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According to the 2016 report from e-commerce platform BigCommerce, more than half of all Americans would rather shop online than they would at traditional stores. The number includes more than two-thirds of all Millennials and fifty-six percent of Generation X. The statistics assure retailers that they cannot survive without an effective e-commerce strategy. Embrace the following five trends to keep your e-commerce businesses relevant and profitable during 2017. 1. Mobile-First Approach This year, mobile traffic will continue to dominate that coming from desktop computers as improved, larg

The internet changes faster than fashion. What was rising now is falling and what was hot is now a place where only crickets gather. For that reason, as the New Year is upon us, we want to know where we can go to get the highest web development and design blows. Otherwise, chances are that at best you’re running behind and at worst you’re getting the wrong information. And if your job depends on you being hip and connected, that can be career suicide. So here are some of the most happening places that you should check out with the New Year upon us. Know anything more? Make sure to add it in

For the longest time, I have been on the hunt for a comfortable, great sounding headphone that I can safely sweat in. I have tried Beats Solo 2’s and 3’s, Beats Studio Wireless, Jaybird BlueBuds X, Jaybird X2, Power Beats 2, Bose Sound Sport, and most recently, a pair of Jabra Elite’s–all with the intention of finding the ultimate gym headphones for cardio and weight lifting. While some were better than others I have yet to truly find something that will stay on with little to no adjustment for long periods of time, such as 7 mile runs and 90 minute lifting sessions. Now I don’t want you to ge

Back in November, I wrote about the announcement of Lima’s latest personal cloud storage product, the Lima Ultra. I was excited to hear about the improvements implemented into the new Lima Ultra, after all, I had been a backer of the original Lima project on Kickstarter and while I did like my original Lima, it did have its short comings. Before I go any further, what is the Lima Ultra? So, similar to traditional cloud storage services like Dropbox and Google Drive, Lima Ultra enables you to access your personal content from anywhere in the world, from any of your devices: computer, tablet or

Drone sales boomed over the last year as many realized the potential they offer. Big companies like Amazon, UPS, Disney and NASA invested in them — and used them too! Google and Chipotle tested burrito delivery using drones on the Virginia Tech campus. GoPro unveiled their first consumer drone. The FAA passed a regulation — called Part 107 — that opened the skies for commercial drone use. All these actions paved the way for the coming year, which will be absolutely dominated by drones. Why? Because they’re both novel and versatile. In fact, we haven’t even scratched the surface in terms of w

Whether you are in the midst of launching a startup or are an existing brand busily closing out the books for 2016, it’s a great time to think about your digital marketing strategy. Seth Godin said, “Content marketing is all the marketing that’s left.” He’s correct. This means that in order to succeed and grow, you have to have a powerful online marketing strategy. The following 9 step formula will help you to develop that strategy. Create Your Core Story At its core, digital marketing is all about storytelling. However, if you don’t know why your brand exists, you cannot tell any other stori

Listening to music from our favorite musicians is one of the best ways to pass time. As soon as new albums are released, everyone is excited and wants to listen to it. On the internet, you can download anything on your laptops, tablets, cell phones etc. However, this is not always legal. So, here is the review of Audials Music Rocket 2017, a useful and legal, app that lets you easily record music and music streams. Audials Music Rocket 2017 allows users to record music fast and completely legal, as well as listen to some 100,000 radio stations and/or podcasts as well as music television. It s

People can look for creative ways to grow their business using Snapchat. Businesses can use Snapchat as part of their social media strategy to reach potential customers. They could examine the types of users and unique features that are offered to increase their businesses revenue. Finding various methods to market to Snapchat users can allow a company to further develop its brand. Social media platforms like Snapchat can be the way to effectively engage different user groups with specific content. Conversation A company can interact with their Snapchat users through conversational marketing

We have been through this before–the Mac App Store leaves a lot, a lot to be desired. For developers, there’s the lack of overall support and maintenance, the hard to deal with “sandbox,” and the inability to easily discover new good apps. There have been competitors to the Mac App Store in the past — but none of them could truly compete with Apple. One of the other major reasons these third-party app stores have failed is because they weren’t able to convince other third-party developers to take part. In other words, there wasn’t enough incentive or belief in the new system. That’s about to

Held in Las Vegas, a city that loves the pursuit of all things over the top (why else would they have built a hotel containing gondolas and a full-size rollercoaster?!), the Consumer Technology Association’s CES event has become a mecca for gaming and technology fans from across the globe. This year’s renewal, CES 2017, was especially exciting for gaming fans, with the tech developments on show proving that the future is bright for mobile gaming, whilst also showing that there is still plenty of life left in the world of PC gaming. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from a packed CES

Throughout history technology has always made life easier and more convenient. It has helped us become more efficient at our jobs, and made difficult tasks like solving complex math problems as simple as pushing the “enter” button. It’s hard to find an industry that hasn’t been positively effected by modern technology. Apps are the most “hands on” version of technology known to modern man. With today’s apps, all you have to do is push a button, download an app and within a few seconds you’ll possess the most current and exciting media, research or entertainment. It’s all at your fingertips.

