In mid 2014, internet celebrated its 25th Birthday. We at Opus Communication believe that it is an innovation which has changed the world until the end of time.

Today, there are more than 600million sites around the world, 500 million tweets are sent consistently and an expected 2.4 billion individuals go online today. Individuals are presently ready to get to data and offer things in a manner that was unrealistic in a past era. Furthermore, thus, the ascent of the web and social networking have changes the way we work, the way we live and the way we convey and make and look after fellowships.

While some may contend that the web and social networking has made us be more unsociable, detracting us from the physical world and taking cover behind a screen, others accept that it has improved our associations with individuals. Humanist, Barry Wellman states

“Online correspondence – email, texting, visit rooms, and so forth – does not supplant more conventional logged off types of contact – vis-à-vis and phone. Rather, it includes to them, expanding the general volume of contact.”

With such a large number of diverse methods for conveying, it could be contended that the web has recently expanded the general recurrence of correspondence, permitting us to stay in touch and make social arrangements with individuals we know eye to eye.

Notwithstanding, the web has additionally permitted numerous individuals to shape totally new associations with individuals they never knew and never would have met eye to eye. For example, the development of web dating has soared – today 33% of couples have met online (which is relied upon to ascend by 70% by 2040) and one million infants have been conceived from individuals who met on match.com. In this manner, it is obvious that the web is not just incredible for speaking with individuals you know, additionally becoming more acquainted with individuals who you never would have essentially met.

The web has likewise changed the way we impart on a worldwide scale. In Wellman’s terms we have get to be “glocalized”. Prior to the web, individuals were limited to an informal organization that was only nearby to them including neighbors, loved ones individuals that were only a short separation away. Notwithstanding, the web has permitted individuals to keep up connections that are both neighborhood and long separation. These days, with the increment in advanced cells and online networking, we can now stay in contact with individuals wherever you are on the planet.

Furthermore, having the capacity to stay in contact with loved ones on a worldwide premise, has had an enormous effect in transit individuals live. Today, individuals are considerably more liable to venture to the far corners of the planet, and numerous are settling on the striking choice to book their global movers and carry on with the expat way of life that they generally envisioned basically on the grounds that not having the capacity to stay in touch with loved ones is no more a hindrance to debilitate them from voyaging and living in another area.

Today, we can stay in contact with individuals paying little mind to area – we no more need to put some distance between those companions from school, or neighbors who move away – the web has empowered us to keep companions forever whilst still make heaps of new ones that are not simply limited to our nearby town.

So for those individuals who accept the web has transformed us into unsociable individuals that take cover behind PC screens throughout the day, which as a matter of fact may be the situation for the minority of individuals, the lion’s share of individuals see the web as an approach to be more social and a method for speaking with individuals from everywhere.

Unfortunately, trust is in rare supply these days. People are having trouble trusting each other, according to an AP-GfK poll conducted in November 2013, which found that People are suspicious of each other in their everyday encounters.

This same sentiment can be carried over into the workplace, where employees want their leaders to be more trustworthy and transparent. Employees have grown tired of unexpected outcomes resulting from the lack of preparation. They want to be informed of any change management efforts before – not after the fact. Employees desire to know what is expected of them and be given the opportunity to reinvent themselves, rather than be told they are not qualified for new roles and responsibilities and can no longer execute their functions successfully.
The growing tensions between leaders and their employees are creating productivity challenges as uncertainty becomes the new normal in the workplace. Furthermore, leaders are beginning to lose control of their own identities and effectiveness as their employees begin to lose trust in their intentions because of hidden agendas and political maneuvering – casting clouds of doubt over their futures.

Here are seven early warning signs to look out for so you can course-correct when employees are having trouble trusting their leaders:

1.  Lack Courage

Leaders that don’t stand up for what they believe in are difficult to respect and trust.   Too many leaders today battle the gulf between assimilation and authenticity.   They waste too much of their valuable time trying to act like other leaders in the organization – rather than attempting to establish their own identity and leadership style.   This is why less than 15% of leaders have defined and live their personal brand.

 2.  Hidden Agendas

Leaders that are too politically savvy can be viewed as devious and inauthentic.  Employees want to follow leaders who are less about the politics and more about how to accomplish goals and objectives.   While being politically savvy is important, leaders must be careful not to give their employees the impression of orchestrating hidden agendas.

