Quick question: Do you get excited when a meeting invite pops up on your calendar? I’m going to guess the answer is no. And yet frequent — sometimes even daily — meetings are a part of the culture in many companies. I think, most of the time, staff meetings are a waste of time. Sure,

How much money do you need in order to feel successful? Most people say it doesn’t require an overflowing bank account, according to new research. Even though nearly two-thirds of workers aren’t yet satisfied with their earnings, most think they can feel successful without earning large paychecks, finds a new study from CareerBuilder. Specifically, more

By Young Entrepreneur Council, April 04, 2014   Sure, you love your job. After all, you wouldn’t be doing it if you didn’t. But after years of email upon email and never-ending phone conferences, even the best of us can face burnout. To find out how to successfully combat—even avoid—this phenomenon, we asked 13 startup

On the heels of its recent Chrome 36 software update, Google announced on its official Chromium blog Friday that the beta of Chrome 37 is now available for download. The new software means that Chrome can now support Microsoft Windows‘ new text-rendering API, DirectWrite. The API replaces Graphics Device Interface (GDI), used by Google since

On the surface, social networking startup Bubblews works a lot like Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Users create “bubbles” (posts), follow one another, and Like and comment on the posts they find the most interesting. But Bubblews believes it has the secret ingredient to attract new users despite industry leaders fighting tooth and nail to keep them from straying:

Content marketing is one of the biggest challenges and opportunities for both business and consumer brands today. As brands look to expand their reach online and engage audiences beyond ‘interruptive’ advertising, they’re increasingly looking to cultivate shareable content that is informative, entertaining and interesting. Marketers regularly cite challenges around producing enough engaging content. A lot of the

A small piece of useless knowledge can completely rattle your brain. Tiny bits of information and thoughts may leave you pondering your very existence. Or at least give you a genuine whoa moment. Expand your brain, Internet. We apologize in advance if this list leaves you questioning every mundane thing on this planet, in search

The more efficiently you run your day-to-day business affairs, the more time you have for other important tasks. Chris Ridd, managing director of small business accounting software providerXero, spoke to Mashable to offer some pointers. Human beings are creatures of habit. This is equally true of our work lives as it is of our personal lives. When

Over the last several years, many reports on the economy have indicated that the job market is up and companies are increasing their hiring. What some of these reports don’t mention is the fact that most of these new positions are part time or temporary, which isn’t necessarily what full-time job seekers want to hear.

An implanted chip could give women the power to wirelessly control their own fertility, bringing contraception to millions of women in developing countries and reducing infant mortality and poverty along the way. The idea of wireless control over an implant, however, brings with it concerns about security and reliability. While any connected device has the