If you loved Tim Ferriss’ new book Tools of Titans, then you will love the new book from 21 year old TED speaker, award-winning author, and good friend of mine, Jared Kleinert. His new book is called 3 Billion Under 30: How Millennials Continue Redefining Success, Breaking Barriers, and Changing The World. Jared himself was named USA Today’s “Most Connected Millennial”, and he’s spent the last few years meeting, befriending, and interviewing “top-performing” Millennials like: Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress (also featured in Tim’s book) Jake Paul, a 20 year old online influencer with

As we start 2017, it has become more apparent than ever that all companies, tech or non-tech, are slowly transforming themselves into software enterprises. Software has become the most important aspect of all companies, because essentially, it is what makes the world of business go round. Take for example, nation-wide pizza chains like Domino’s and Pizza Hut. Up until a few years ago, Domino’s and Pizza Hut both did one thing – pizza. However, in order to keep up with the technological age and a ‘techie’ generation, these nation wide chains that used to only do pizza now have had to build app

This week Nintendo announced its brand new game console, the Nintendo Switch, which looks pretty cool, but perhaps what’s even cooler is the brand new Super Mario game that they developed for it. The game, called “Super Mario Odyssey,” is a brand-new 3D Mario game, and the first large Mario-themed sandbox world since “Super Mario 64” on the Nintendo 64 (which is why I’m so excited about it) and “Super Mario Sunshine” on the Gamecube. Based on the promo video the game looks absolutely gorgeous, with incredible design and innovative, colorful gameplay. Take a look at some of the gameplay screen

The Verge is reporting that there have been talks inside Twitter to ban Donald Trump from the platform: In the weeks leading up to Trump’s inauguration, that debate has only intensified. Some of Trump’s tweets, notably his erratic tweets about nuclear policy, have generated calls for Twitter to ban the president-elect from the platform. Those discussions are now taking place inside Twitter as well, a current employee familiar with the matter told The Verge. ‘Banning is definitely a conversation that people are having, but only because we have to have the conversation,’ the employee said. But

TechCrunch reporting that JetBlue has finally completed its multi-year rollout of Fly-Fi to all of its airplanes: JetBlue today announced that it has officially completed its fleet-wide rollout of Fly-Fi, bringing free wireless internet to all of its planes. The carrier first introduced the service in late 2013, bringing speeds of around 12 to 15Mbps — far surprising the wireless offerings available on other domestic flights at the time. I can’t remember the last time I was on a JetBlue flight without Fly-Fi. I thought it had been completely rolled out by now–it appears not. That being said,

There has been a lot of speculation lately that Zuck is planning a bid for the presidency at some point in the future, perhaps as soon as 2020 or 2024. Between the news about Facebook restructuring stock so Zuck can sell his shares to fund he and his wife’s initiative (and still maintain control over Facebook), the fact he recently found religion, and his latest new year challenge: to meet and talk to people in all 50 states. I mean, yeah, at first glance I can see where it seems like he’s making some moves to possibly step into public service. But at the same time, these bits of news can als

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Now that 2016 has come to a close, it’s the perfect time to review some of the most useful or coolest Chrome extensions released — or became much more widespread — in 2016. The list below will help you improve your Google Chrome browser experience. Warning: They’ll make it easier to do daily tasks or and use the internet more efficiently. Pushbullet Available for Google Chrome as well as other browsers and several operating systems, Pushbullet syncs your browser with your smartphone and tablet. Chat with your friends, send links and even compose text messages on your computer, then send the

Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a great holiday season!

Congratulations to all, the dumpster fire that was 2016 is no more and we have moved on to the new glorious year of 2017. And as with any new year, tens of thousands all around the world will decide that this year they must do better about getting healthy and losing weight. In our modern world, one of the most popular ways to do that is with the help of apps. So, without going too deep into how long these New Year’s resolutions last, though we are just in time for the new gym membership frenzy, a brand new report was just released that can help answer the question: what are the best and worst

Broadband service providers, especially the new and smaller ones, know and understand that the internet service market has changed and will continue to keep changing. That’s why many are adopting new strategies to make their services attractive to new customers. The following are some of the most popular ones in current use: Flexible Plans One of the most prevalent and viable ways internet service providers use to attract new customers is offering flexible broadband subscription plans. These are plans that basically don’t tie a subscriber to a fixed speed and data limit. These plans allow sub

Hello, remember me? It’s me, your shiny new Touch Bar, located directly above your keyboard on your shiny new MacBook Pro. I light up occasionally with app options, sound and brightness controls, word and emoji suggestions, and even those old fangled function keys if you tap me the right way. I’m hoping you can answer a question for me. We’ve been computing together for about a month now, but you have barely tapped on my lovely Multi-Touch display. I mean, there was a point when you first brought me home where you would tap on it frequently and each time, my circuits squeed with joy, but th

So 2017 is almost here. And as the current year is coming to an end we tend to summarize the best and worst things that happened. In the tech world this equals to analyzing the apps and gadgets that were launched and choosing the best ones. That’s why we did a little research and put together a comprehensive view of the Top 5 Android Apps in 2016. So, make sure to sit back, relax and be ready to update your smartphone after reading this article. Pocket Pocket is a bit more of a power user application but it’s one that we’d recommend to literally anyone. Pocket lets you take a webpage you’re v

Think about the most emotional medium you’ve experienced. For some of you, it could be movies, for some it could be books, but for so many all around the world, a strong emotional connection can only be created by music. If we combine that emotional connection with one of the most immersive entertainment experiences ever–virtual reality, what will happen? If you ask new VR entertainment startup Inception, what you get is something magical and explosive. Inception, a VR production house focusing on non-gaming VR entertainment have put their best foot forward with three musical partnerships. Th