Microsoft brings their 'Lunchbox' to Windows Phone

Some folks over at Microsoft accept gone ahead and released a new program called 'Lunchbox' in the Marketpalce that'southward available for free. So what is 'Lunchbox'? That's almost a tough 1 to reply equally the apps description is more a declaration of philosophy rather than specific purpose:

Collaboration and communication technology is liberating data workers from the physical constraints of time and location. In terms of flexibility, efficiency and productivity, in that location are gains to the employees and their companies. It is easy to focus only on the measurable benefits of the applied science and overlook consequences of such a fundamental change in the landscape.

Liberation from rigid location and fourth dimension requirements has consequences: reduced face-time in the office, less chance of spontaneous coffee-auto encounters that spark ideas and the increasing tendency to communicate just on a targeted/as-needed basis. Lunchbox is a small-scale countermeasure to add dorsum some spontaneous connection. It's a virtual coffee motorcar, facilitating risk encounters without any pretext beyond working in the same company or sharing the aforementioned interest.

Conceived to increase connection in large companies and organizations, Lunchbox works for anybody. Information technology uses the concept of user-definable "universes" to find matches for you… create a universe for your visitor or whatever other group of people you want to come across up with on the fly.

In other words information technology'south like Match.com merely for work? All kidding aside, it seems a groovy way to come across and collaborate with people in your visitor, department or artistic group whom yous would never normally meet face to face. It seeks to avoid non-personal communication with the personal. Anyone else see the potential of this technology to exist integrated later into Function? Powered by Azsure, it will be interesting to run into where it goes and if groups adopt it. Grab it here in the Marketplace for a become.

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