Google Docs Now Has An Emoji Shortcut

The new feature will make it easier to insert emojis straight into sentences while you write, with it no longer necessary to copy and paste the icons from elsewhere. This feature means Google Docs joins web conferencing giant Zoom, Slack, and various other applications millions use in their work lives in having a quick way to use emojis. How Do You Get Emojis in Google Docs? There are several ways you can insert emojis into a Google Doc....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 438 words · Howard Bristle

Google Rolls Out New Privacy Guide To Help You Stay Safe On Chrome

According to Google, the guide is “a step-by-step guided tour of some existing privacy and security controls in Chrome” that lets Chrome users adjust all their important settings from a centralized location. Adding a few hand-holding precautions is a move reminiscent of Apple’s decision to reconfigure their privacy settings a few years ago: Google’s working to help the average user gain a better understanding of how to remain secure and keep their data private in the modern age....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 414 words · Travis Wiedmann

Hackers Are Targeting Voip Providers In Ransomware Attacks

The victim of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, the company warned its users that they may experience a break in service, and dropped calls, while the attack was ongoing. Hackers have hit out at other VoIP providers in the last few weeks, including VoIP Unlimited and Voipfone. What Happened in Telnyx DDoS Attack? The attack on Telnyx began on the 9th of November. Telnyx posted a message on its support page informing customers that it was experiencing a DDoS attack, and that they may suffer outages....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 436 words · Claire Finch

Help Jumpstart The Economy With Employee Referrals

The slow economic recovery is nothing short of frustrating. Business owners, job seekers, college students, and even the happily employed are all being impacted. But it seems as if there’s nothing a single person can do to benefit a turnaround — or is there? A Word Of Mouth Solution The jobs are out there; they’re just not being filled. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 3.6 million job openings this past December....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 552 words · David Abernathy

Here S A Survival Guide For The Millennial Entrepreneur

Originally published in June 2013 of the Business Horizon Quarterly by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Bradshaw’s post is updated to reflect additional thoughts and experiences in the past one-and-a-half years. The Millennial entrepreneur survival guide is a culmination of lessons she’s learned throughout her experiences at Made by Many, but also through her many more experiences having been on the founding teams of three companies by the age of 30 – Bradshaw Vineyards, creative agency JESS3, and now-defunct startup Guide....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 482 words · Christina Ferguson

How Science Is Solving The Virtual Reality Sickness Problem

It’s no secret that new technologies can be a little jarring to the system. Even 3D movies have a tendency to illicit a bit of nausea in certain situations. But as a technology that is poised to take over the entertainment industry, the problem is a lot more pressing for viable companies looking to capitalize. After all, no one is going to shell out $500+ to throw up in their living room....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 229 words · Ronnie Banks

How Should We Evaluate Edtech For Future Generations

One of the tough parts about education is that we are dealing with human being as subjects, with all of their backgrounds and baggage. They are not lab rats whose experiences we can control 24 hours a day. They are individuals who spend certain amounts of time pursuing education and other amounts of time doing many other things. The newest caveat in education is clearly edtech. While education is an area in which change is slow to be embraced, edtech is forcing educators to re-evaluate their approach to curriculum delivery and to find new ways to evaluate the efficacy of the edtech delivery systems that now operate through the educational process....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 560 words · Kathy Bergman

How Tech Startups Can Make A Big Change In The Financial Industry

Take LendingClub, for example. Probably the highest-profile success story in the fintech space, its founders built a smooth and intuitive platform that connects borrowers with lenders. But instead of gaining access to loan programs, the funds come from investors looking for solid returns — at much lower interest rates than a corporate bank could offer. LendingClub cuts out the middleman and uses data science to assess risk, credit ratings and interest rates to create a lending marketplace like none other....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 471 words · Susan Delacruz

How Technology Helps Us Learn New Skills

This technology can save us time, energy, and money, while making us better at the skill than we could have hoped to become. Here are three ways that technology helps us acquire new skills: Visual guides Visual guides like YouTube videos, online tutorials, and webinars are very effective ways to gather information and learn new skills. There are many helpful online tutorials that can teach us how to tie a tie, how to fix a computer, or even how to roast a turkey....

November 25, 2022 · 4 min · 706 words · Lisa Rocha

How To Attract The Right Candidates With Clinch

Unfortunately, getting his company’s name out there and attracting applicants is easier said than done — until Scott discovered Clinch, a talent acquisition platform for growing companies. Whether you’re a new business owner like Scott or simply looking to expand your team, attracting better candidates starts with creating an attractive employer brand. How Clinch Works Clinch makes it easy for companies to build, manage, and promote employer brand, beginning with a mobile-ready careers page that features engaging photos, employee insights, and the like....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 296 words · Calvin Kalar

How To Make Connections In The Dallas Startup Community

Now I thought that wasn’t possible – I thought I’d met everyone – but what I’ve realized is the community’s expanding and each day more and more people become interested in the Dallas Startup world. I feel like Hugh Grants “You met everyone on the planet” quote from Two Weeks Notice would fit appropriately here. We approached three amazing connectors in the Dallas community and asked them how they’ve mastered the art of connecting in the Dallas startup community....

