How to Fact-Check the News You Read Online
In the wake of breaking-news events, social media goes haywire with first-to-respond reports and anecdotes. Online, anybody can call themselves a journalist. With a deluge of information, how do you know what you’re reading on the Internet is, well, real? These resources can help separate fact from fiction. Storyful’s Open Newsroom: Storyful’s global team of [Read More]
Would You Use an App to Monitor Your Mental Health?
We use fitness and health tracking apps to gauge how many calories we burn and how much sleep we get at night. Now there’s an app that monitors your mental health. Startup Ginger.io analyzes smartphone behavior for signs of depression, schizophrenia, and other mental health issues, using your phone's motion accelerometer and global positioning to measure where, how, [Read More]
How to Prepare Your Car for Summer Road Trips
With summer officially underway, many families are heading out on vacations, and that means road trips. Whether you’re taking a long-distance road trip or embarking on a simple weekend getaway, there are several things you can — and should — do to make sure your car is reliable, ready and able to make the trip [Read More]
EAT, PRAY, EMOJI
I’m going to confess this right now – I love emoji. And I'm not alone. With a new emoji-only messaging app set to launch, it's undeniable these little icons have made their way into the hearts, tweets and instant messages of social media users right around the world. But before we take a look at [Read More]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Kickstarter
Recently, aspiring chef Zack “Danger” Brown of Columbus, Ohio wanted to try making potato salad. His solution? Launch a Kickstarter campaign with a $10 goal for the culinary undertaking. The campaign has only been live for two weeks, and has raised a whopping $50,638 from more than 6,000 backers. The Kickstarter has exceeded Brown’s wildest [Read More]
Apps Every Small Business Owner Needs
When a friend from college decided to turn his hobby of playing violin into a career, he got serious and incorporated his band as a registered business. Starting a small business is challenging enough for anyone, but for my friend it was even more so because frankly he’s more of a musician than a businessman. [Read More]
The New Waterproof Kindle
We thought it was pretty tough to improve upon the Kindle Paperwhite, but a company called Waterfi has just answered our beachside reading prayers with the waterproofed Kindle ($240). It looks and functions exactly like the ordinary Amazon version, but it’s coated with a clear gel, inside and out, that makes it immune to water damage. [Read More]
The Top 3 Mobile Apps for Road Warriors
Apps. We love them. We hate them. And for some of them, we don’t even use them. Nonetheless, the mobile app environment is still continuously growing. Every time you go to the app store on your cell phone, you’ll be greeted with the most popular apps and the rising stars at that current moment. However, [Read More]