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imlazar.bsky.social
President/Principal Analyst @Metrigy.bsky.social, data-driven insights into business #collaboration, #ucoms, #hybridwork, #WFH since 2006, CISSP. Social networker since Orkut. Baseball fan (@nationals) too!
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Apple announces new MacBook Air with a $100 price cut (for now....) www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/a...

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Research shows there are specific ways to spend your money to promote happiness, such as spending on experiences, buying time, and investing in others.

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End of an era: www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-ki...

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Gene Hackman: the star of every scene he was in

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Farewell CHIPS Act. www.techspot.com/news/106925-...

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Interesting data from @hbr.org on how older workers are benefitting from #AI despite bias against them - hbr.org/2025/02/how-...

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Amir Hameed kicking off the #RingCentralSummit analyst event.

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Amazon has announced end of life for its Chime video meeting app - www.pymnts.com/amazon/2025/...

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Join me as well as Neil Brady and Cheryl Miller from Salesforce Slack on February 27 at 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST as we discuss how AI agents can increase collaboration ROI and how best to prepare. slack.com/events/how-t...

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Apple introduces the iPhone 16e starting at $599 - www.apple.com/newsroom/202...

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FIRST CALL SNOW & & DISCUSSION tinyurl.com/mryuskmh

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It’s always COBOL www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

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#ISE2025 was great, but it makes me crave the intimate shows that we used to have in our industry. In my latest article for SCN I discuss a few that are still around. I remind everyone that the IMCCA's CollaborationWeekNY.org is in two weeks. Have you registered? www.linkedin.com/posts/davidd...

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Join me and Bandwidth on February 12 at 2 PM for "Your 2025 Emergency Calling Playbook" where we'll discuss 911, NG911, and more. www.bandwidth.com/resources/20...

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Webex by Cisco #Collaboration announcements today from Snorre Kjesbu at #CiscoLiveEMEA, covering a new device and significant #Sustainability efforts. @talkingpointz.bsky.social 's @davemichels.bsky.social is there and will have more news soon. www.linkedin.com/pulse/cisco-...

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Check out my #ISE2025 post on Linkedin #avtweeps 🥳 www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...

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Will be very interesting to see how T-Mobile and Starlink develop their new offering for smartphones. In beta now, it only supports messaging. Voice/data is coming. And, it will be open to AT&T and Verizon customers for $20 a month). www.telecoms.com/satellite/t-...

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With rumors swirling that agencies like #CDC & #FDA are about to face major layoffs, experts worry about how critical tasks — like conducting safety inspections at drug manufacturing plants — are going to proceed. @lizzylawrence.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/f...

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So Mahomes doesn’t win big games when Brady is in the building?

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Join me and Nextiva on February 13 at 9 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET for "The Power of hashtag#CX in Driving Business Growth in 2025. I'll be chatting with Kate Hodgins in the opening session about "Must-Haves for Transforming Your CX in 2025" hubs.li/Q033r2gn0

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Apple reportedly gives up on its AR video glasses project - https://www.theverge.com/news/604378/apple-n107-ar-glasses-canceled

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Nevermind, looks like r/ChatGPT on Reddit is reporting a system wide outage

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Check out my latest for No Jitter focusing on how to calculate ROI for #generativeAI collaboration assistants: www.nojitter.com/ai-automatio...

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Live stream with Dan Miller and the CRM Playaz at #irl2025

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Common theme emerging at CRM Playaz #irl2025 around using AI to innovate rather than just focusing on optimizing existing processes. Echoed by both @briansolis.bsky.social in the opening keynote and now Rob Tarkoff from Oracle.

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I'm live today at the CRM Playaz #IRL2025 event in freezing Atlanta. They are doing something interesting here during @briansolis.bsky.social 's keynote - a visual artist translating discussion onto a canvas.

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Coming to you today from #Coldlanta for #IRL2025 Is this live skying? Kicking off with @briansolis.bsky.social "100% of people think they are self aware, less than 10% are" or something like that... #DuningKruger

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Bluesky and X launch new video feeds amid TikTok uncertainties - https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/20/24347692/bluesky-x-new-video-features-feeds-tiktok-uncertainties

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Pretty cool story about how Washington Commanders QB Jordan Daniels uses virtual reality as part of his training regimen - www.firstpost.com/sports/jayde...

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SCOTUS upholds law banning TikTok: abcnews.go.com/Politics/tik...

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“You know, I signed with the Milwaukee Braves for $3,000,” Uecker once said. “That bothered my dad at the time because he didn’t have that kind of dough to pay out. But eventually, he scraped it up.”

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Rest in Peace Bob Uecker - an absolute legend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttRP...

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Salesforce announces general availability of Agentforce in Slack - slack.com/blog/news/ag...

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🚨Did you know that MSFT Teams pricing is changing on April 1st? Microsoft will raise the price of Teams Phone by 25 percent, from $8 to $10 per user Have you inventoried or baselined your MSFT footprint recently? DM me for a FREE baseline engagement www.crn.com/news/ai/2024...

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@metrigy.bsky.social has released our latest #CX #Contactcenter market share report: metrigy.com/metrigy-rele...

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Google makes all of its Gemini features for Workspace apps free, after previously charging $20+ per user per month, but raises the price of all Workspace plans (Abner Li/9to5Google) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Microsoft relaunches its free Copilot for businesses as Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, offering pay-as-you-go AI agents and using GPT-4o to answer queries (Tom Warren/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Not surprising given the shift we’ve seen to hot-desking over the last few years. www.uctoday.com/collaboratio...

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A toxic owner often means a toxic workplace mired in fear, mistrust, and poor outcomes. The Washington Commanders redux offers a case study in what can happen when a new regime with fresh ideas takes over a toxic workplace. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

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"after the company's own analyses found that these classifiers could reduce the reach of these hoaxes by more than 90 percent, Meta is shutting them off"

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#Blog by @imlazar.bsky.social - Multivendor phone systems can present challenges for #E911 management. Third-party platforms, however, can help businesses with call routing and location management. #UC #phonesystems #multivendor metrigy.com/how-to-manag...

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From the department of "Duh."

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