Stitch Is A Social Network For Seniors

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slack_for_ios_upload-13-820x400 The winner of a recent TC Radio Pitch-Off contest, Stitch is a social network designed for those over 50 years old. Headquartered in Australia, the site is designed to help members find friends, romantic companionship, or just new activities to try. Marcie Rogo, cofounder of Stitch, explained that “many older adults have lots of things they want to do, but nobody to do them with.… Read More

Can Civil Comments Kill The Internet Troll?

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Civil Comments To paraphrase an oft seen Internet trollism, ‘Internet comments are the worst thing since Hitler’. By which I mean: they suck. They suck bad. No, they really suck.
The problem we have right now with Internet comments is clear: negativity and nastiness is burying or discouraging everything else. Read More

Our 9 Favorite Companies From 500 Startups “Demo-Ween”

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500 startups sean percival 500 Startups today presented its 14th batch of companies at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, with a spooky twist. Dave McClure said this batch was less international than previous batches, with only 39% of founders hailing from outside the United States. Of the 36 startups that went through the program, 25% had female founders. He made no mention of people of color.… Read More

Sacca To Shark Tank: “I Will Not And Cannot Do It If I Have To Wear A Suit”

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Screen Shot 2015-10-30 at 9.33.56 AM If you’re not familiar with Shark Tank, it’s ABC’s show that drops companies in front of investors from all walks of life, including the very loud Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. It’s oddly become a family favorite for a lot of people I know, mostly because they get to shout at the TV and make predictions on whether someone will invest or not, or talk about… Read More

Forget Self-Destructing Messages, Buzz’s New App Offers Self-Destructing Connections

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banner Today, there are a variety of apps to choose from if you just want to privately chat with friends or even place phone calls without having to give out your real phone number – for example, Google Voice, Burner, kik, Viber, Whatsapp and others are popular choices. But these apps aren’t fully private. Users still have to provide a phone number or email when creating an account, or,… Read More

3 Alternatives to Firing Millennials

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3 Alternatives to Firing Millennials
By Richard Lepsinger
The Millennial generation, those born between 1982 and 2000, is the first generation to come of age this century and the last generation to remember life before the Internet. But this group brings more distinctions than this, many of which are affecting their reputation in the workplace. A recent […]

New Perspectives on Millennials in the Workplace

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New Perspectives on Millennials in the Workplace
By Richard Lepsinger
When it comes to what matters most in the workplace, are Millennials really that different from the rest of us?
Among leaders, human resource managers and researchers, there seems to be no clear consensus. Some researchers have concluded those born before 1980 learn differently and have distinct leadership […]

Facebook Tests “Local Market,” A Dedicated Buying And Selling Community Powered By Facebook Groups

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local-market A number of Facebook users recently reported seeing a new feature called “Local Market” appearing briefly in their Facebook iPhone app, sometimes in place of the “Messenger” button at the bottom center of the screen. The feature, which is only in testing but not broadly distributed, is a more structured marketplace aimed at buyers and sellers, allowing Facebook users… Read More

Twitter’s Call For Feedback, #HelloWorld, Garners 5,746 Tweets In First Three Days

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hashtag clouds During CEO Jack Dorsey’s keynote at Twitter’s developer conference, Flight, the promise was made to developers that there would be more listening and more transparency from the company. Dorsey asked anyone and everyone (especially the 1,500 developers from over 39 countries in attendance) to submit feedback to the company about its product and how it can do better using the… Read More

More Than A Selfie App, Shots Produces Original Videos With Puppets (And Bieber)

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Justin Bieber Puppet Shots has been pigeonholed since birth. First it was dismissed as just a startup funded by Justin Bieber. Then it was laughed at for being an app just for selfies. But after 2 years, $15.2 million raised, and almost 10 million sign-ups, Shots refuses to die. In fact, it’s branching out. Today the company released the first of a series of original video content it’s produced… Read More