The Importance of Transparency and Intent in Workplace Surveillance Tools
Three years ago this month, offices around the country (and the world) had emptied out, and workers were learning about a new video chat tool…
Facial Recognition Has Already Lost the Public’s Trust
In the 1960s a team of researchers in Palo Alto were commissioned to see if they could get computers to recognize faces. The research was…
4 Ways to Make Facial Recognition Access Control Work in Your Building
Facial recognition is a technology that many people love to hate. Many in the general public have become accustomed to using facial recognition in everyday…
Tech Bundling is the Next Level of Flexible Office Amenities
The pricing strategy of bundling services together under the guise of a lower price is nothing new. The marketing push to bundle your purchases happens…
Recent Facebook Outage Highlights the Vulnerability of Smart Buildings
Facebook is one of the world’s tech giants. The company is worth almost a trillion dollars. Nearly half of the people on the planet, 3.5…
Who’s Responsible For an Office’s Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is paramount, but with so many networks and vulnerabilities overlapping each other in an office building, determining who is responsible for securing what can…
What Is the Value of ‘Tattle Tech’ in the Modern Workplace?
Employee monitoring technology was a bit controversial before the pandemic. Who likes to think that their boss is watching their every digital move? But these…
Brick-and-Mortar’s Billion Dollar War On Crime
Brick-and-mortar retailers are experts in dealing with crime inherent in operating physical spaces. But now they’re now having to spend millions to fight organized crime…
Should Landlords Be Concerned About Digital Graffiti?
Everyone is familiar with property graffiti. It’s been around since the Roman Empire, after all. Graffiti can be art, but it can also be explicit,…
COVID-19 Has Forced Buildings to Modernize Their Check-in Process
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed, businesses are even deeper into office retrofits because it’s unrealistic to believe that the office will completely return…