The iPhone 5S is the first consumer device that actually brings useful, reliable biometrics to the masses via its ‘fingerprint identity sensor.’ In July of 2012, Apple bought Authentec, and now the fruits of that acquisition are clear. Security biometrics have been used in smatterings of tech products for years, but never consistently or reliably.
Read More...Dropbox is easily one of my absolutely essential apps. I use it every day, and increasingly it’s home to personal information like travel plans, photos and draft blog posts/articles. What used to be a little service I used to store a PDF or two has become a cornerstone of my daily workflow. Like every other
Read More...Hewlett Packard recently announced that employees would no longer be working from home and Yahoo announced a ban on working from home back in February. These changes from flexible working options to the traditional model of yesteryear are especially surprising given an article recently published in the October issue of HR Magazine about The New
Read More...I’m going to tell you something you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately, but I’m telling you again in case you haven’t been paying attention. Breaking Bad is the best TV show ever put to print, and if you haven’t started it yet, you should. Very few times in life are you truly missing something
Read More...We’ve written about Activity Guides before. In a nutshell, we think they’re incredibly useful, and not enough people know about them. If you want a very clear example of how to create a simple activity guide, we recommend the one Matthew Haavisto and team whipped up for the PeopleSoft Technology Blog. PeopleTools provides a feature
Read More...I don’t get into sports too much around here, but you have to see this. Here is San Jose Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl scoring a downright incredible goal against the New York Rangers: Two crazy things about this goal: 1. Well, just look at it. To pull off a trick goal like that in live
Read More...Howard Shaw gives the scoop on PeopleSoft Apps Strategy: Oracle is pleased to announce the release of PeopleSoft Mobile Time Entry, part of the PeopleSoft Expenses application, which is now generally available in PeopleSoft FSCM 9.1. PeopleSoft Mobile Time Entry provides the ability to enter time sheets quickly and easily for project-based resources on the
Read More...Tim Ferriss, writing for The New York Observer, talks about why pissing people off is both inevitable and necessary: Doing anything remotely interesting will bring criticism. Attempting to do anything large-scale and interesting will bring armies of detractors and saboteurs. This is fine—if you are willing to take the heat. There are good reasons to
Read More...One of the features many don’t know about in PeopleSoft 9.2 is the PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM). Essentially, this changes the way all maintenance code and new functionality is being delivered. Oracle’s PeopleSoft Technology Blog has a nice rundown on what the PUM is: Oracle and the PeopleSoft team have changed the way all maintenance
Read More...We’ve posted a bunch about health and nutrition before, and we got a bit nerdy. Maybe too nerdy (as if there’s such a thing). But today, we’re posting about health again, but we’ve cut out almost all the nerdy. Promise. Today is about why sitting is killing you. Sure, there are tons of articles out
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