In 1991 the University of Cambridge created the first webcam. The reason? To monitor the coffee pot and check who was drinking all the coffee in the office. You know, the important stuff. 30 years later, the video conferencing market is worth...
How to Stay Engaged While Working Remotely: 15 tips from Chanty’s team
Collaboration in remote teams Having a team chat and collaboration tool as a product we had nothing to fear when we were forced to go fully remote because of the pandemic. Things went on as usual with the exception of having more video...
Top 7 Industries for Work From Home Jobs
The pandemic has permanently reshaped the workplace. It made millions of people say goodbye to the rush hour and start working from home. The apps such as Skype, Zoom, Chanty, or Slack made it all possible. We no longer have to be in an office full...
Google Meet vs Zoom: Which Video Calling App is Best for Your Business
The era of remote working and internet connectivity is upon us, and the communication tools are the talk of the global town. It seems as though the pandemic has brought the world to a standstill. But this is not quite so, is it? As a matter of fact...
4 Common Problems of Virtual Teams are Solved
Low-stress level, no commute, no shoes, PJs only, spending more time with family and friends, and so much more. Sounds neat right? According to some studies, remote work has brought higher productivity and a more positive work-life balance since the...
The Ultimate Guide to Video Conferencing
The alarm rings on your phone. It’s 7 am. You swipe up to shut the alarm and unlock your phone to check your messages. The first message is from a client in Europe requesting an urgent video conference call for 7:30 am your time. You roll out...
Infographic: 10 Pros and Cons of Working Remotely
Work-from-home arrangements are most successful when employers set clear parameters and invest in technology, such as videoconferencing, to help remote personnel feel like they are part of the team, – McDonald Remote working, working-at-home...
The Death of Email? 5 Reasons why Email will Become Outdated as a Form of Communication
In some shape or form, email has been around since as early as the 1970s. In the world of IT, where trends change every few months, four decades is quite a long time. According to the data on Statista, there were an astounding 4258 million email...
30+ Work From Home Memes: Funny Work Memes to Make You Laugh
In the past, when someone would mention remote work to me I would automatically think of working on a beach, or on a beautiful terrace listening to the ocean waves while drinking coconut (yes, you guessed it, it was always on a tropical island). I...
Labor Productivity Calculator: How to Measure Employee Performance
What Is Productivity? Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything. A country’s ability to improve its standard of living over time depends almost entirely on its ability to raise its output per worker. Paul Krugman...
7 Tips to Increase Productivity When Working From Home
Don’t work from bed. You want your bed to be a place of peace and calm, not work stress. Liz Grossman Kitoyi The situation we are in right now, the pandemic and our so-called “new normal”, has made some drastic changes to the global work...
Top 10 Work Management Apps to Improve Your Bottom Line
Someday, artificial intelligence will break time boundaries, days will have more hours in them, but still not enough for us. The thing is, it’s not about how much time you have but how you use it. In this sense, technologies can help us today...