The statistics speak for themselves: According to the Bundesverband mittelständische Wirtschaft – Unternehmerverband e.V. (German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses), 99.5% of all companies in Germany (3.5 million in total) are small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The diversity is huge and ranges from the small hairdresser to the highly specialized technology provider with global more
Legend has it that this actual story took place in deepest darkest Bavaria when little Georgie told his mother about strange goings on in his grandfather’s room … “Hey mom, does grandpa now have a phone that reads out the lottery numbers to him?” “What makes you say that Georgie?” “Because I just heard it more
This article about communication solutions was posted by Christian Schepke on LinkedIn on 29 July 2020. The original article can be accessed, commented, shared and distributed further via this link. Who’s not familiar with that: The day has already begun stressfully, and you’re almost too late for an important online conference. And then things really more
In times where mobility is severely restricted and most of us have to stay at home, more and more people are also resorting to the traditional fixed-line phone – a trend now revealed by the major network operators. Vodafone reported in its Covid Ticker: +++ April 6, 2020 +++ Network update: Germany is phoning much more
Voice assistants, such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and many others, are proverbially on everyone’s lips. Recent studies show a rapid increase in interest in these voice-controlled tools in the past year. The intelligent helpers can be found in many devices – from the smart speaker to the smartphone. Yet there are two questions that more
Gigaset recently presented its L800HX smart speaker, a DECT phone, hands-free device and voice assistant in one. At first sight, it therefore seems ideal for modern living in a smart home. However, a closer look reveals that the smart speaker can also make life easier and better for the elderly, especially if they have pre-existing more
Believe it or not, there are studies on “Psychology of Telephoning”. We have gathered some facts from the studies. In summary, it can be said that taking the phone in hand more often can be good and successful in the job. Empathic on the phone Experiments have shown that people can best recognize emotions by more
“Criminals get away with €28,000 in Simmershausen with the grandchild scam”; “Regensburg: Pensioner defrauded with the grandchild scam” or “The police asks for information: 84-year-old from Wesel victim of grandchild scam.” Con artists often pretend to be relatives of elderly or helpless persons in an attempt to get their hands on valuables and above all more
Telephone fraud – one of the nastiest trick fraud tricks hits older people in particular, by shamelessly exploiting the good faith and social awareness of this group of people. We provide information about the most common forms of fraud and give advice on self-protection. One of us may hardly believe it, but telephone fraud causes more