Teaching Kids Finance Through Tech
Getting kids interested in finance is kind of like forcing them to eat their vegetables. It’s important, it’s productive, it’s healthy, but it’s boring. After your short, well-thought-out lecture about interest rates, they’ll run to their iPad and go back to playing games. So it’s time to bring finance to games. Preschool finances I know [Read More]
Managing Work Expectations in a Plugged-In-World
By now we all know that managing life, family, and a career can sometimes seem impossible. With the advancement of technology over the last two decades, work tasks have become much easier. However, these advancements have created an always-accessible work expectation. Having worked in corporate America for over a decade, the most important thing I’ve learned is how imperative it [Read More]
It’s Never Easy Unfriending On Facebook
Have you ever been unfriended by someone on Facebook, and actually realized it’s happened? I did, and I was hurt. I noticed my friend’s husband’s brother, deleted me. Yeah, we’d only seen each other once in the last two years but I was still offended, you know? I quizzed my friend and she said ‘Don’t [Read More]
Demand Rises for Smartphones with Bigger Screens
New data suggests that when it comes to smartphones, size matters. The demand for big-screen devices is soaring, and doesn’t show signs of slowing up anytime soon. According to a recent study, worldwide shipments of smartphones with five-inch screens or bigger rose 369 percent in the first three months of this year. More than three [Read More]
Memorial Day BBQ on a Budget
Nothing says Memorial Day like a good old-fashioned BBQ. But these days, hosting a notable grilling party for friends and family can get expensive quick! Consumer Money Expert and Mint.com spokeswoman, Holly Perez, knows the importance of throwing a successful holiday BBQ and has listed five frugal ways for you to impress your crowd without draining your [Read More]
How We Find And Make Life-Changing Decisions
As a marketer, I’ve heard it over and over: today, consumers have more power than ever before. Easy access to information online lets us compare thousands of products, services, and ideas. New platforms and ever-widening social networks constantly create opportunities for discovery. With all this information at our fingertips, we have more power to choose. [Read More]
Tips for Starting a Family Budget
Getting your family’s finances to fit within a set monthly budget is no easy task, but using personal finance tools like Mint.com is one of the easiest ways to get started. Instead of writing down and accounting for each transaction manually, the software automatically categorizes your transactions, sends you alerts, makes suggestions based on your [Read More]
Advancement Of Wireless Charging And Mobile Devices
The world of technology is advancing at a frightening pace. It is estimated that over 2 billion people around the world are connected to the internet whereas approximately 1.5 billion own both a smartphone and a PC. At the turn of the 21st century Google was just a search engine, helping you to stalk your ex and find [Read More]