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Build Your Own App with DWNLD

3035353-slide-s-0-transform-your-website-into-an-app-in-secondsEver think about building your own app?

Introducing DWNLD. It’s like a WordPress for phones that makes it affordable and easy for any content creator to convert their website or social stream into a personalized app. DWNLD has an an easy-to-use platform and foolproof templates (no [Read More]

September 30th, 2014|Hot|

Radio Show Recap: Parenting in the Digital Age

unnamedWhen should you introduce your children to technology? How much is too much? How is technology changing the approach to parenting? These concerns are as Dot Complicated as it gets. While children should be kept tech literate, screen time should not replace outside time or friend time. [Read More]

September 26th, 2014|Fam, Hot|

How to Buy Art Online

20x200booooooomNot everyone has the ability to walk into a gallery and buy the work they love right off the walls. But thanks to the internet, you can now find quality pieces from great unknown talents, as well as prints by well-known, established artists. Check out our favorite [Read More]

September 24th, 2014|Fam, Hot, Life|

6 Gadgets That Make Traveling Way Easier

imgresWhether you’re taking a road trip across the state or flying around the world, traveling can be made a whole lot easier (and more comfortable) if you’re equipped with the tools of the trade. Ask any frequent flyer, jet setter, professional athlete or business person whether [Read More]

September 22nd, 2014|Hot, Life, You|

Radio Show Recap: Connecting with the Experts Online

experts-onlineContinuing education is becoming more attainable even with our busy schedules, but how do we trust someone’s abilities as an expert? And if you are an expert, how do you market yourself and get users to commit to more than one class?

We recently tackled the growing [Read More]

September 19th, 2014|Hot|

Bechdel Test creator named MacArthur “Genius”

alisonbechdelQuick – name a film that 1) has two female characters 2) who talk to each other 3) about something other than a man? Tougher than you might think, right? If you’ve seen this quiz before, thank Alison Bechdel – artist, feminist icon, and newly [Read More]

September 18th, 2014|Hot|

Randi Hosts Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein to Celebrate “Kinky Boots” Tour

2013 Tony Awards: The Meet The Nominees Press JunketYou might think the stage is the last place technology would find an outpost. Really, doesn’t it seem like sacrilege to condense Shakespeare into a bunch of tweets? But theaters around the world are thinking up new ways [Read More]

September 18th, 2014|Hot|

Poof! How to Communicate in the Age of Disappearing Messages

keep-calm-and-snapchat-me-41-1Snapchat is reportedly valued at over $10 billion. So it’s no surprise that Facebook is experimenting with messages that expire – and that brands and organizations are thinking creatively about how to use these types of services to prove that they aren’t just for [Read More]

September 16th, 2014|Hot|

Choose Your Own (Interactive!) Adventure

booksRemember the Choose Your Own Adventure books from the ’80s? Technology now allows for adventures with books far beyond what many of us ever imagined possible. From interactive books for kids to grownup mystery game apps to new ways of channeling classic authors, developers are [Read More]

September 12th, 2014|Hot, Life|

Radio Show Recap: Wearable Tech

apple-watchFrom the runways of New York’s Fall Fashion Week to Diane Von Furstenberg’s signature Google Glasses to the huge announcement from Apple CEO Tim Cook about the upcoming Apple Watch, is the crossover of tech in fashion a mere status symbol or is this [Read More]

September 11th, 2014|Hot|