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Paris Gamble, a father of two with an engineering and science background has created a Kickstarter Campaign for a comic book called “David, Software Engineer”. The goals is to get kids excited about STEM careers, and have them thinking about the steps necessary to be successful in these fields. Paris’s ultimate goal is to create an entire series of STEM Career Comic Books. Possibilities for future issues include an aerospace engineer, an architect, a cellular biologist, a marine scientist, and a nuclear engineer....

The Samsung Galaxy S10 reveal is less than three weeks away, with Samsung showing its new phone to the world on 20 Febuary. There have been few official announcements so far, but the rumor mill, is in full swing, and hype levels are through the roof. With suggestions that it will come in four variants, have an under-the-screen camera and fingerprint sensor, a 5G model, plus potentially a whopping 1TB of storage…there’s a lot to dig through....

The founders of The Venture Center’s VC FinTech Accelerator portfolio companies presented ten-minute investor pitches. Attendees also heard several important economic development announcements. Monotto, a company providing a platform solution for banks to better engage millennial consumers, announced Arkansas-based Bear State Bank as the first commercial client on its platform. Atlanta-based LumoXchange–which provides an efficient, cost-effective money transfer platform–announced a partnership with Bear State as well as plans to move the company permanently to Little Rock....

After buying a few Bitcoins back in 2011, Early put them in a digital drawer, so to speak, and ignored them. The value of Bitcoin started climbing shortly thereafter, and Early decided people might want to spend their own crypto currencies on something useful: pints. The Pembury Tavern got a quick upgrade and had 1,000 lines of code added to the electronic point-of-sale system Early had already designed for the pub....

Google announced this week a new feature for Android phones that allows users to simply Google for the location of their lost Android phones. By simply typing “find my phone” in Google search on your desktop or laptop computer, Google will help you locate the precise location of your Android, showing you a map of where it’s located, as well as an option to let it ring. This feature also works for Android tablets....

The grant comes from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2017 Growth Accelerator Fund, which provides monetary support to startup accelerators in areas of the country that lack robust entrepreneurial resources and access to capital. Tom Rainey, MCED’s executive director, was sitting at home on Oct. 30, without power after the late-October storm, when he received the news. MCED was one of 20 accelerator programs around the country that received the grant this year, and the only one in Maine....

CaptchaAsking users to register before being able to payDon’t allow to users to store credit card informationNo auto detect for credit card typeNot identifying credit card security number (the codes on credit cards have different namesNo validated credit card fieldNot showing appropriate keyboard layoutsNot disabling autocorrectNot providing a calendar review when selecting datesMaking it difficult to enter credit card and phone info. Woo talked about some examples of companies that do succeed in making payments fun, like Google and its reCaptcha feature....

Here, I will share with you what I have learned as the founder of a full-service video production company to help you get started with your new video content strategy. Know Your Budget The number one question asked at True Film Production is “How much for a video?” We follow up with “How much is a house?” The answer depends on several factors like location, number of rooms, baths, etc....

To win more work, give the following tools a thorough test-drive: Shoeboxed Monthly accounting and taxing season is one of the two least events things in the freelance life. The Shoeboxed web and mobile app helps you to keep all things neat. You can scan all your receipts and business cards, organize them into respective categories, create expense report effortlessly and even order pre-paid envelopes to stuff all your paper data inside and have the wizard Shoebox team to digitalize it for you....

First, take a look at the above example of a perceptual map, courtesy of Wikipedia. In this graph, we’re plotting perceptions of automobiles based on their affordability versus their styling. A couple of things are important to notice about this perceptual map from a strategic standpoint. Chrysler, Oldsmobile, and Buick failed to adequately define their brand – they all seem to be perceived by consumers as the same products. The same is true for Cadillac, Mercedes, and Lincoln....

To that end Hugh Forrest, the Director of SXSW, built the ReleaseIt competition to give smaller stage entrepreneurs a platform from which to pitch to a dedicated audience. Specifically, ReleaseIt gives companies a way to easily launch new products or services during the SXSW festival. On Friday, March 13, Trey Bowles of the Dallas Entrepreneur Center (DEC) took the mic and kicked off the competition. Ten different companies pitched to a high profile panel of judges that included Andy Stoll, Iowa Startup Accelerator; Susan Amat, founder of VentureHive; Shauna Causey, VP of EveryMove; and Evan Burfield, cofounder of 1776....

