The name of Microsoft’s first and still most popular operating system, Windows, came from a then-revolutionary development: windows on a computer screen. Before the mid-1980s, computers were text-only ...

I am no good at multitasking, that elusive art form of competently doing more than one thing at a time. Even the word “multitasking” does double duty. Two words, “multi” and “task” are crammed ...

Before coming to academe, I worked in a research institute studying information technology. Looking back, the pace seems almost luxurious as I was able to concentrate on a single project at a time.

During a time when the boundaries between our work and our personal lives feel tenuous at best, multitasking feels like a natural solution. Working from home means juggling Zoom calls and coworker ...

On the surface, the concept of multitasking sounds dynamic and kind of cool—the word originated in the 1960s computer boom, after all, and retains its connotations of hyper-competency and ...

I distinctly recall the first time I heard the word multitasking. It was in the late 1990s and I was in a colleague’s office for a meeting. She was sitting behind her desk and I was in a chair facing ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We have been told that multitasking is good for work productivity, but we intuitively know constant multitasking makes us stressed out.

I’ve been hearing about “stacking” habits lately which I thought meant adding one habit to another and doing them at the same time. For example, when you’re brushing your teeth at night, you could ...

As a CEO, I know that one of the best things to come out of the past year is the accelerated acceptance of a hybrid work model. Employees have done a remarkable job balancing the typical distractions ...

When Mitsubishi made your first cellphone, you know you’ve been around a while. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola ...

While smartphones gave new meaning to the word "multitask," 76% of single consumers use a tablet to get more information about a product or service seen on TV, compared with 63% of those married, ...