To get started with Sortly is very easy. After downloading the app, I was able to create an account and start using it in about a minute, as it welcomes every new user with a tutorial explaining all the basic features you need at first launch. Users can try any of the existing locations or a custom location (aka category) as soon as they log in and create a well-structured, easy-to-access list by adding sub-locations like rooms, boxes, cabinets, and more....

An estimated $500 billion are spent on events every year, but the industry has been slow to adapt to digitization. This dire need for automation and optimization appears to be coming to an end given the recent announcement from Splash. The company recently announced a $7 million series B round led by Ascent Venture Partners. With this influx of cash, the company is looking to raise the profile of the event marketing space among B2B marketers and continue to build out technology that demonstrates a return on these massive events spends....

How To Pick The Brain of a Successful Tech Entrepreneur Guest author Greg Fisher, founder of Berkeley Sourcing Group, provides a handful of good questions to ask when you get the chance to chat with a successful tech entrepreneur. It’s fascinating to learn the various methods employed by successful founders to actually identify a market after coming up with an idea. Get some free expertise in this area, because this is an oft-reported mistake made by pivoting founders: spending too much time building a product for a great idea, when there was no market fit....

When someone clicks play on your startup’s explainer video, they are saying: “I want to learn more.” That’s probably because they’re thinking about becoming a user or customer. Launched in January, MediaGauge lets you send them an unintrusive message during the video, like a deal, a beta invitation, or a free download. On the backend, you get a report on the number of messages delivered, clicked, and ignored in under a minute....

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee. As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple....

According to a recent study by Fundera, memes and GIFs are the least professional means of communicating with employees via email or otherwise. As data from the study showed, they scored lower than emojis, like smiley faces, and acronyms, like LOL and probably to a lesser extent WTF. The study was conducted by surveying 1,000 Americans and asking them to rank the professionalism, seriousness, trustfulness, and intelligence when it comes to the use of emojis, memes, and acronyms in the office....

Minneapolis-based FanTools is one such solution in the latter category. A division of tech startup Four51, FanTools a social promotions platform that gives businesses full control of deals and promotions on the web, social media and mobile. You get to deliver offers to your fans where, when, and how you want to. There is a lot of flexbility built into FanTools. After all, you know where your fans are way better than LivingSocial and Groupon....

But we’re not talking about the old school photo booth where you go in, close the curtain, make silly faces (maybe even kiss), and get your strip of printed photos. The tech community finds these older models a bit clunky, cumbersome, and out of touch with today’s times. TapSnap has engineered a social media-savvy photo booth that’s not only sleek and portable, but also instantly uploads event photos to social media....

Sometimes 256 GB or 512 GB of hard drive space simply isn’t enough. Despite our initial expectations for how much memory we’ll need, human error persists – the extent of our predictions can only go so far. And, while external hard drives exist to help fix these technical limitations, their usage often poses more of a hassle than what’s necessary; while portable, traditional external hard drives are often too bulky and require you to carry around this hand-sized object wherever you need that additional storage....

The article reveals several key facts, including the following: Data from the Internet Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed that the number of connected IoT units in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to increase from 3.1 billion today to a massive 8.6 billion by 2020.The Asia-Pacific IoT market size is expected to grow from $250 billion today to $583 billion in revenue by 2020. One thing is clear beyond doubt, the IoT is the future and a lot of great things are ahead....

The hearing — announced in February — was largely in response to the Capitol riots earlier this year, as well as the misinformation campaign surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Reports have surfaced that the majority of the rioters had planned the attack in advance on a variety of platforms that have consistently struggled with this kind of nefarious behavior. Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai had a lot to say during the hearing — titled “Disinformation Nation: Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” — so we’ve collected some of their most poignant points below....

But, thanks to the hundreds of tech experts that we’ve polled for the most likely trends of 2021, we can deliver a huge range of educated predictions about how the tech industry will evolve in the new year. Unsurprisingly, expected advances in AI and financial technology (fintech) were common responses. Both types of tech are fast-growing, and their impacts will be felt across a gamut of industries. But, the experts dug into far more for our wide-ranging 2021 round of fortune-telling....

It’s no secret that technology has had a significant impact on travel and tourism.Here is the next round of tech trends projected to transform the way people travel in the coming years: Mobile Payment Methods Whereas international credit cards have done away with travelers’ checks, mobile payment methods are poised to transform payments while traveling. QR codes are printed codes scanned by customers to enable effortless mobile payment. Taxis are integrating this technology in order to simplify the payment process at the end of a trip and to improve the customer experience....

As such, TechCo wants to set you off on the right path by giving you our own rendition of the Back to School Supplies list, which unfortunately doesn’t come with that mega pack of crayons with the sharpener on the back. From laptops to tablets, to noise canceling headphones to block out your drunk roommate having sex on the bunk under you, here’s what you may want to consider before heading off to college....

With the right technology at your side, you can significantly improve your company’s bottom line. Through my companies: BeeHex, Notability Partners, BNB Shield, Status Labs, Lisbon Hill Farms, and even a real-estate business I run successfully, I have had an opportunity to deploy a number of tools. Here’s a closer look at eight tech advancements that could help you get results for your company. Trello Trello has quickly become the go-to project management tool for many businesses thanks to its easy-to-read, collaborative setup....

The online world has become a hotbed for nefarious actors and cyber criminals. Everything from ransomware attacks to security breaches have plagued businesses of all shapes and sizes, and the monetary loss from these cyber-attacks has been more than substantial. Now, it appears Portland is one of the latest victims, as a simple email breach led to a massive fraudulent charge that the city is going to have a hard time recouping....

Entrepreneur, Sarah Poyet, 31, of Westchester, NY, was inspired to develop a web and mobile platform called The Glass Files for families to privately protect these memories through an aspiration to tell a story of her own. Eight years ago, Poyet filmed an interview with her grandfather, William Glass, as he described his hardships and journey from Vienna to America during World War II. While ambitiously considering making a documentary with the footage, she first coined the idea for The Glass Files as outlet to share his story....

Let’s explore how digital advertising can evolve to better encompass user needs. The Next Stage of Digital Media Traditional ad tech relies on publishers and marketers. But even as digital media continues to change, ad tech also needs to also adapt. In a Medium post on how digital advertising can evolve from the rejection of ad blocking, Todd Garland writes that a key part in ad blocking comes because “people will always opt-out of things they hate....

“As with credit cards, the sensitive financial data stored on mobile phones will become targets for thieves and the unscrupulous. The upside, though, is that the security of NFC-enabled phones could be quite good, or at least no worse than a credit card,” says Harley Geiger in an article for cdt. He goes on to say that it is up to device manufacturers and service providers to ensure that protections, such as strong cryptography and authentication protocol, are in place for NFC transactions....

In June, Facebook’s newest diversity report showed that the company did very little to improve its numbers over the past year. The percentage of women in tech roles at the company improved by a mere 1 percent – from 15 percent last year to 16 percent this year (with the overall percentage of women at Facebook also increasing by 1 percent from 31 percent to 32 percent); further, the numbers show that the company only hired seven black people in the past year....