Weekly wrap-up: Mobile Workforce in the News
Friday, May 27th, 2011 Karen Ambrose Hickey, EditorHere are some fun articles that added their own insights to our Mobile Workforce Report:
American Public Radio Marketplace: Let’s do the numbers…
Podcast covering the key numbers. And you can see the mention of the report at the end of this story.
Smartphones are messing up home life, Nidhi Subbaraman, Digital Life/Today Show
More than a third of working folk check their mobile devices in the morning before touching a toothbrush, a new study says. Unsurprisingly, the mobile obsession is getting people’s partners and families riled up.
Do You Prefer Cell Phones Over Sleep? You’re Not Alone, Jordan Crook,
The report claims that our mobile obsession, at least within the workforce, started when people began to value speed over quality. In many executive circles, the employee with the first response was considered to be a better worker than his more thoughtful colleagues.
No Rest for the iWorker, Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast
Poll: Mobile workers sleep with phone, check overnight, Lance Whitney, CNET
nd though employers may appreciate such hard-working employees, the obsessive need to check one’s smartphone can take its toll.
Sleepless? Then Stop Taking Your iPhone To Bed, Darrell Etherington, GigaOM
Mobile workers also tend to own a surprising amount of tablets, given how relatively fresh on the scene those devices are.
Mobile Workers ‘Sleep With Their Phones’, Andy Penfold, Mobile Marketing Magazine
Welcome To The 168-Hour Work Week: The Tablet PC Revolution Never Sleeps, Kit Eaton Fast Company
We’re doomed. In a pleasant way, by our new favorite mobile technology pals, but still doomed. That’s the conclusion of some new studies into how we’re obsessively letting our new toys upset the gentle flow of everyday life. And because Apple drove the new mobile Net revolution, and now the tablet phenomenon, we can basically blame Steve Jobs for it all.
Put Down the Phone and Sleep Easier, Kari Lipschutz, AdWeek
Employees who aren’t tied to the office put in more time on the job, Francis Tan, The Next Web
Tablets are gaining traction in business whether IT likes it or not, Ted Samson, IT World
Any IT admin out there who figured (or hoped) that this whole tablet “fad” wouldn’t gain traction in the corporate world is in for a surprise: 41 percent of today’s mobile workforce is equipped with a tablet, and by year’s end, that figure could reach 75 percent,…
