Social Weekly Update: Outlook: Future of work in 2015

This Week In Social Monday, February 02         LATEST FROM THE GIGAOM RESEARCH TEAM Google’s new Inbox goes beyond folders Email seems to be getting a second wind, even while the world seems to be doubling down on smartphone messaging apps. Maybe this is in part a function of the growing impact of millennials, who seemingly want to use every communication channel, and face to face, too […]   by Stowe Boyd   February 2, 2015                   FEATURED RESEARCH Outlook: Future of work in 2015 Expect technologies and processes that will make day-to-day tasks more personalized, enhance employee engagement, and alter the overall culture of the workplace in 2015. Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial   by Stowe Boyd   December 31, 2014   The perils of the precarious: at work in the gig economy A set of economic, political, and societal forces is currently causing profound changes in work and in the relationship between workers and the businesses that benefit from their labor. Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial   by Stowe Boyd   December 3, 2014   Tracking health, wellness, and productivity in the quantified workplace The growth of wearable computing, tracking, social-network analysis, and data analytics can help build both healthier and more productive companies. Subscriber content. Sign up for a free trial   by Jody Ranck   December 1, 2014                   ANALYST BLOG POSTS The best Gmail client is Outlook? Really?  by Stowe Boyd Dropbox acquires Pixelapse, a toolset for design management  by Stowe Boyd Slack acquires Screenhero for voice, video, and screen sharing  by Stowe Boyd Linkedin for Business, clarified  by Stowe Boyd Microsoft introduces Surface Hub, an 84 inch “team device”  by Stowe Boyd Box trading at 44% above the IPO price after one day  by Stowe Boyd Dropbox acquires Cloudon  by Stowe Boyd Alibaba follows Facebook at Work’s lead  by Stowe Boyd Microsoft buys Equivio to embed machine learning into Office 365  by Stowe Boyd Google Glass isn’t dead, it’s going to be Nestified  by Stowe Boyd