 3.  Self-Centered

Hidden agendas make it difficult to trust that a leader’s intentions and decision-making are not self-centered.  When a leader is only looking out for themselves and lacks any sense of commitment to the advancement of their employees – this shuts-off employees quickly.

4.  Reputation Issues

When people begin to speak negatively about their leader, it makes it more difficult for others to trust their intentions and vision.  For example, look at what has happened to President Barack Obama since December 2009 when his approval rating was 69%.   According to the Rasmussen Reports, four years later (as of December 7th), Obama’s approval rating is now at 43%.  Nearly a 30% decline has created massive disruption to his reputation and many who have followed and supported him for years are now having troubling trusting him.

 5.  Inconsistent Attitude

People are more inclined to trust those who are consistent with their behavior.   Isn’t it easy to begin questioning one’s motives/judgment when they are inconsistent?  For example, I’ve worked with clients who appear to be on the same page – only to notice that they begin to disconnect when they believe that the direction of a project is not allowing them to mobilize their own agendas.   In other words, when everyone but the leader is on board with a strategy – you begin to wonder if their intentions are to support the employees’ advancement or their own.

 6.  Lack a Generosity

When a leader doesn’t genuinely have your best interests at heart, it’s difficult to trust them.  When leaders are not grateful for your performance efforts – and are always attempting to squeeze every bit of effort they can out of you – it’s difficult to trust that they have intentions to be more efficient, resourceful and collaborative.

Employees don’t ever want to feel taken advantage of – especially during a time when everyone is being asked to do more with less.   Leaders must be more appreciative of their employees and more mindful of their endeavors.

Leaders who lack a generous purpose and are not compassionate towards their employees are difficult to trust. How can leaders expect their employees to give them everything they’ve got to increase their performance impact when they are not willing to do the same?

Work is not a necessity anymore; it has become a passion for everyone. “The only way to do great work is to do what you love”–Steve Jobs.

This quote is right in so many ways, because we feel accomplished and content in the work we do only if we like doing it. Transferring your passion to your work is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion. Integrating your passion with work is the ultimate motive of an individual now…Why? Because it’s essential for everyone to pursue their passion and do what they feel motivated to do, but this does not mean that you turn this passion into a business. Maybe you like your day job, or you need the health benefits.  If so, keep your job, but make sure you have some inspirational fruit infused in your life as well.

The big question is that what does pursuing your passion means to you? We talk about it all the time, but it does it signifies to you? Does this means to quit your boring job and do something you love like photography even if doesn’t get you big bucks? Well the answer is may be…as passion leads to hobby, which leads to dream and which in the end leads market, where comes the work that you love and the job you do.

No matter what you do in life, one of the most joyful things you can do is go after your ardor.  Following your zeal for work or for hobby helps us all faucet into our gifts and endowments.  The acts of take action to follow our ardor permits us to expand skills in areas we’re already strong in and drives us to become better, which can then be shared with the world.  In this way, we begin to create a body of work that will grow and develop over our lifetimes.  Keeping yourself betrothed in momentous work (hobbies too) keeps your brains agile as you grow old and allows you to feel that your life has great denotation and rationale.

So how about you? What is your passion?  Do you know?  Are you following it?

Gardening has different connotation to different people. Some perceive it as a leisure pursuit; some see it as a relaxant. And for such people the food produced is nearly less important.

Nurturing fresh and organic vegetables, herbs, or fruits have become necessary for such people as the fruits and items available in the market are no longer regarded as fresh or healthy. Mounting all of these things is considered to be a sense of accomplishment and joy for such people. Creating your very own Vegetable and fruit garden can reduce your household expense to nearly 40%. One of the primary reasons for people to engage in such activities is that vegetables and fruits brought from the supermarket cannot compare in savor, eminence, or freshness with the vegetables and fruit grown in your own home.

Vegetable and fruit gardens are usually kept separate from the conventional landscape as they are regarded unpleasant. However if properly planned and executed it can be both purposeful and alluring.

With the increased need for aesthetically looking gardens and homes, it’s become an essential part of one’s lifestyle. So the landscape designers nowadays incorporate this element into their project. This gardening philosophy, coupled with our favorable climate, can offer gardening opportunities nearly all year long.

