Technology
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Tech Tips with Margaret: How to Decide Between Using Zoom, Slack, or Gmail for Your Virtual Communication Platform
Now that everyone has had to become familiar with virtual communication, it has helped many grow accustomed to the different ways of doing so. However, talking via video call, an email, or a group chat all convey very different tones to your message. While each of these tools is incredibly useful, using them interchangeably is…
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How to Increase Your Video Quality in Zoom
Are you tired of seeing your 1080p webcam image show up in SD in Zoom? That’s because, by default, Zoom is actually SD right now, but there is a way to enable HD, and most people don’t know about it. In this post, you will learn how to enable HD mode in Zoom and get…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: Which is Better for Remote Collaboration, Microsoft Teams or Slack?
By Margaret Wilman Whether a team of employees is scattered around the country, or just so large that it makes communication challenging, a lot of companies have turned to team collaboration software to keep everyone connected. Two of the most prominent examples of this software are Slack and Microsoft Teams. Both chat services are highly…
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Chadds Ford Native’s Designs at Downingtown-Based Haverford Systems Help People Connect
Matthew Davis, who grew up on an Angus farm in Chadds Ford, may not have forged the typical path to a career in technology, but that’s certainly where he is thriving today. Davis, 38, is the lead engineer for Downingtown-based Haverford Systems, Inc., an audiovisual design and integration company that also manufactures two video conferencing…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: How Microsoft Teams is Helping Businesses
With the workforce heavily scattered due to the conditions of the last year, employers have needed to make a lot of adjustments to keep their teams unified. Fortunately, Microsoft Teams has helped many people adapt to the new way of working as smoothly as possible. Microsoft Teams comes free with subscriptions to Microsoft 365, and…
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Philadelphia Suburbs Among Best Tech Hubs for Real Estate Investments
Philadelphia is among the top ten hottest tech meccas outside of Silicon Valley that are most likely to benefit from the tech migration in 2021 and beyond, writes Lance Lambert for Fortune. While the pandemic might have ushered in remote work out of necessity, it is becoming clear that working from home is not going…
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2 Sun Valley Grads Develop a Coronavirus-Killer, The Hurricane, using UV Light
Two Sun Valley High School alum have come up with a device that uses ultraviolet light to kill any coronavirus that may be lurking about, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The Hurricane is a handheld device created by Ken Cage and Bob Weeks, in collaboration with Mike Bernhardt and Derek Hutchinson. The…
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Qlik: Knowing How to Identify, Utilize Valuable Data Can Dramatically Improve Outcomes of Decision-Making
Every decision a company makes will positively or negatively impact a business outcome, but knowing how to identify and utilize valuable data can dramatically improve the outcomes of decision-making, writes Joe DosSantos, the Chief Data Officer at King of Prussia-based Qlik, for DataIQ. DataIQ is a membership business focused on the needs of data and…
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Philadelphia Stays in the Top 15 for Women in Tech Jobs, But It’s Dropped in Rank
Out of 63 cities nationwide, the Philadelphia region came in 13th when it comes to the number of women in the tech industry, writes Paige Gross for technical.ly. The Philadelphia region dropped four places after ranking 9th last year and six places after ranking 3rd in 2019. The annual SmartAsset study looks at U.S. Census…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: Microsoft Teams Brings Workers Together No Matter Where They Are
The workplace has become more spread out than ever for many people, with it being commonplace now for some people to not even be in the office while on the job. That’s why more companies have been unifying their workers virtually through the usage of Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams is a tool for unifying workers…
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Solve Your Integration Challenges — the Qlik Way with Blendr.io
It’s hard to believe, but it has been just over one quarter since Blendr.io became part of the Qlik family. After building out our platform to bring orchestration and automation to a SaaS-driven world, the reception both internally and externally from the Qlik community has been just fantastic. In every conversation, I’m hearing and seeing…
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New Zoom Features Help Organizations Create Productive, Healthy Post-pandemic Workplaces
Many workers are well-acquainted with the fact that Zoom has been an integral part of the work experience due to the conditions of the last year. However, as more people become vaccinated, some companies are looking towards physically reuniting their workforce in the coming months. The people behind Zoom anticipated this and have developed additional…
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At King of Prussia-Based Qlik, a New Year Means New Delivery and New Innovation
Throughout 2020, a challenging year for so many in our community, Qlik remained laser-focused on delivering groundbreaking and transformative innovations across our portfolio. 2020 underscored the importance of real-time data and decisions to allow organizations to gain insights faster and navigate unforeseen business challenges. The events from this past year also helped accelerate the migration…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: The Advantages of Zoom Phone
Everyone has become well-acquainted with Zoom’s video call service, and it has become one of the standard ways for working professionals to stay in touch virtually. However, Zoom also recently celebrated the two year anniversary of its new service designed to give professionals even more versatility: Zoom Phone. As the name suggests, Zoom Phone is…
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In a Post-Pandemic World, This Local Start-Up Enables Companies to Find Ways to Personalize Benefits for Their Employees
Wayne-based Lluna, a people ops platform that launched in December, offers employees and their managers a centralized place to review and agree on personalized benefits, writes Paige Gross for Technical.ly Philly. Lluna facilitates the engagement and retention of employees by enabling companies to offer workers benefits that best suit their lifestyle. For example, an employer…
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King of Prussia-Based Qlik Helps Ambulance Service in the U.K. Clear the COVID-19 Data Fog
When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the United Kingdom’s South Central Ambulance Service leaned on King of Prussia-based Qlik to help keep pace with and make sense of the data, writes Brian McKenna for Computer Weekly. SCAS’s front-line paramedics, who are featured on the television show Inside the Ambulance, and their managers…
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Tech Tips with Margaret: 4 Pointers to Keep Your Zoom Meetings Safe and Secure
The last year has turned Zoom into a normal part of the workday for many people. However, communicating virtually can make it more difficult to keep sensitive information secure. It can be easy to overlook that someone who is not supposed to be part of your virtual session has slipped in. The way we work…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: Injecting Fun and Personality into Your Next Executive Zoom Meeting
For many, the last year with the pandemic has turned video conference services like Zoom from conveniences into workplace necessities. It hasn’t been an easy transition having to navigate challenges like video chat etiquette. However, now that Zoom meetings have been the norm for workers for so many months, the biggest hurdle might just be…
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