From hoaxes to political propaganda, we’ve probably all received alarmist emails from relatives and scrolled past disinformation on Facebook and Twitter. The rise of fake news and sensational, unverified stories published online has created a genuine problem with the credibility of the internet. While social media companies claim to be unable to stem the tide [...]
Do you lease your vehicle? Do you dread the process of lease shopping? One new start-up hopes to streamline the lease hunt by offering an app to make securing your next leased vehicle as easy as shopping online. The service is called Honcker, and was recently featured by Mashable.com as one of this month’s “7 can’t [...]
Learning a second language isn’t only about expanding your knowledge, experiencing other cultures, and connecting with others… it’s also a powerful competitive advantage over those in your market who only speak one language. As census data shows, the percentage of those who speak a non-English language at home has grown considerably over the past thirty years. [...]
Concerned about privacy? Feel that we’re heading towards a future where your personal conversations may be subject to increased surveillance? Take the steps today to use a free app for encrypting your messaging and phone conversations. Signal by Open Whisper Systems is “privacy that fits in your pocket” and provides iOS and Android users with [...]
Have you ever moved offices? Most people have at least once or twice. Some people move almost every year. Keeping people updated about the change personally isn’t so hard, but for search engines it can be a different story. Sometimes old office locations persist, regardless of how hard you try to keep them all up [...]
This election year, we’ve all received more than our fair share of robocalls. As we head into the last week, give yourself a break by using a free service designed to shut down robotic callers. In early 2013 the FTC held a contest to combat the scourge of robocalls. The winner of that contest was [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s an ever increasing number of cloud-based applications that used to be restricted to the domain of the desktop or laptop computer. Word processing, spreadsheet programs, and photo editing suites are all available in various browser-based forms. While most of these cloud applications look and work just like their local [...]
Understanding your numbers is key to running a high-margin, low-overhead real estate business. Hurdlr is a company which creates tools to “seamlessly track all of your income streams, expenses, and tax deductions in real-time, on the go — saving you valuable time and maximizing your profit.” One such tool is ProfitDash designed specifically for Realtors®. ProfitDash “seamlessly [...]
When your clients upgrade or downsize, odds are they will want to do a little decorating along the way. Instead of going in for the modern, generic pieces, why not add some vintage style to those new rooms? Chairish.com bills itself as “Where Design Lovers Buy & Sell” and is an excellent place to search for [...]
Clay Shirky, in one of his most famous talks about information overloadsaid that the problem with the internet isn’t information overload, but filter failure. His thesis: The flood of information isn’t the problem, it’s the failure of tools to help us curate the signal from the noise. Given that your attention is a precious commodity, consider [...]
