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She looked startled. “Something with the Internet,” she finally said. The interview wrapped up cordially, but the team agreed that the candidate disqualified herself by not knowing anything about what they were selling. It wasn’t hard to find out – they were a fully launched, online B2C company, for heaven’s sake, not the CIA. They didn’t want someone that incurious on their team. Maybe the question confused her. Why would they ask me what they did?...

Annotations In terms of easy YouTube views, annotations are by far some of the most effective methods of getting more people to watch your videos. If you’re wondering what YouTube annotations are, they’re basically those text boxes which appear during videos, with messages such as “Subscribe” or “Like our page”, or “click for part 2” etc. The reason why they’re so effective is that they allow you to easily link from one video to the next, as well as to playlists, your channel, and much more....

Lack of a fireplace can be problematic, but the Internet has a solution for everything. Thanks to some creative content producers, you can now add the warm glow of a yule log to your second screen – like your tablet or smart television. Here are five yule log videos that might help get you through this holiday season. So pour yourself a tall glass of eggnog, turn up the heater and play these yule log videos for hours, embracing this folk custom of unclear origin....

1. The Jetsons’s Home Set in the year 2063, the Jetsons’s home has become something of a poster child for home automation, and in fact, many of the advances that were conceptualized on the show have actually become a reality. Flat screen televisions? Check. Cordless robotic vacuum cleaners? Check. Video conferencing? Check. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find an automated system in the Jetson’s home that isn’t currently available – as long as you overlook the sassy android maid....

We asked six entrepreneurs what financial myths people should ignore. Take a look at their answers below and get ready to squash those financial myths before they have a chance to influence your startup decision making process: Company Growth Equals Profit Growth I always hated when people asked me about my company growth based purely on employees and net revenue. It’s easy to get caught up in growing your revenue, but don’t lose sight of profit....

– Marcela De Vivo of Gryffin – Jayna Cooke of EVENTup – Alexandra Levit of PeopleResults – Jake Goldman of 10up – Simon Casuto of eLearningMind – Phil Laboon of EyeFlow – Shawn Porat of JudgementMarketplace

At the recent IFA technology show in Berlin, manufacturers such as Samsung were eager to show off their 8K wares. It seems the day has finally arrived and 8K TVs will soon become commercially available from a number of popular brands. This advanced TV technology has been in the works for a while now. Ever since 4K TVs hit the market, Samsung, LG, and TCL have been itching to put out something even clearer, brighter, and more colorful for tech’s early adopters – whether the human eye can actually detect the difference, or not....

In the study, biologist Arcady Putilov and his colleagues requested 130 people to stay awake for 24 hours. After that duration, the subjects filled out questionnaires to describe how awake they felt, their sleep patterns, as well as the quality of their overall bodily function. According to the results, 29 participants showed higher energy levels at 9 AM compared to 9 PM (i.e., early-birds) and 44 had higher energies at 9 PM (night-owls)....

To date the platform powers social commerce for over 10,000 brands including The Economist, NCR, O’Neil Clothing, Everlast, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. With only a small snippet of code, marketers are empowered with accurate revenue attribution, lists of purchase influencers, and referral market campaigns. All told, the data they presented us with tells a very interesting tale, namely that Facebook reigns supreme in the conversion rate and social sharing realm....

It also shared the average meeting time, a fairly respectable 54 minutes, and the most popular day of the week for meetings, which as it turns out, is Wednesday. The data shows the breadth and widespread usage of Zoom, and with the ongoing adoption of hybrid and remote working policies, Zoom and other web conferencing services look set to be as essential heading into 2022. Zoom Meeting Stats Revealed The data, collected by Zoom itself, is a fascinating peak into a medium that most of us have adopted on a daily basis, and shows that we are far from alone....

Currently there are 18 limited edition Dash Buttons available, each paired to a specific brand and set of products. In all, the following have buttons available: Bounty, Tide, Cottonelle, Glad, Clorox, Gatorade, Maxwell House, smartwater, Izze, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Larabar, Olay, Gillette, L’Oreal, Gerber, Huggies and Wellness. To test things out, we acquired the Tide and Glad buttons. But… I didn’t press the button. I realized I still had several laundry pods handy and several weeks worth of trash bags in the pantry....

Kairos was founded in 2008 by Ankur Jain and joined later by Alex Fiance (partner) and Ryan Bloomer (partner). The trio decided to give up their careers in banking and consulting and look to find the brightest young minds to fix broken industries and create jobs for their communities. The Kairos community has expanded to 50+ countries and 100+ universities. As their motto states: Kairos has brought together a new generation of founders from over 60 countries around the world....

The complaint, raised by an individual in New York, refutes the waterproof qualities of the iPhone, and the after-sales care they received related to water damage. Clearly, covering the phone in uncooked rice wasn’t enough. Apple has already been fined in Europe for similar issues, so if successful, the complaint could prove to be an expensive one. Class Action Complaint Against Apple The class action complaint has been raised by an individual from Bronx County and accuses Apple of breaching New York General Business Law’s Consumer Protection Statute....

Ok, perhaps Apple hasn’t fallen on the hardest of times, but after it forecast lower-than-expected sales for the upcoming quarter – which includes Christmas – it has ceased to hold its unprecedented $1 trillion valuation. Why Did Apple’s Share Price Fall? As we mentioned, Apple forecast lower-than-expected figures for the upcoming quarter – which, crucially, includes the holiday buying season. To be clear, this isn’t Apple failing to hit its own forecast numbers....

Don’t get me wrong, I love the promise of bots – automated engagement and assistance delivered through various mediums – but I am also a bit leery. That’s because, like you, I’ve lived through years of bots already, on the phone. Admittedly, a comparison between phone assistance automation and digital bots is not totally fair, but as the industry is learning how to properly put bots to work, some fairly inauspicious examples have emerged....

EduSync’s Various Tools EduSync is an entirely cloud-based platform, and registration is as simple as signing up with your Google account. The platform offers two sets of tools: one for teachers and another for students. TeacherCal is the tool for the instructor to build lesson plans, share study aids, and communicate with the student. EddyCal is the student tool where students and parents get assignments, study aids, and can connect with the teacher....

That’s right, Google announced on Monday that their Nexus phone will feature spam call detection technology in order to make sure your morning isn’t ruined by someone offering you a free cruise in a robot voice. The function will be available through the Google Phone app, which is available on the Nexus and Android One smartphones. The upgraded tech is fairly simple for users and Google alike. The smartphones will begin tracking numbers in order to make stopping telemarketers in their tracks a communal activity....

Cloud Technology Cloud computing is the latest technology advancement that enables businesses, institutions and individuals to manage their business data and access it easily from remote locations. Ever since cloud computing services have emerged in the technology market, users have flexibility to create data backups and restore all the necessary information which is required to carry out vital business processes. Most of the cloud computing consultants offer an unbeatable yet affordable suite of cloud services and applications that support users to accomplish their tasks....

These words belong to the very excited Micha Weinblatt, founder and CEO at Betterific, whose DC-based team will soon be making the move to Philly to join the DreamIt Ventures class of 2012 (ranked the #11 startup accelerator in the nation). “We first learned of DreamIt from an article you guys ran on Tech Cocktail,” says Weinblatt. “They’ve been on our radar ever since.” After applying for a spot in early June, Weinblatt and his team got word in late July that Dreamit wanted to proceed with the in-person interview....