November 25, 2022 · 4 min · 784 words · Robert Edelen

How To Recreate Movie Theater Quality Video With 5Kplayer

Update: Now Available for Windows! Version 3.0 was released in August 2015 which includes the launch on Windows and full support for Apple: utilize AirPlay mirroring and screen recording, and wirelessly beam whatever you’re viewing on your iPhone or iPad to your Mac, like games, movies, music, demos or presentations for Windows, and more! A Video Player for 4K/5K/1080p HD Resolution Content At least when it comes to displaying videos of the highest quality possible, the 5KPlayer is a free 4K HD video player that allows people to easily and cheaply watch video content at qualities even surpassing those offered at movie theaters....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 628 words · Robert Hodge

How To Use Social Media To Make Employers Chase You

But for one tweet, I might not be writing this article. Two years ago, as I was struggling to transition into a writing career, I tweeted to a popular tech magazine about a freelance article I wanted to submit. They never responded, but my current boss did. He saw the tweet – he must have been following that magazine – and sent me a message, letting me know that he was hiring writers....

November 25, 2022 · 5 min · 928 words · Eddie Lopez

Hyperloop One Opens Their Very First Factory

Hyperloop One announced yesterday that they have opened Metalworks, a manufacturing plant in Northern Las Vegas, to start production on their revolutionary mode of transportation. The 105,000 square foot facility will be used to build components for the DevLoop, the first testbed for the Hyperloop platform. The building will also help Hyperloop One address some of the more pressing engineering issues that come with this kind of technological advancement. As the blog post puts it, they could not be more excited about the new facility....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 230 words · Mary Summers

Improve Your Video Marketing Efforts Overnight

The premise of the article is correct – if you aren’t amplifying content using video you’re missing out on a huge opportunity. However, you probably already know this. What you probably don’t know is how to create video content that actually gets viewed. If you craft perfect, insight loaded, visually stunning videos but they aren’t generating engagement, it’s a waste of your time and money. So how exactly do you get more views on your videos?...

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 410 words · David Gaskamp

Investors Need To Lose Their Egos And Founders Need To Gain Some Confidence

Across every startup ecosystem I’ve seen, it seems to me that there’s only one real way to help startup ecosystems mature: investors need to lose their egos, and founders need to gain some confidence. This applies to any startup ecosystem outside Silicon Valley — both in the US and internationally. Early-stage investors are increasingly useless for anything other than money or introductions My last exit was in 2009 (read: 2009 was pretty much the last time I was actually in the trenches)....

November 25, 2022 · 3 min · 486 words · Susan Davies

Iot Technology Should Be Standard For All Startups

Implementing IoT technology into digital businesses has transformed from a theoretical concept to a practical reality. The advantages of integrating IoT architecture is a potential game changer for digital startups around the world. These benefits include streamlining business activities, data flows, value driven data systems, and data analytics in real time. These are the reasons why businesses must start thinking of incorporating IoT in 2016. Sensor availability Wireless sensor technology is the crux of deploying IoT enabled devices into ‘fringe ecosystems’....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 412 words · Amy Frerichs

Is Edtech Giant Blackboard Up For Sale

Blackboard’s stakeholders are looking to sell. Their majority owner, private equity firm Providence Equity Partners LLC, has recently hired Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America Corp to run an auction for the company. There is a bit of mystery surrounding this potential sale. Providence isn’t saying much, and the fact that they spent $1.64 billion to acquire Blackboard in 2011, and now want to sell it for twice that amount, raises some questions–especially since edtech is such a huge industry these days, and Blackboard was one of the pioneers....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 260 words · Jacqueline Erhardt

Is Instagram The Future Of Social Media

In this article, we will take a look at some of the important features and reasons that make this platform the huge success that it is today. How Is It smart? For a technology or any invention to succeed and make it big in the industry, it needs to be smart enough to cater to the ever-changing demands and needs of the users all the while reinventing and re-evolving itself....

November 25, 2022 · 4 min · 728 words · Richard Chinn

Is Portland The Big Freelancing Hub Of The Future

“The growth has been phenomenal here,” venture capitalist Diane Fraiman told them. “Another interesting thing that I find is how many East Coast entrepreneurs, when they choose to start a new company, are choosing Portland. We have as much East Coast people moving out here, probably even more, than people from California. To me, that’s fascinating.” It’s not just entrepreneurs intent on building a massive business: In 2016, the area is attracting a growing number of freelancers....

November 25, 2022 · 2 min · 312 words · Dwayne Weipert