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This news comes hot on the heels of CEO Gabe Lozano’s efforts to re-brand LockerDome and expand outside the realm of only sports content. It’s only been a mere 6 months since Lozano pulled the trigger on his decision to re-brand, and it’s obviously paid off for big for him and the rest of the team. The new site design was built around the concept to get users engaged with content based on what they like versus what they know: similar to Pinterest....

Snagajob is America’s largest network for finding hourly employees. This platform serves as a useful tool for employers looking to hire immediately and find talent for hard-to-fill positions. Whatever your hiring needs are, Snagajob can help you find the right fit for your startup. Snagajob allows you to advertise your jobs to more than 40 million registered job seekers, which can help you increase exposure for your company and hire employees faster....

How Does Loot Work? Companies that choose to participate with Loot can get users to do everything from sharing something on social media to downloading a specific app. This can be beneficial for businesses in many ways, including the fact that it acts as a good resource for collecting marketing data. On the flipside, the estimated 60,000 users are able to build up points by doing simple tasks such as sharing a photo of themselves on Facebook interacting with a specific product....

To say Facebook and its CEO have been embroiled in controversy over the last few years would be a dire understatement. From the Cambridge Analytica scandal last year to the problematic political ad policy causing a stir today, it’s hard to look at the social media giant with anything but suspicion. Now, with plans to launch a cryptocurrency, Facebook could quickly go from a mere democracy-ruiner to a financial system destroyer in a single move....

Despite the pandemic spurring an enthusiastic uptake of video conferencing services such as Zoom, and other technologies that create virtual spaces, not everyone is as enthused by metaverse developments. Meta will continue to innovate in this area, however, and if the rise of Facebook and social media is anything to go by, it might not be long before we’re spending as much time in digital spaces as we are in physical ones....

Well, there’s an app for that too. Meditation and mindfulness have become popular in apps and online courses. Silicon Valley is rife with meditation practice. But is it possible for bitesize chunks of an age old tradition to transform our quality of life? The trend of meditation apps Meditation apps are becoming more and more popular, from Headspace to the Def Jam Records founder’s app. Often these apps focus on breaking meditation down into manageable pieces that can easily be incorporated into everyday life....

What’s the solution? Banding together. Medium has today announced a partnership with Random House to deliver new types of content and audience interaction to Medium. The writing-centric social network will exclusively license large portions of a yet-to-be-released sci-fi humor novel by author Rob Reid. How It Works The novel, After On, will be published on August 1st. The first excerpt is already available to all, and two more will follow to give free users a look at what they’ve missing....

BitAngels will be making $25,000 to $250,000 investments in Bitcoin companies – often with Bitcoins. They might fund currency exchanges or online marketplaces accepting Bitcoin, although their first investment was in Blueseed, the startup boat for international entrepreneurs off the coast of San Francisco. Many of the group’s 150 members are early Bitcoin adopters who made money as the currency rose in price. By funding Bitcoin startups, they’re supporting the overall ecosystem – and implicitly helping maintain the value of their own Bitcoin assets....

The first time you put on PSiO goggles, place the earbuds onto your ears, and turn them on, you might have the urge to yelp in surprise. Blue, red, and green colors start flashing like you’re in a disco. You see patterns moving across the screen such as a swirling vortex, illusions created by a brain trying to process colors that are moving too fast. In your ears, upbeat music transitions into a series of rhythmic beats that continue on and on and on until the screen goes black, 30 or 40 minutes later, and you come back to reality....

Let’s be honest, password are annoying. They’re infuriatingly hard to remember and exceedingly convoluted, making the average login process an absolute nightmare. To make matters worse, password security is severely lacking, with the average user utilizing annoyingly common passwords that can often be hacked in a few seconds. Fortunately, Microsoft is trying to fix this by implementing a new system that could pave the way to a more comprehensive online security protocol....