Flower beds have also been seen as an essential part of one’s home. No house is complete without a beautiful looking garden. Everyone wants their house to look alluring, and flowers add that element of ‘beautiful scenery’ so people tend to home garden the seasonal flowers, by simply purchasing the seeds and then follow basic gardening rules and make their gardens flourish like nature’s wonders.

Gardening is now becoming a people’s job rather than a gardener’s job, because people now believe in personalization and customization so they tend to take things in their own hands where they can do things their own way in their own manner.

Opus Communications takes Technology quiet seriously and make no compromise when it comes to becoming the leader of a new emerging field, similarly we follow all those who share the same ideology and tend to explore the countless opportunities of the world.

Last week, Apple had declared that soon it is going to launch a smart Home kit that will allow the IPhone users to control their house and its relative activities via their phone for e.g. Thermostat, lock and lights etc.

By building this HomeKit, Apple wants to be known as the hub for creating its smart phones into smart products that talks to one another in the home.

Though it hasn’t been confirmed yet but Google plans on doing something similar to this and might be ahead of Apple as it in recent times it attained a fire alarm and thermostat company accounting to net worth of $3.2 billion. And not only this it has been reported that it recently acquired a new venture Dropcam which makes Wi-Fi connected cameras that record the footage which can be shared in the cloud.

Looking at the current scenario it can be safely said that Google has clearly stepped into this smart home industry and plans on taking it to the next level. With two top notch tech savvy companies competing against one another, the question then ties up to the level of compatibility, expediency and the overall home mechanization.

Smart home, walled garden!!!

Apple caters to specific niche and prefers to apps and devices to itself, stopping it from becoming available to everyone and anyone. Same is the ideology that it desires to take along when it comes to smart-home experience inside a walled garden.

While Apple wants to include the third party tiers for the development of its smart-home kit, it’s the consumers who are ultimately going to decide whether they want to be a part of the Apple-Centric Smart Home. But what if a family who has kids owning Samsung Galaxy phone, but Parents with IPhone, wouldn’t it create a split smart-home experience, and would Google and Apple be able to play nicely together?

While Apple wants third-party providers and manufacturers to join Home Kit, consumers will have to make a choice if they want to be an Apple-centric home. If a family has kids with Samsung Galaxy phones but parents with iPhone will that create a split smart-home experience? Will Google and Apple be able to play agreeably together?

Regardless, it’s clear that Apple is getting serious about smart home and is planning a major shakeup that could truly affect our everyday lives. That is, unless Google gets there first. Well all we can do is waiting and see who wins this tech savvy war, will it be Google or will it be Apple? The wait is inevitable but whoever it would be, we will surely benefit from it.

Opus Communication helps you build your brand on the digital platform. But our job does not just ends there. We believe in educating our fans and clients about various digital trends! So, today we will talk about SEO, commonly known as Search Engine Optimization.

Did you know Google displays sites it believes are authoritative and relevant? And how does it measure it? They measure relevance by analyzing page content, the words you and I read, and they measure authority (mostly) based on the number and quality of other pages linking to the pages they show, links are like votes.

Now, you all must be thinking how can you make your webpage authoritative? The answer is simple: Great Content + Quality Links = Search Engine Success!

Google promotes pages it thinks are authority pages to the top of its rankings. It’s your job to create authority pages. In simple terms this involves writing content and building links.

So in simple terms SEO involves writing pages that use keywords, words people use in searches, and securing links from other pages to show how important your page is compared to others.

But if you ask the regular SEO companies about SEO, they’ll try and blind you with science and confuse you into thinking it’s a black art. Say to some companies what is SEO and two hours later you’ll be none the wiser. Not so here at Opus Communication. We love seeing the light bulb go on when our clients get it. We prefer our clients to not only know what we are doing for them, but why!

We at Opus Communications support every Industry that makes a mark of its Presence in this world in terms of success and Breakthrough working methodology. We welcome all the Telco Companies who not only struggled but managed to acquire distinguished positions in the Industry against one another by acquire the license to a Breakthrough technology recently been introduced in Pakistan i.e. 3G.

