Jones offered this comment about the app: In conjunction with the app launch, the team at Nicely has also created the #BeNice campaign to celebrate the holiday season. The #BeNice campaign reaffirms the company’s mission to encourage and spread kindness while also pledging to donate to a charity committed to the advancement of the Washington community. Nicely will donate $1 from every purchase to Food and Friends, a DC charity whose mission is “to foster a community caring for men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses by preparing and delivering specialized meals and groceries in conjunction with nutrition counseling....

The Nommunity website has played host to a community of those with such dietary restrictions, offering a wealth of health information, news, and resources. The Dallas-based team, and fresh graduates of the Tech Wildcatters class of 2012, recently announced the release of their new iPhone app “Food Community.” After selecting between your preferred restaurant types – vegetarian, vegan, kosher, gluten-free, organic, and/or locavore – the Food Community app populates a list of restaurants based on your current location and desired search radius....

The company is one of the biggest VPN providers and has risen to greater success than ever in the past few years, along with the entire VPN industry. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the concept of remote work well into the mainstream, and all those internet-connected employees need to stay safe while accessing company data online. Nord Security sees even more growth in the future, both in its consumer and business offerings....

The event still embodied the scrappy underdog on its second outing: It’s one of the smaller cons compared to those for comic books or YouTubers, and attendance didn’t appear to have grown much since last year. It’s a feat of crowdfunding, underwritten by an IndieGoGo campaign whose goal it didn’t quite hit – it reached 99% of its $300,000 goal, up from 81% its first year. But it all ran smoothly, with a raft of panels for aspiring podcasters offered alongside live shows and meet-and-greets for popular podcasts like My Brother, My Brother and Me and Punch Up the Jam....

Escape room games use problem solving and teamwork to battle against the clock and escape. The escape room concept started Japan as a real-life roleplaying version of the popular ‘Escape the Room’ video games, gaining popularity throughout Asia and arriving in the United States in 2012. There are now thousands of escape rooms around the world. Traditional escape rooms started as leisure and entertainment, but some escape rooms are moving into team building....

That’s according to a new report out this month from PhishLabs, a security company that specializes in addressing phishers. Social media phishing threats are also way up, growing at an even faster pace. Here’s what the latest data on phishing can tell us about the state of internet security in 2022, and how your business can stay relatively secure amid it. Phishing Growth The analysis was titled ‘Quarterly Threat Trends & Intelligence February 2022,’ and looked at hundreds of thousands of incidents....

The products include a new fitness watch, new fitness bands and wireless headphones. Thanks to the ever-busy Samsung rumor mill, none of these are exactly shocking revelations. But, in some cases, it’s the first time we’ve had confirmation from Samsung itself about these devices. We take a look at the new line up, plus give an overview on what to expect from Samsung’s big product event next week. What are the New Samsung Wearables?...

Just last week, Samsung began sending out fire-proof boxes for those who wished to return their Samsung Galaxy Note 7s due to the product’s design flaw: Dozens of reported cases of the phone overheating and exploding. Given that 2.5 million phones were produced, it’s a relatively rare problem, but obviously a significant one. Samsung has permanently stopped production as a result. So who benefits from this massive recall? Apple....

The four startups will be: True North Beauty (Milo, Maine) a skincare products company.Herbal Revolution (Lincolnville, Maine) produces herbal tonics and elixirs.Parkupine (Norfolk, VA) a mobile app that allows parking-space owners to rent their spaces to other drivers.Sofia Fima (Lewiston, ME) a handbag designer based in Lewiston. Founder Dianna Pozdniakov, founder of Sofia Fima, and Katheryn Langelier, founder of Herbal Revolution, both participated in the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development’s Top Gun program this year and both made it to the final Showcase event....

Pittsburgh’s Hottest Startup: Best Pitch – Seekahoo Inc. Seekahoo Inc.: is a location based app for home improvement businesses to connect with homeowners recommended by their friends, family and social network. It’s a great way to grow your business and connect with real people and gather great referrals. Pittsburgh’s Hottest Startup: Reader’s Choice Award – StreamMe StreamMe: Create, view, or add to a stream. StreamMe is a fully location based; no checkins app....

An ecommerce giant with huge clout in bricks-and-mortar store retail, too, Shopify can boast to having more than one million retailers using its platform. Now, Shopify has apparently approached major publishers including Complex and Vox Media as well as getting Buzzfeed to sign on to the new program. Considering Shopify? Understand the costs with our complete Shopify Pricing Guide Why Would Shopify Expand into Affiliate Marketing? Put simply, affiliate marketing is big business....

Before this scheme, Shopify used to charge 20% on every sale made through its service, but now, smaller businesses will take the whole value of the sale, with Shopify’s cut of 15% only kicking in once the annual $1 million threshold has been passed. The best part? At the end of every year, the numbers reset. Every single year, your 1st million is all yours. pic.twitter.com/jA5QXHq3i4 — Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) June 29, 2021 While the pricing of the Shopify platform itself seem to be staying the same, with three tiers costing $29 per month, $79 per month, and $299 per month, this will now be the only Shopify-associated cost that smaller developers will have to worry about....

How do we know? One commenter on the blogging site Metafilter, the user “easily confused,” has put the Sherlock-level detective work together: Personally, I’m less surprised that astronauts enjoy Mythbusters, which definitely seems like the sort of thing they’d enjoy. Also weirdly present: “So I Married an Axe Murderer.” But some of it…. well that’s probably where we get into individual astronauts making specific requests. And I’d love to know who requested Absolutely Fabulous (Series 1-3), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Mythbusters (Seasons 1-7)....

According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, Americans are wildly uninformed about the means by which they can protect themselves from hackers itching to steal their personal online data. In a thirteen-question survey, Americans were tested on their knowledge of a number of cybersecurity issues and terms. And they didn’t do very well. It is worth noting that most Americans aren’t doing anything wrong. They aren’t misinformed about how to protect their online data from potential hackers, rather they aren’t informed at all....

But do the highest achieving graduates really go for the business with the best perks? What actually attracts them? In their recent survey, Universum found out. The group looked at the responses from 88,000 people in 10 countries: Canada, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Of these respondents, over 18,000 were studying at the top 200 universities listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2015–2016, making them a great reflection of the highest achievers and their interests....

Now, a new survey reveals that even the photos on our smartphones are contributing to this ever-increasing issue. 23 Percent of Americans Stress About Phone Photos Nearly a quarter of Americans stress out about their digital photos, a number that’s down from a few other countries covered in a global survey by mail.com — Spain consumers hit 27 percent, France sits at 26 percent and Germany at 25 percent. What’s the cause?...

If you’re thinking about a new career or wanting to work at a different company, then check out some of the recent Tech.Co jobs posts and consider applying for one! If you’re looking for jobs at startups – or anywhere else – look no further than the Tech.Co Jobs Board. Here are this week’s top technology jobs: Data Coordinator (Immigration Executive Action Program) Center for Popular Democracy in New York, NY The Center for Popular Democracy is hiring Data Coordinators who will deploy the data and technology components of a multi-state campaign to implement President Obama’s Executive Action on immigration, which will improve the lives of an estimated 5 million immigrants....

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