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How Brexit Will Affect the Tech World

shutterstock_200396453Now that the UK has officially voted to leave the European Union with a near 50/50 vote on Brexit, the major players in the tech sector of Britain are speaking out about the impending leave.

Since much of the UK’s technology industry is in London—a [Read More]

June 24th, 2016|Hot|

Radio Recap: Making a Living Through the Words of Others

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Content analysis blog, Pricenomics, claims the Internet is now overrun by poorly managed content mills. Content mills—or farms as they’re sometimes called—employ droves of freelance writers to generate original, SEO-packed content specifically designed to reach maximum readability and share-ability potential by automated search engines. [Read More]

June 22nd, 2016|Radio|

Congrats to Dot Complicated Essay Contest Winner: Adam Welcome “Being A Digital Dad”

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Congratulations to Adam Welcome! Read his winning essay below!

 

“Dad, you’re on your phone a lot lately, probably too much actually”

My five year old daughter doesn’t miss a beat, she can tell I’ve been overly wired lately and I haven’t been as sly with [Read More]

June 17th, 2016|Life|

Radio Recap: Telepresence Robots

893669p_alt1 If you’ve ever seen something that looks like an iPad on a Segway, you’ve just witnessed the future. These are called telepresence robots and they’re becoming more commonplace as their mobility and connectivity add a new dimension to remote communication which is un-reproducible by smartphones or other [Read More]

June 15th, 2016|Radio|

Gearing Up for 2016’s Tony Awards

broadway This year’s 70th Annual Tony Awards are happening LIVE this Sunday, June 12th at 8pm ET on CBS. Hosted by late night talk show host and Tony Award winner for his work in One Man, Two Guvnors, James Corden, this year’s Tonys will [Read More]

June 10th, 2016|Hot, Uncategorized|

Radio Recap: Creating Tony Award-Winners

Hamilton the Musical Official Broadway PosterBroadway musical ‘Hamilton’ has made history, not only as the sold-out smash hip-hop musical hit of America’s first Treasury secretary, but it’s also received a record-breaking 16 Tony Award nominations and its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, has even [Read More]

June 8th, 2016|Radio|

Where Do Emoji Come From?

image-22Unicode 9.0 recently announced 72 new emoji coming our way on June 21, 2016. From a pregnant woman emoji to a selfie emoji to a facepalm emoji, this new batch hopes to keep the picture word craze alive. But just where do emojis come from and [Read More]

June 3rd, 2016|Hot|

Radio Recap: Millennials & Money with Congressional Candidate Erin Schrode

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Millennials (those aged 18 to 35) have now surpassed the Baby Boomer generation as not only the largest living generation, but also are now the biggest voter population in the country. Millennials are also those hardest hit by unemployment. Which means starting now, politics are about [Read More]

June 1st, 2016|Radio|

Augmented & Virtual Realities—What to Expect

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If there’s one thing that’s true about virtual reality and augmented reality, it’s that we haven’t even scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. That doesn’t mean there aren’t thousands of individuals and companies doing their best to push the limits of the tech as it exists [Read More]

May 27th, 2016|Stuff|

Radio Recap: From Broadway to Wall Street

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Becoming an entrepreneur isn’t usually a first job for most. Compared to more traditional careers, entrepreneurship is risky, demanding, and requires plenty of capital, so working a steady job before starting your own company can often give you the skills, experiences, and money necessary for success.

Some jobs [Read More]

May 25th, 2016|Radio|