How to improve your business's efficiency

Every entrepreneur wants to learn how to make more money in less time, but the secret to efficiency in business has often seemed elusive. Thanks to constantly evolving technology, however, it’s now easier than ever to be productive at work. Automation is replacing manual tasks, we can work from all over the world with cloud-based management systems and wireless Internet, and there are, in fact, entire factories now run by machines.

So, what does all this mean for your business? It means there are more opportunities for economic efficiency (thus more opportunities for sales and growth) than ever before. If you’re not sure where to start when it comes to boosting your productivity at work, here are three key ways to improve your business’s efficiency – starting now.

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2018 Hyundai Ioniq Electric Plus PHEV Driver Review

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

At first glance, the Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle looks like a cohesive and balanced four-door sedan that’s both practical and incredibly roomy.

I’m happy to report that after a week with the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid as my main ride, I never had to head to a gas station. I did have to charge the car’s EV battery twice in a public charging station, a total of five hours, yet managed to return the car to Hyundai with a full gas tank (or a 850 km range) as well as the battery on reserve. HIt jump to learn more about this innovative hybrid.

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Watch Metric's new video 'Dark Saturday,' which was shot exclusively on iPhone X

Metric is back with a new album and their first single 'Dark Saturday' is being released as a video. The video which was directed by Justin Broadbent and was shot entirely on iPhone X. The throwback-guerilla style black and white video is reminiscent of early alternative music videos with a lot of nuance, energy and great use of the iPhone X.

"The band and I agreed that shooting on an iPhone would be a good way to immediately connect a visual style to the authentic feeling of this record", said Broadbent. "Because it was a 'run and gun' style video, we needed our footprint to be tiny and quick but the video quality still needed to be high. I think this also let the band relax, not having a huge camera and lights around while allowing me the freedom to try things on the fly.  Even the design of the final video looks like four separate screens magically lining up together."

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Emporio Armani outs new Wear OS-powered smartwatches

Canadian pop superstar Shawn Mendes continues on as the face of Armani Connected smartwatches

The Wear OS platform isn’t getting its big update just yet, but that doesn’t mean fashion brands trying to break into the tech space aren’t going to release anything. Emporio Armani just introduced the latest entry into its Connected series of watches. The new fall models looks pretty similar to its other entries in the market. But since they come from a fashion brand, you get options of either getting a metal mono-link or a rubber/leather two-piece strap bracelet, while the other has a metal mesh or leather bracelet.

These model carry a 1.19-inch AMOLED front and come with a heart-rate monitor, GPS, and NFC support for Google Pay mobile payments. These smartwatches also has up to 5 ATM water resistance, Google Assistant support, and running the old Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor. These are now available for pre-order on Armani’s website with the mono-link model coming in at US$395 (around CA$520) and the mesh or leather one at US$295 (around CA$390). These will be available worldwide starting September 2018.

Source: Engadget