Top 5 Immigration Apps
1. USCIS Case Status — (Free, iOS & Android) This app from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services allows users to check their status. When someone applies for an I-140 they get a 13-digit number. On this app they can download the case tracker and track they petition twice a day to see when it gets approved. [Read More]
Tech & Immigration
Whether you’ve been hearing the different opinions during the presidential debates or reading them online, the one thing that everyone can agree on is that the current American immigration system is seriously flawed, and no industry is getting quite such a beating as the tech industry. Instagram co-founder, Mike Krieger, said it took him less time [Read More]
Have a Relax-Cation
According to research, 10% of Americans admit they never manage to relax on vacation because 76% find themselves checking voicemail and email—and that’s just from work. Partner that with all the selfie-stick photos, Periscope videos, Instagram posts and Facebook updates, and you’ve literally experienced your entire vacation through a digital lens. Americans spend the most hours working per year, right behind Japan and South [Read More]
Top 5 Job Apps
1) SLACK - (Free; iOS & Android) Slack is getting a lot of attention because it helps manage communication with your team or remotely. It is so easy to use you don’t need long email threads anymore. 2) ASANA – (Free; iOS & Android) It’s name is representative of what it does: It’s task management. It’s a shared [Read More]
Radio Recap: 2nd Chances
Over 100 cities and countries from 18 states in the nation have already implemented fair-chance hiring reforms including the practice to “ban the box” — a movement to remove the small box on job applications that asks whether or not an applicant has been convicted of a criminal offense. Statistics show that ex-offenders’ inability to [Read More]
Top 5 Fashion Apps
1) Vsco Cam – (Free; iOS & Android) This editing app I use for my photos. I take so many pictures during Fashion Week I don’t want to flood people’s Instagram. VSCO Cam allows me to rearrange my feed so it flows nicely, not like a selfie above a selfie. It makes photo streams seamless. 2) [Read More]
Radio Recap: Fashion + Tech
Wearables, drones, and 3D printing have been all the rage at this year's New York Fashion Week. From CFDA Fashion Incubator designer Misha Nonoo’s “Insta-show” which sheds the traditional runway route to instead make the show globally accessible using Instagram for its stylized debut, to revealing select pieces from a particular Fashion Week line on the [Read More]
Grandparents Day Tech
My in-laws (and the only surviving grandparents to my children) live states away but are very interested in being involved and staying connected to our kids so much so that during every visit with the grandparents, my kids will spend time giving an iPhone or iPad tutorial to them. My kids will set up and run [Read More]