The project, called “Mesh,” will be rolled out inside Microsoft Teams and is scheduled to be available for users at some point next year. It’s been a week of ups and downs for the tech giant, who overtook Apple to become the most valuable company in the world last Friday, yet were hit with more security issues affecting Microsoft mailbox owners. Why is Microsoft Going Meta? In an announcement published this week, Microsoft seemed to imply it was motivated to build its own metaverse by two trends: “Remote workers are far more efficient than most business leaders ever imagined, and they miss each other....

We spoke to some of the teachers to hear about what their experience was like: “Visions are important for success, but this experience has solidified the importance of strategy in achieving those visions. A grand idea without a master plan and proper execution is nothing more than mental gymnastics.” – Matt Campbell “Now at this point, I’ve been a jack-of-all trades.” – Diego Lugo, TFA alum “In the words of McDonalds’ theme song, I’m lovin it sums up my internship experience so far....

The survey, which compiles feedback from 31,000 people in 31 countries and also factors in user data from Microsoft 365 and LinkedIn, reveals that as hybrid work becomes standard practice, a growing number of workers are putting their wellbeing first. With the employee/employer power dynamic continuing to shift, these findings suggest that if business leaders don’t embrace flexible solutions soon, they could risk losing their top talent. Half of Leaders Are Planning a Full Return to the Office After two years of COVID-19 induced disruption, hybrid working finally feels like the new normal for many....

The best way to face these natural disasters is by being prepared with the right equipment and supplies. Mentioned in our hurricane gadget guide, the Motorola Talkabout T480 is among the enhanced supply list to help you stay abreast of alerts from NOAA. It let’s you communicate with family members (two-way radio), listen to local FM radio, and even gives you access to a small flashlight. Though we fortunately didn’t have to use the T480s during a natural disaster, we took them on a neighborhood hike and out into the middle of nowhere for some rugged testing (dropping it in mud, having it accidentally fall off a few counters, etc....

It comes at a good time, because NASA has announced their iTech Cycle 2, a challenge to innovators of any stripe to come up with a solution or an idea that NASA can use to further their quest in space exploration. The initiative is open to small and large businesses, universities, non-profits, U.S. Government organizations and individual inventors. All they have to do is submit is a five-page white paper with their eureka moment written down....

Issued last week, these recommendations have some focus on common sense – such as not relying on default settings that are easier to crack – plus give IT departments in-depth technical solutions to mitigate the risk of attack. See our guide to the best VPNs for business Why is the NSA Issuing Warnings Now? With many of us now working from home, companies are seeing a huge drive in traffic from outside of their usual office infrastructure....

But rather than trying to lead small startup campaigns that entrepreneurs wanted to control themselves, Stinson thought it best to actually give them total control. Thus, Outbounders was started under the parent company of GlobalSky to help small and medium sized companies recruit their own sales staff and manage their marketing campaigns at the best possible cost. Outbound campaigns can consist of anything: lead generation, appointment settings, surveys, lead verification, customer follow up, customer retention, and event marketing....

With entrepreneurship on the rise, it can be hard to find a place that spotlights the work done by incredible entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds. Adeline Koh, associate professor of literature and director of the DH (digital humanities) program at Stockton University, could have just spent her sabbatical relaxing and researching new topics for her return to academia. Instead, she decided to take an entirely different route and launch her new business – Sabbatical Beauty, a cruelty-free skincare line that sells everything from skincare, makeup, and body products for all genders....

Thiel cofounded PayPal and Palantir. His net worth is estimated about $2.7 billion. Earlier this year, Thiel spoke at the Republican National Convention where he backed Trump. Thiel is also known for backing Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker which caused the publication to go into bankruptcy. Theil has been criticized by Silicon Valley leaders among others, for donating $1.25 M to the Super Pac and supporting Trump. Thiel said he didn’t realize the polarization of politics in Silicon Valley as a result of his donation....