Weekly Roundup: Top Career Tips and Tech News -- February 20, 2015

Welcome to CyberCoders' Weekly Roundup! Every week, we handpick the top five stories from around the web that offer great insight into hiring in the tech industry. 

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1. Prynt- The First Phone Case with Printer [Ultralinx]

With Prynt, you can print your phone photos in less than a minute!

"Prynt is a smartphone case for iOS and Android smartphones (iPhone 5, 5s, 5C, 6 and Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5," the article reports. It'll be available in Summer 2015 for $49.

2. What's Your Productivity Style? [Inc.]

Inc. reports on a quiz to help you figure out which productivity style works best for you. This is the link to the actual quiz.

"For example, Planners like me, apparently love "digital lists and project planning apps like Tom's Planner and Omnifocus (which lets them create and track projects by project, place, person, or date), Agendas (which lets them create interactive agendas and broadcast them to iPad users), and Ziplist." (Though it seems like Ziplist is no longer available.)," Jessica Stillman reports.

3. Rumored: Apple Aiming to Begin Electric Car Production in 2020 [Mac Rumor]

Rumor has it that Apple is going to begin production on the as early as 2020. While there aren't any concrete reports. It's fun to speculate.

"The timeframe -- automakers typically spend five to seven years developing a car -- underscores the project's aggressive goals and could set the stage for a battle for customers with Tesla Motors Inc. and General Motors Co., both of which are targeting a 2017 release of an electric vehicle that can go more than 200 miles on a single charge and cost less than $40,000."

 

4. Forget Friends: You're 58% More Likely to Get a Job Through Weaker Ties [Inc.]

They say it's all about who you know. Adam Grant, author of Give and Take, says that it turns out that people with whom you have weaker ties open up more opportunities than your existing friends.

Essentially, the argument is that your existing friends likely know the same things and people as you. Your weaker ties and dormant ties (people you've lost touch with) have been meeting new people and acquiring different information than you.

5. Planning for Scale [Reprogramming]

Scaling is one of the biggest challenges small business owners face. How do you meet extremely high growth in demand with limited resources?

This account by Joe Davison offers a great breakdown of how to plan for scale successfully. A must read for any entrepreneur in tech!