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Microsoft turns a bus into a mobile office
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... It saves money as well as the environment. The downside? The bus is full of workstations, meaning everyone it picks up gets to work that much longer every day.
I mean, this is all well and good if the commute time is counted as part of the eight-hour workday or whatever, but I doubt that's the case. Commuting is a precious time to zone out, listen to music, and fantasize about quitting your job and/or killing your boss. Don't take that away from us, Microsoft.
Via New Launches
Microsoft Employees Get to Work on the Bus
Wired: Gadget Lab —
Microsoft employees can't catch a break in China. Photographed above is a company shuttle equipped with a workstation per person, meaning they've got to get down to business just seconds after leaving their homes. So much for listening to your iPod and zoning out before work.
Microsoft makes you work from the moment you step on the bus! [NewLaunches]
Photo: NewLaunches
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Microsoft Equips Company Bus in China with Workstations
Tech Blog —
... Microsoft China has equipped their company bus with a host of workstations to ensure that no productivity is lost when employees go on company-sponsored trips. Click here for first picture in gallery.
In what seems to be an attempt at greater productivity, Microsoft China executives are now being driven to work in busses that are equipped with computers that clock you in the moment you log in.
[via Gizmodo - Newlaunches]
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Office-Equipped Busses Mean No More Traffic Jam Excuses For Microsoft China Employees [Microsoft]
Gizmodo —
... In what seems to be an attempt at greater productivity, Microsoft China executives are now being driven to work in busses that are equipped with computers that clock you in the moment you log in. However, I have to wonder—besides snooping eyes—what would make you actually do work, instead of goofing off and playing Minesweeper, or even browsing your most favorite blog ever (a.k.a. Gizmodo). [New Launches] ...
Work While You Commute? Now Available in China
Mobilewhack.com —
... that whole work-while-you-commute experience has been upgraded. In a move to increase productivity, Microsoft China executives are being taken to work in special buses which come equipped with computers. The computers will clock you when you log and then they’ll help you start your day. Hopefully those buses come equipped with some sort of WiFi or 3G support . You will need that for a couple of quality minutes of instant messaging with your friends. via newlaunches Tags: China , microsoft , microsoft , Mobile News ...
Microsoft intro “computer-euipped” buses in China - “Work while you travel”
D' Technology Weblog —
... In China Microsoft has introduced “computer-equipped” buses that ensure you start work on time, if you get ”stuck in the traffic jam”. The bus is equipped with 3G and Wi-Fi, incase if you don’t want to use the computers provided you can use your own. ...
Microsoft's desktop-equipped mass transit bus is a boss' dream
Engadget —
... Those 45 to 90 minutes you spend stuck in traffic each day, inhaling noxious fumes and watching your paycheck dwindle in the form of consumed gasoline, are about to get a lot more nightmarish should you choose to ride this. Though the origin of these images are ...
All Aboard the Microsoft Mobile Office Bus
Coolest Gadgets —
... tables had better be screwed into the frame of the bus. Otherwise, a sudden stop might cause them to fly. Hold on to your mice!
So, is what Microsoft doing in China ever going to come to America? If it does, it would be quite expensive to fit every bus with computers. Not to mention the maintenance required to keep them in operation.
So what do you think? Are you ready for a world that starts when you get on the bus? Leave a comment and let me know.
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Update: Microsoft makes you work from the moment you step on the bus!
Newlaunches.com —
InfoWagons1.jpg We got a message regarding this article and apparently those buses are actually " InfoWagons " that are part of partnership program with local governments that brings technology training opportunities the people of rural China – many of whom have never before seen a computer. Microsoft has so far donated 8 of these buses. Each is equipped with 15 computers. Its all part of Unlimited Potential , Microsoft's commitment to bring the benefits of technology to the next billion people. These buses are not employee shuttles. These buses are ...
