to search for your dream job at top enterprises and hope your knowledge and skills will be enough for them to hire you; orto risk and start your business, better known as a startup today. Which would you choose? If you read this, you’ve made a choice already. Launching a startup is easy, and dozens of guides have been written to help you. Most of them provide one and only tip that makes sense to them: just take the first step!...
While Kierkegaard’s intellectual 19th century dialect is intimidating, the wisdom gleaned from these words are true and timeless: to be happy is to live in the present. There are literally millions of things trying to distract you from being happy. Whether it be bills, basketball or buying a new phone because yours fell in the toilet, unhappiness is more about over thinking than anything else; by keeping ourselves “busy”, we remove ourselves from our present beings, and ultimately set ourselves down a path to unhappiness....
BizzieMe is a Maine-based company that realized happy kids = happy customers = happy restaurant owners/managers. They also noticed and acted upon the growing trend of technology within the restaurant industry as a way to engage customers. Their goal is to create kid-centered applications to increase brand loyalty and customer retention. BizzieMe is currently focusing on family-oriented restaurants (an $80 billion business) and creating branded games and activities for their youngest customers, who are digital “natives” and expect to be engaged digitally....
This year was no different, although I noticed LOTS of people using smartphone devices like iPhones and Droids while waiting in line. While it’s no secret that penetration of smartphones is growing with consumers, Black Friday shoppers are increasingly sharing real-time information via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, as well as checking apps for the best places to shop. Consumers are much more informed. While waiting in line yesterday evening, I was frankly shocked by the volume of social media updates via sites like Twitter regarding Black Friday....
However, when people pose these questions, the answers, comments, and debates sparked become so rapidly unorganized that the original question is buried under segues and tangents. Just try to comb through a Reddit thread that has 1,000-plus comments and you will understand what I mean. The cofounders of Blurtopia would agree that the problem with social polling, a facet of digital quickly growing in popularity, rests in failed attempts to coherently aggregate the results....
Congregating at District Hall, 8 different startups took the stage to deliver their 60 second pitch to the audience. We’re happy to announce the winners of both the best pitch and readers’ choice category, and excited to announce that they will be heading to Las Vegas Vegas to compete for the title of the Nation’s Hottest Showcasing Startup at Celebrate Conference. Boston’s Hottest Showcasing Startup – Best Pitch Date my Wardrobe: Date My Wardrobe is AirBnB for fashion....
Thinking That Branding Means Taglines And Logos One of the first signs that you have to refresh your branding is when the logo is outdated. However, this does not mean that branding is just about logos or taglines. Too many business owners will only think about these two elements when the truth is that branding is all about communicating a proper message to the desired audience. Any branding campaign that does not consider all necessary elements will be a failure....
That’s right, Spotify has hitched their wagon to another company in order to provide their musical touch to another app. In this partnership, Bumble, the female-led dating app, will allow users to view their matches favorite songs, artists and genres listed in Spotify. The partnership will further the music streaming company’s goal to further integrate music into every day life. Yes, everything is better with music. Showers, workouts, and even eating can be improved by throwing on your favorite Yeezy song and nodding your head along to the beat....
It works by asking you a series of questions: Quality: Do you want optimal quality, good value for your money, or something more basic? Platform: Will your app be iOS, Android, or Windows Phone?Design: Do you want something custom, or simple? Can it just mimic your web interface, or have no design at all? Monetization: Will the app be paid, solicit in-app purchases, or use advertising?Login: Will users login with an email address or social network profile?...
Remote work is bigger than ever, and both services have grown their userbases as a result. It looks like both companies know that a rising tide raises all business software ships. By making it easier to work together, both services will keep riding the wave of increasing remote work. What to Expect If your company relies on Google Workspace, Miro, or both, then your options have expanded. Miro’s new app will let users stay within the Workspace software while quickly launching Miro at the same time....
Cybersecurity has become a hot button issue for businesses around the world, particularly ransomware. The cyber threat has become common place for virtually every type of business, from healthcare to education, and solutions have been few and far between. Unfortunately, the problem could get worse before it gets better, as cybersecurity professionals are throwing in the towel due to the unrelenting stress from trying to mitigate the risk. This news could not come at a worse time, as ransomware attacks have become a seriously pressing issue, particularly for small businesses....
Deviating from the norm for DJI, this particular model is not aimed at photographers and videographers (be it hobbyist or professional), but more so everybody else. It’s chock full of simple to use video and selfie features, is controlled through your phone or tablet, and dare I say it, the thing is even kind of cute. At roughly less weight than a can of beer, it has easy swappable batteries, and a small case that will fit in a medium sized purse....
TRUTH Social claims to be the future of fair social media, avoiding any kind of censorship or discrimination based on political opinion. It’s in its infancy, with registration being sent around through invites. People can also sign up on the front page of the website to join the waiting list. As one might predict, the reception is already quite frothy, with some Trump fans claiming that this is finally the bastion of free speech that America deserves, while detractors are insisting this is just going to be another one of Trump’s numerous failed businesses or successful grifts....
John Taylor, a D.C. resident, brought forth the initial petition in an effort to fly his hobby drone without the need to register, and also attempted to challenge the ban on the operation of model aircraft in various restricted areas (including all of Washington D.C. and much of its surrounding geography), but was denied. Although the Registration Rule was turned down, the court is giving the FAA seven days to petition the ruling, which in turn means until May 26 hobbyists still must register in order to fly their drone....
So marketers, check out Vancouver-based startup ToggleTo.com. They have created a web based QR code campaign management system that has everything mobile marketers need to create, manage, measure, test and tweak their QR code campaigns. Their technology allows you to create dynamic QR codes, which is awesome, as you can change the target URL after the code has been created and printed. The QR code could link to a video one day, a product review the following day, or a coupon the next....
Machine learning is the field of study dedicated to giving computers the ability to learn without explicitly programming them to do so. As you can imagine, the possibilities of machine learning to revolutionize countless industries are endless. With knowledge of machine learning and artificial intelligence, you’ll be able to impress future employers and open doors for yourself in a wide variety of industries. This bundle will give you hands-on coding experience while teaching you a whole new set of valuable skills....
Determine your goal and develop a passion to pursue it You want to pursue a specific business objective, say for instance building up an effective online space for entrepreneurs and developers to support one another. Don’t feel disheartened by statistics which might say many have traveled the path and failed. You may hear complaints from other companies that faced problems while trying to set up own social media networks. Don’t let these deter you from pursuing your own goal....
Fooducate is a free iOS and Android app that lets shoppers scan food items and view a letter grade and explanation, with flags like excess sugar, trans fats, additives, and confusing serving sizes. Fooducate also suggests healthier options, like Multigrain Cheerios instead of Honey Nut Cheerios, or all-natural peanut butter rather than regular peanut butter, which contains added sugar and oil. These suggestions also take into account what foods other users “like....
But when does this focus on startups and sky-high growth go from aspirational to wishful thinking? Or worse, from wishful thinking to an impossible game plan that crashes and burns? The answer depends on the situation. VCs and Incubators Go for the Money The main paths that get startups off the ground — angel investors, incubators, accelerators — are all built on models that take a big risk for a big payoff....
But do those features usher in more privacy, or do they just make users think they do? According to former Apple iCloud engineer Johnny Lin, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency button is “a dud” that does more harm than good. Data privacy at big corporations seems to be increasing, a boon for consumers. But the evolution of our privacy standards isn’t as smooth as it might look. Why App Tracking Transparency Isn’t Great Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) features rolled out April 2021 as part of the tech giant’s iOS 14....
