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Radio Recap: Bitcoin

images 12.14.35 PMAs is stands now, two-thirds of all in-person transactions are made through credit cards, which reveals your name and address with every sale transacted. Credit cards are regularly hacked so much so that 1/3 of all online credit card transactions in [Read More]

July 24th, 2015|Stuff|

Technology and Avoidance

TelephoneHeroMaking Phone Calls When a Text is so Much Easier. 

By Dawn Rebel

Bad news, anxiety, cranky family members — there are endless reasons to avoid making phone calls. The hand-held convenience of instant messaging, email, and text has given us another way to avoid the person-to-person contact [Read More]

July 24th, 2015|Hot, Life, Stuff|

Walmart Hosts a Massive Online Sale to Rival Amazon’s Big “Prime Day”

landscape-1436854909-landscape-1436798475-gettyimages-463871936Have anything you’ve been itching to buy lately? Wait until Wednesday. That’s when Amazon and Walmart are going head to head with sales that promise to beat Black Friday. Yes, you read that right.

Last week, Amazon announced it was going to celebrate its 20th [Read More]

July 14th, 2015|Hot, Stuff|

5 Technology Tools You Can’t Live Without

0811-5-gadgets-1The best new tech gadgets for him, her and the whole family.

PlantSense EasyBloom. Why It’ll Change Your Life: You’ll get a green thumb.

Shove the 11-inch stick into the dirt in a spot where you want to grow a plant. Built-in sensors gather info on soil moisture, [Read More]

July 9th, 2015|Hot, Life, Stuff|

3 New Apps for Restaurant Lovers

imgres-2Whether you’re reserving a spot and paying the bill at a new restaurant on your phone or having a rotating menu of items delivered straight to your door, the newest apps are finding creative ways make five-star eating even easier. These three in particular will make dining [Read More]

June 24th, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|

Google and Levi’s Collaborate

levis-w724It’s a marriage of newfangled technology meets classic American style: Last week, at Google I/O 2015 in San Francisco, the tech company announced its exclusive partnership with Levi’s to launch wearable clothing technology next year.

(And no, in this case, wearable clothing technology doesn’t mean you’ll be [Read More]

June 1st, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|

Bruno, the World’s First “Smart” Garbage Can

BrunoThere’s a certain pattern to cleaning the kitchen, and some of the last two steps including taking the trash out and sweeping up the floor. While the need to heft the bag of garbage out to the dumpster hasn’t yet been eliminated, the folks behind Bruno [Read More]

May 28th, 2015|Fam, Life, Stuff, You|

Radio Show Recap: The Business of Books

shutterstock_171423347Technology, once again, has disrupted another old-school industry where the old way of doing things will have to adapt to both small and massive companies competing for revenue. Luckily there’s room for everyone, which means that it’s never been a better time to write or your [Read More]

May 21st, 2015|Hot, Life, Stuff, You|

June, the Bracelet that Monitors Your Sun Exposure

JuneSunBraceletThere’s no doubt that UV-monitoring wristbands like the UVeBand andUVA+B Sunfriend are a good idea for those spending some time in the sun. But most favor function over fashion, which is why Netatmo, a company known for its range of weather stations, has launched [Read More]

May 19th, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|

How Mobile Devices & Technology are Advancing Fashion

Screen Shot 2015-05-12 at 8.53.55 AMBy Jennifer Thayer

The fashion world has historically been relatively insular, borrowing culture, technology and art to further its own ends. It could do that because it existed on a plane outside of society at large – more art than attire. [Read More]

May 12th, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|