new feature called How-to Pins, allowing companies to create and share pins with DIY instructions. The feature, which is a new take on its existing Rich Pins feature for brands,