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Millennials always get s*@t for seeking perfection and expecting to live a picture perfect life, as seen on social media, even when at their jobs. However, with the average amount of hours spent at work on a steady rise across the country, why shouldn’t we spend our time somewhere that makes us happy? While some subscribe to the philosophy of the importance of being happy with the place you spend more than 40 hours a week, others simply collect a paycheck, go home and remain indifferent. Neither happy nor unhappy with their position. While we all hear about everyone wanting to work for the

Spring has sprung and that means a lot of us are throwing open the windows, clearing out the wintertime clutter and thinking about summer safety. Sweeping the floors and dusting the sills should obviously be on your list but when the spring cleaning bug hits, don’t forget your mobile devices. Spring cleaning gadgets is about more than wiping down screens – a little seasonal maintenance can go a long way toward boosting storage space, increasing performance and ensuring that your devices are as secure as they can be. If you think your devices don’t need spring cleaning, think again. On the sec

There’s nothing like the excitement of putting on a live performance. There’s so much that can go right — turning the audience into a standing ovation of fans — but there is also so much that can go wrong. While a lot of credit goes to the actors running around the stage, there’s a lot happening behind the scenes that is necessary for a successful performance. Without the stage manager, lighting designer, sound tech, and props assistant, the actors would be performing to a dark and silent house. Fortunately, smartphones have made theater management significantly easier. Here are four ways the

Today, Master & Dynamic released a brand new product, expanding the company’s product line from headphones to speakers. The latest release from M&D is the MA770 Wireless Speaker, which has been designed by world-renowned architect Sir David Adjaye – best known for his recent work on the latest Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. – the MA770 is made of a proprietary concrete composite that provides exceptional acoustic benefits such as increased dampening, reduced resonance, and a purer sound. In the words of Sir David Adjaye: “We created a new geometry for this speaker. A new geometr

With 2016 marking the year when virtual reality finally entered the mainstream consciousness, through the consumer releases of the Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR, it is unquestionable that “immersive technology” has been one of the hot topics in the tech industry over the past 12 months, with the market seeing a meteoric rise. According to research compiled by Statista, the number of VR hardware sales reached approximately 6.31 million by the end of 2016 – up from 1.43 million and 0.14 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively. With hardware and software developers all

Prepare yourself for the dumbest Mac Pro concept you’ll ever see. The folks over at Germany-based CURVED/labs clearly have never built a computer before based on this new Mac Pro concept they have rendered and decided to share with the world. First, you need to take a look at the video which shows off an ugly rectangular/modular design. Honestly, the look of this Mac Pro concept alone should disqualify it from ever even being considered as an Apple product, but let’s dig a little deeper and keep the aesthetics out of it. The Mac Pro concept features two slots for full-sized graphic cards (e

In order for a blog to generate leads, it must be built specifically with that purpose in mind. There are different strategies and approaches when it comes to generating a lead magnet out of your blog, and we’re going to discuss them throughout this post. Let’s first be clear about what a lead magnet is and does. As a simple explanation, a lead magnet is a system that collects personal data from your blog readers. They’re trading their e-mails, names, zip codes, or even credit card information for something valuable to them. People are tempted to accept good offers. If what you’re giving awa

A multi-national corporation with over a 100 million consumers and earning more than $1 billion in revenue said words that every entrepreneur should take to heart: “We are not afraid of building products that may fail – we’re more afraid of missing opportunities by not trying”. That is the kind of risk taking attitude small businesses need to have to become big, but the mundane trivialities of day to day business sucks the spirit of innovation and adventure out of entrepreneurs as they are stuck completing paper work and organizing. However, as modern business technology develops, entreprene

Whether the contacts you keep are professional or personal, you need some system to keep them organized, or they’ll become a mess. We’ve all lost an important business contact or suddenly had to replace a smartphone only to realize we didn’t sync or back up our contact list. And it always seems to happen when we’ve had the phone just long enough to gather more contact information than we’ve kept tidy. The good news is that there are some apps out there for your Android device to keep your address book neat and protected from calamity. Covve – The Ultimate Professional Address Book App Covv

Business blogging, or content marketing is an extremely accessible industry to enter and if you’ve got the skills and willpower, like many, you can make yourself a career from it. There are countless articles and eBooks online showing you how to become a content blogger and how to get started but so many people ask, once you’re all set up, then what? There are infinite paths you could take on the road to success but here are some key points you take into consideration that guarantees that you’ll be on the right path. Frame Of Mind Ask yourself one simple question: Are a business or a blogge

Your digital information is at risk. At any given time, someone could gain access to a variety of sensitive and personal data that can be used to harm you. This can include addresses, names, birth dates and anniversaries, financial information, credit card numbers, account names and passwords, email and much more. It’s safe to assume nearly everything you do on the internet can be tracked and used for one purpose or another. But there are ways to protect yourself and your digital identity. There are a few apps out there that can help you keep you safe online as well as keep your information s

In today’s day and age, security has been thrust to the forefront of just about everything in current events. From insurgency to border control, it would seem that security plays a major part in our daily lives. Yet most people don’t realize how intricate most security apparatuses are when it comes to keeping a local population safe. Taking centerstage is video surveillance. Recorded video plays a delicate part in most security protocols, acting as the virtual eye, and capturing events that may elude an agent in the field. With this, however, comes an even more daunting task of monitoring an

Technology lets businesses increase productivity while they provide better, more meaningful service to customers and clients. Of course, in this day and age, technology can change within months. So which companies are utilizing the most groundbreaking technologies like 3-D printing, robotics, nanotech and drones? Here’s a look at the most innovative businesses and how they utilize they newest tech. Amazon In 2016, the first Amazon Prime Air delivery took place, and the company even caught the whole thing on film. From order to delivery drop off, the entire operation took only 13 minutes. The

