The Ellen Pao Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
The Silicon Valley sexism lawsuit brought by Ellen Pao against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins has rocked the tech world for the last two weeks. Currently the interim CEO of Reddit, Pao says a male partner made her life at the firm difficult by retaliating against her after she ended a sexual relationship with him. She is now suing Kleiner [Read More]
Monica Lewinsky’s Powerful TED Talk
Monica Lewinsky is one of very few people over the age of 40 who has no interest in being 22 again. “At the age of 22, I fell in love with my boss,” she says bluntly as she began her talk on the TED2015 stage on Thursday. “At the age of 24, I learned the [Read More]
Radio Show Recap: Peer-to-Peer Businesses
The collaborative consumption model—known as peer-to-peer, or P2P—is based on the sharing, swapping, trading or renting of products or services allowing customers to have goods without having to claim ownership. This business model enables peers to buy and sell products from each other and gives businesses the opportunity to bring consumers and providers together under their own umbrella brand, facilitating [Read More]
5 Apps to Help You be a Boss
Most of us spend hours (and hours) on our phones and computers, so isn’t it about time our devices start working for us? In an era where there are apps to improve every aspect of your life, from weight to finances, it makes sense that there should be some technology to help better that tiny [Read More]
Travel Happy With Google Flights
Google Flights is making it easier to book the perfect flight and keep your gadgets connected and powered on during cross-country getaways. The company has announced a new partnership with flight-rating service Routehappy that will bring those details and others to Google Flights search results. When planning a trip, the site will now clearly indicate whether or not [Read More]
Radio Show Recap: New Exciting Apps
It’s estimated that $143 billion dollars will be spent on apps this year. Trends range from mobile e-commerce, utility apps and new and improved social apps. Even if you’re not a coder or have an engineering background, you can still create a successful app. But how do you rise above the noise and the clutter [Read More]
You Need Just Ahead for Your Next Road Trip
This just in: You no longer need a guidebook to take your next great road trip. Instead, make your way around the country's greatest national parks with an audio guide from Just Ahead, a new app that turns your smartphone into a tour guide. Using GPS, the app pinpoints your location on the road and tell [Read More]
Radio Show Recap: Women Empowerment & Unplugging
Tanya Schevitz of Reboot talked about the upcoming National Day of Unplugging coming up this March 6th-7th: “The last time I actually unplugged for 24 hours was last year’s National Day of Unplugging. It’s hard.” “The National Day of Unplugging is a reclaiming of the traditional day of rest. The Sabbath.” “We’ve reached the tipping [Read More]