Another Black Friday is in the history books, but you still have another chance to save. Today is Cyber Monday, which began years ago as a way to encourage more of us to shop online rather than in stores. Many sites have been running online sales for over a week now, while others like Amazon Continue Reading →
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Hey, super-smart people. Got some news for you. During a recent TED Talk, psychologist Angela Lee Duckworth says while intelligence matters, a high IQ is not the greatest predictor of success. Duckworth says the key is to have grit or determination, the willingness to push through even when the odds are against us. Watch Duckworth’s short Continue Reading →
Black Friday may have come and gone, but that doesn’t mean the deals are done. Plenty of sites are still offering low prices and great bundles on almost all things tech, so get your wallets ready! Visit the link below to head over to Gizmodo’s coverage of the all the best Cyber Monday Deals. Gizmodo’s Continue Reading →
Healthcare.gov, the error-riddled website where uninsured Americans are supposed to shop for health insurance, now works for “in the zone of 80 percent” of users, a White House official said today. That’s up from just 30 percent of users who were able to navigate through the entire site five weeks ago. Officials say the site Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw record online sales with $1.06 billion and $1.93 billion, up 18 percent year-over-year and over 30 percent year-over-year, respectively. 24.2 percent of online sales occurred on tablets (15.6 percent) and smartphones (8.6 percent), a record overall increase of 118 percent year-over-year. The new data comes from Adobe Digital Index Continue Reading →
Instagram announced on Friday that Thanksgiving 2013 in the US was “the busiest day on Instagram so far,” thanks to a massive flood of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah-related photos and videos. Unfortunately, the company failed to share exact figures, suggesting that if any records were broken, they weren’t huge. That’s a big contrast to last year’s Continue Reading →
Massive Ultra HD TV (or 4K) sets were the new new thing at the last International CES, and we will see incredible advances in the technology at the upcoming show. 4K picture quality is amazing, the color space is magnificent and, to be as non-technical as I can be – the moment you see a Continue Reading →