Love them or hate them, it looks like drones are here to stay and they have been providing a wide range opportunities for businesses to increase sales or other ways to increase revenue. From marketing properties to capturing sports coverage, more and more industries are starting to look at the potential opportunities that drone videos present. Property – In property sales and rentals, drone videos have been used to capture aerial videos of the property and associated land and other key aspects of the location. This is helping to create more interest in the properties that are marketed, compar

Why are you on social media? If you’re like most people, you just want to connect with old friends and make some new ones. Let’s face it: if you’re like most people, you also want to gain recognition. You have opinions, interests, and values you want to share. The more likes, shares, and comments you get – the more appreciated you feel as a member of the community. If you’re promoting something or you’re trying to build a personal brand, becoming an influencer is an even more important goal to achieve. Thousands of brands are presenting content by the minute. The point of that content is to r

In many respects, the smartphone has developed into a sports bettor’s most important tool amid their endless quest to beat the bookmaker. While bettors of yesteryear were forced to hunch over newspapers and form guides for hours to pick their winners, their modern-day counterparts can simply reach into their pockets and tap a button to find a smart play or two. An endless array of sports betting apps for iPhone and Android rest at their disposal, and tech-savvy bettors that learn how to use them best are well placed to win big. Get Free Betting Tips From Experts Tipping services are a prime

Everyone knows about the Death Star from Star Wars, right? But do you know how much it cost to operate a weapon of that magnitude on a daily basis? Well, wonder no more! Before we get to the daily operational cost, it’s worth noting that according to one estimate, the space station/galactic super-weapon would have taken 800,000 years and cost $852 quadrillion to construct. Holy smokes. Now, to figure out the cost of daily operation, Alexander Barnett, a math professor at Dartmouth University, and Stephen Skolnick, editor of Physics Central, crunched the numbers to find out the ship’s daily co

Coming from the minds of former Google executives Bindu Reddy and Arvind Sundararajan, Post Intelligence is a social media manager that is so much more than others currently on the market. It manages to differentiate itself from other social media helpers by utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to cater your social media accounts to work best with your audience, while still making sure the posts are organic and engaging. This tool isn’t for everyone, obviously, but if you take your social media presence seriously or are a brand looking to have a bigger, better social media f

When you work in the tech industry you spend a lot of time at your desk, usually sitting, typing away on your computer. What you’re typing may vary, it may be answering emails, writing a blog post/tweet, or coding, but most of the time when you’re doing these tasks you’re sitting at a desk or in a more recent trend, standing at a desk. A good desk is critical to being productive and healthy while working so when I had the opportunity to take the Autonomous SmartDesk 2 for a spin, I knew I had to give it a shot. With the SmartDesk 2, Autonomous, attempted to please three types of people: sitt

Ten thousand phrases is a lot to memorize. If most people were asked to remember that many specific sentences, they would probably give up before they even started. But Amazon Alexa users are more resilient. There are now officially more than 10,000 Amazon Alexa skills in its library. Despite this overwhelmingly large number of skills, most users still try to use Alexa from memory without any guide on hand. That makes it easy to get tripped up or have Alexa respond “I’m not sure how to help you with that.” Our suggestion? Print out some of the best Alexa commands and keep the list handy next

The term FinTech has not been long for this world, but it’s already a major buzzword in both big and small businesses. If you didn’t know, FinTech stands for Financial Technology, and the concept is not new. After all, ATMs are technically financial technology. However, what is new is the disruptive nature of the current FinTech trend. Everything from banking apps, to new payment methods, to the best technology for financial investments, form part of the FinTech revolution. We need to keep an eye on FinTech for a range of reasons. These are the top five (5): It’s a HUGE industry In 2008,

Tech is changing the way we take care of ourselves and our families across demographics. From moms of preemies tapping into a live feed of the NICU to check up on their babies to seniors who stay independent longer with home monitoring technology, innovations in the technology space are empowering patients and bridging the communications gaps that kept them from connecting with providers. But while attention grabbing developments like gamification in pediatrics and other specialist- or research-side tech trends are making headlines, the really interesting story is how technology can support b

One of the most exciting areas of technological development is in the area of nanotechnology and nanomaterials. This area of innovation, which involves creating new molecules and materials at the nano level (10−9 meter – i.e really really small), is opening the doors for all kinds of interesting possibilities. I’ve been hearing about nanomaterials for a while now, and much of the early talk I heard focused on carbon, specifically in tube and ball form. You have probably heard these mentioned somewhere in a discussion about carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, or as they are sometimes called Buckybal

Considering that we sleep about a third of our lifetime (yes, that much), it’s probably a good idea to make sure we’re getting quality sleep so we have enough energy to keep us going throughout the day. While there are plenty of sleep trackers out there from smart alarm clocks to wearables and apps that track sleep and record patterns, they can be limited to simple data collection and analysis and leave out actionable ways to enhance sleep and let users know when it’s time to catch more Z’s. SleepRate’s new sleep and fatigue management app, WakeMode, strives to help individuals improve sleep

People are often quick to proclaim that so-and-so is the next evolution in business. In our fast-paced environment of rapid technological change, there is no shortage of advances that are looking to assume the mantle of revolutionary. After all, there’s money to be made if you can capitalize on the next product, concept, tool, etc. that will raise your company above the rest. With no lack of competition, then, is Big Data one of those impactful business paradigm shifts? Most signs point to yes. Is Big Data Integral to Modern Business? Supporters of Big Data and the various fields that have