Publicis Fires Staff in #WFH Disagreement

Thursday, October 31st, 2024

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Publicis Media in the US, has reportedly laid off staff numbering “in the high double digits but less than 100” in a crackdown on working from home. The disagreement is due to staffers ignoring its return-to-office policy, according to a source familiar with the matter. “We have been clear and consistent about our policy that […]

#CES2023 First Spatial Video Presence Device.

Saturday, December 31st, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Described as the first spatial video presence device, Wehead want to put this servomotor powered ‘neck’ on desks for video conferencing. It is designed to play the full range of a video conference attendee’s head movements tracked in real-time. Wehead will be on booth #9877 in the LVCC North Hall.

Motio Moves To A Nine Day Fortnight

Friday, August 5th, 2022

Tristan Cotterill

Whilst the world is having a moment, Australian based Motio has made the bold decision to move to a permanent, nine day working fortnight, or ‘ten days in nine’. After recently completing a three month trial, there was a clear understanding that work over nine days was actually possible, and in fact more efficient. The […]

AirLit At #CES2022

Thursday, December 30th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

AirLit is described as the ultimate smart accessory for video creation, remote working and online beauty tutorials. GeoSmartPro is a British based startup innovating and specialising in producing smart home award-winning products and will be demonstrating both AirLit and AirGo at #CES2022 in booth 51853, Level 2, Hall A-C.

Cisco Acquires Socio Labs

Thursday, May 13th, 2021

Andrew Neale

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced its intent to acquire privately-held, U.S.-based Socio Labs, a modern event technology platform that provides event organisers with everything they need to successfully host in-person, virtual or hybrid events of any size and format. With Socio Labs, Cisco aims to enrich Webex Events beyond meetings, webinars and webcasts to also […]

Remote Working Expo 2021 / 2022

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Remote Working Expo 2021 will take place virtually June 16-17, 2021 but next year should be a live event at London Excel March 9-10, 2022 It’s part of The Business Revival Series. @RWE2021 #brc2021

Free #UC Background Images From Finnish Lapland

Monday, April 26th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Add the silence and serenity of Finnish Lapland to your next online meeting with these free background images for use with Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Google Meet and other online meeting platforms. ‘Only in Lapland’, the official travel marketing channel for Finnish Lapland, has announced that they are offering images inspired by their Sound of Lapland […]