Track Other People’s Investments with Nvestly
Wanna be the next Warren Buffet? Then you need to sign up for Nvestly, a new, free social media platform for investors that's like a LinkedIn account for your portfolio. It lets you connect with friends and colleagues so that you can take a peek at where they’re investing. Since its recent launch in October, Nvestly is [Read More]
Project Ara, Google’s New Modular Phone
The new Google Project Ara modular smartphone is redefining smartphones as we know them. Instead of releasing a device that comes with a predetermined set of hardware and software, the tech company has developed a phone that lets you choose which parts, or modules, you want and swap them out anytime. (For example, if you need your [Read More]
Radio Show Recap: How to Invest in Your Dreams
Yesterday's live from New York’s Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg featured financial journalist Nicole Lapin discussing her new book, Rich Bitch, a financial breakdown for women, and the team behind NYC’s biggest Off-Broadway hit, Application Pending, co-writer and director Andy Sandberg, co-writer Greg Edwards, and star (playing over 40 different characters) Christina Bianco. First Randi [Read More]
StartUp, the Podcast About Launching Your Own Company
By now, it’s safe to say that if it’s the brainchild of This American Life, we’ll be obsessed with it (anyone else experiencing Serial withdrawal?) So we were psyched to hear about StartUp, a new podcast in which former TAL producer Alex Blumberg (whose story about a cotton t-shirt won a Peabody award last year) [Read More]
Radio Show Recap: Live from CES 2015
This year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show from the Las Vegas Convention Center features over 20,000 products (meaning 10 products every minute), is the length of 28 football fields, and was the location for yesterday’s episode of Dot Complicated! Our guests are all major players at CES 2015, which wraps up tomorrow. First up were Michael Gorman, [Read More]
The Nokia 215 is the World’s Cheapest Smartphone
In these days of $600 iPhones, could you even fathom a cellular device costing less than $30? Prepare to have your mind blown. The new Nokia 215 costs just $29. Microsoft, which bought Nokia last year, is calling it the “most affordable Internet-ready phone.” Like most of the company’s past models, the Nokia 215 isn’t [Read More]
Plowz Will Clear Snow from Your Driveway
The only thing worse than getting caught in a snowstorm is coming home to a driveway covered in the white stuff when you finally make it home. Plowz, a new app that lets you book and pay for a snowplow with just a few taps. Think of it as Uber for snow removal. "I got the idea [Read More]
Your New Year’s TECH Resolutions
A new year, a fresh start... While most people are making resolutions that focus on exercise and diet, here at Dot Complicated we're challenging ourselves with tech resolutions– that is, changes to the way we use technology so it enhances our lives, rather than detracts from it. We asked readers what their tech resolutions are [Read More]