Exposed data includes phone numbers, home addresses, social security numbers, and COVID-19 vaccination statuses, from a range of sources including employee databases, job application indexes, and contact tracing platforms. It’s certainly far from the biggest data exposure in recent months, but this is a high-profile one, with affected companies including big names like American Airlines, Ford, and the New York City Municipal Transportation Authority. How Did It Happen? A Power Apps portal essentially helps an organization launch a quick pre-fab web application that can handle user sign-ups and maintain a database of information....

Microsoft Teams is always getting updated, which makes it one of the best web conferencing tools on the market today. From compatibility with new devices to generally making updates easier, the popular collaboration platform is always improving in response to user feedback. Well, it appears some users have been complaining about speed, as Microsoft Teams reportedly improves speeds up to 30% on features like chat and channel switching. The speed improvements stem from the newly updated Teams framework released this month that facilitate faster speeds across the platform, particularly in areas that need it most....

While we’re certainly in the later stages of the pandemic, remote learning still remains a reality for many students around the world. Teachers, parents, and students alike have expressed frustration with the new norm, noting that the old in-person methods just don’t translate as well to at-home education. Now though, Microsoft Teams is providing an intuitive new way to learn how to read that could become the new standard even after the pandemic is over....

Is there really enough in your resumé to set you apart? Is it really enough to showcase your true potential? Many recruiters and hiring agencies are plainly saying, “No.” Reasons to Build an Online Portfolio It doesn’t matter if you’re in a technical field; getting hired is all about increasing your visibility to the hiring manager, recruiter, and other stakeholders. And if you want to have a prayer in getting that dream job, you’re going to need to showcase yourself with more than just a resumé....

According to a new report by Pew, this is the first time in over 130 years that Millennials are mostly living with their parents rather than on their own or with romantic partners. The shift may seem small, but these Millennial housing trends speaks volumes on the climate of the economy, Millennial capabilities, and the future of the industry. Where Millennials Live Today Though there are some living alternatives popping up across the country, millennials largely face a crisis of being shorted out of the housing market....

The increasingly erratic CEO is also preventing Twitter users from posting links to the social media rival, and is flagging its content as “potentially harmful”. As staff numbers drop and the platform struggles to cover its own rent, Musk is appearing to go into survival mode. But with the self-confessed “free-speech absolutist” directly contradicting his own values, could these bans mark his biggest blunder so far? Twitter Bans the Mastodon Account and Flags Links to the App Elon Musk, Twitter’s CEO and previous world’s richest man decided to ban Mastodon’s account on Thursday night — the social media platform that’s widely being pegged as Twitter’s top alternative....

Launching a Facebook app today, MyTab is a platform where friends can donate to your trip and you can book flights and hotels, while giving a portion to eco-charities. For now, the site is still restricted to travelers flying out of the United States. Since we last covered San Francisco-based MyTab, they’ve added a bunch of features to simplify your trip: you can estimate flight and hotel costs when you create an itinerary, browse special pages for vacations like weddings and celebrations, and (only on the Facebook app) check in to a city when you arrive....

But Forecast seems to be minimizing that threat by listening to their users: To take advantage of that, Forecast has since added a “me too” button to indicate you’ll join your friends later. That creates a “forecast” for you, plus a way to keep in touch with everyone planning to meet up. So far, close to 100,000 users have been predicting their future check-ins on Forecast. Today, the team is launching Forecast 2....

That sentiment couldn’t be more true for Outcome Health, a platform providing actionable health intelligence at the moment of care. The health company has been bootstrapping since 2006, but recently announced one of the largest funding rounds in Chicago history with $500 million. They also boasted a valuation of $5.5 billion, the largest in the history of the Windy City. Investor include Goldman Sachs, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, although the founders have made it clear they are in the driver’s seat....

While we all wish there was a magical world where everyone was able to use the same software and hardware for presentations, you’re likely either going to end up in dongle hell, a broken formatting nightmare (don’t forget missing fonts), or a slew of other issues. Fortunately technology over the years has given us ridiculous tech like the smartphone with a built in projector, also known as the Lenovo Smart Cast, and of course smaller, box sized projectors too....