Cellular users in Pakistan have witnessed a drastic and extreme increase in popularity and usage. People from all walks of life, social and economic strata and age group have become obsessed with cell phones. We all been bit by mobile bug and it would not be wrong if I say that we are totally dependent on them. Families and friends are lost in the virtual world. And now what is going to aggravate this situation a tad bit is the advent of 3g and 4g network that has just been launched in Pakistan.

After the installation of GSM and CDMA networks, companies will now be able to offer customers the wonders of 3G (Third Generation) and 4G (fourth Generation) networks in Pakistan. From consumers perspective they think that 3G is something to have fast speed and good video quality and improve communication means. Services like wide area wireless voice telephone, mobile Internet access, video calls and TV and broadband wireless data. Now, people are so much interested in buying 3G-powered devices and tools.

Already people want to buy this technology because everyone wants to enjoy the breath taking benefits of that technology. It has opened a new way of life for all hand set users.

3G internets have enormous advantages. Such as Customization mobile broadband devices and services, Fast connectivity of internet, Broadband facility everywhere, enjoying music entertainment, increased in GDP/ Employment, Improved asset and resource management and so on so forth.

So let the game of High speed internet begin! Now we Pakistanis will stand with the rest of the world and achieve all the benefits of this ground-breaking Technology.

Haris Khan – a young and intelligent Pakistani kid has become of the youngest app developer in the world. Haris named this app “Super Soccer Kicks”. The game is available on Apple’s App Store and works on Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Haris who lives in Ireland has started earning a lot media attention in the wake of this event.

His game has already crossed over 400 downloads. The game was launched on Friday 7^th February 2014 and is available for free download on the App Store.

Sweden, a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe, famous for its glass and world’s preferred Solar-powered purveyor, is in a bit of a pickle now days. The creaky clean nation of more than 9.5 million has run out of garbage. Landfills are tapped dry now and garbage reserves depleted. This seems like incredibly positive but predicament for a country to be facing, Sweden has been forced to import rubbish from its neighbors (Norway). Yep, Sweden is so trash scarce now that officials are shipping around 80,000 tons annually from elsewhere.

Population’s remarkable Recycling habits have put the officials of the country in trouble that relies on waste to heat and to provide electricity to millions of homes through a waste- to- energy incineration program. So with the residents not generating enough waste to power the incinerators, the country has been forced to look around for fuel.

It’s kind of a great deal for the Swedes: Norway pays Sweden to take its excess waste, Sweden burns it to generate heat and electricity, and the remained ashes from the incineration process, filled with highly polluting dioxins, are returned back to Norway and land filled.

Presently it is estimated that, 54,888 tons of solid waste is generated in Pakistan per day. We can convert this waste to generate fuel and electricity with the minimum resource. Waste busters have taken the initiative in this regard. Now, every citizen has to play its role by cooperating with it

We have unfortunately brought our era to a level where serious ecological imbalance is anticipating to some heinous effects on Mother Earth & her Children. We can thwart the rapidly accelerating environmental issues by simply conserving water at our own level. It takes simply few steps to ensure the water conservation at home. This article would outline the points to help you in saving volumes of water at your home front.

Let’s admit it that a great volume of water is lost owing to sheer carelessness even at individual level. So, make it a resolution to turn off your taps while brushing teeth or turn your shower off when you are soaping yourself. Would you believe you can save around 2,500 liter water per year if you reduce the shower by a single minute every day?  Then, you should be careful while handling the dishwashers and washing machines. It’s always advised to load your dishwasher and washing machine fully to avoid the water wastage with half loaded machines. When you will run them more than once then definitely it will consume more water in comparison to using it once with fully loaded option.

The most important step is to check out for the leaks in the toilets, shower- heads, kitchen taps and other kind of water- using devices. Just a small leaking tap could waste around 2,000 liter of water every month and also will cause disastrous effects on water bills as well. Leaks once detected shall be repaired immediately. You can even use water- meters for checking on the leaks. Moreover, you must count on water conserving appliances at your place e.g. flow regulators, aerators, double flush toilets etc. Always buy the water-wise appliances…

Professional Waste Management and Recycling Companies such as Waste Busters  provide waste management solutions, bio-remediation process for better waste disposal. Waste Busters have been rewarded at several forums for its innovation and sustainable solution towards an integrated waste management programs.