As a tech entrepreneur, Nance Duate’s “Resonate” web site (resonate.duarte.com) was a real eye opener about really effective presentations on “new concepts”. One of the key takeaways for me was to alternate between “This is what you have now” and “This is what can be” several times during the presentation. Super…

It appears that most, if not all, of the relevant new features are Premium ($5/month). This should be pointed out in the article - if it is true. This would be a suitable fee for a business/enterprise, but not for routine personal use. The lack of recurring events and limited “moments” in the free/personal version…

From the title, I initially thought you were adding Tang (the powered citrus beverage) to salsa. LOL!

Maybe Google should use the term “Voice Access” instead of “Trusted Voice” to avoid people thinking that it is a super secure form of authentication.

Studies show that convenience scoops security for a majority of people - until they, or someone they know gets hacked, or until hack-attacks get really big news coverage. That is an issue with two factor authentication when you have to submit two different “proofs” to get secure access. However something like voice…

A couple of years ago I looked in Android Office suites and Kingsoft?WPS was the only thing that seemed remotely useable to me(at that time). Consequently I tried, and adopted, WPS Office as my preferred PC Office desktop system. There are several small features that I much prefer over MS Office (simple tabbed docs,…

About the"savings", does anyone have real hard numbers? Everyone has there own "opinions", but I have not seen actual empirical data on temperature effects and actual energy savings. Ceiling fan usage has not made any noticeable difference in my kilowatt/therm usage over several seasons.

“ On top of the usual discovery issue, the feedback we kept getting was that people didn’t realize they needed it until they tried it” - This “horse vs car” paradox is a big issue for innovative technology entrepreneurs. We are developing a more secure multi-platform alternative to Apple Pay, but “awareness” is…

I agree. McRibs isn't food - more like Soylent green in BBQ sauce.

I've spent a number of years working in pacific rim nations, and the one food I hesitated on the most was "stinky tofu". It literally smells like sewer crap - and I mean REAL crap. However, it seemed to be a popular street snack for the older Chinese in Taiwan. Once during a business dinner our young Chinese hosts…

I do, for one! I switched over to a Roth IRA before 70 1/2 just to avoid this trap. You then have to wait 5 years before you can make withdraws "on the principal contributions", but you can withdraw from the "investment earnings" however.

This is known as the "kayak paddle" dipping principle: Hold the large stick/chip in the middle and then you can proceed to do a sanitary dip with each end.

What do you think about deincentivizing cybercriminals by using push-pay transactions so that merchants don't get (or store) your account data? Essentially you authorize your payment source (bank or payment card) to pay an invoice by crediting the amount to a tokenized pay-only account for the merchant. Would this…

My hack: bending one of the clip "handles' into an upside down J-hook that you can use to hang the bag under the shelf under the - even when there is stuff on that shelf. You may need a vice to bend the clip handle (they are tough buggers), but "everyone has a vice".

This is a very good personal strategy that I personally use. Whenever you send your payment account data (bank or payment card account data) to someone for purchases online, you Are At Risk - almost every merchant you deal with Stores Your Account Data ("for your convenience and protection"). Having limited funds in…

Direct payments thru your online banking account is one of the most safest ways. However the ubiquitous Web Browser is the weakest security link for online banking users - and very few "transactors" offer ANY support (other than advice about using more/Stronger Passwords) for end-user security. Some banks offer…

Dang! This looks pretty useful. I use as SSD on my main laptop for my OS and applications (<60GB so far) and store my work files and other stuff between a 64G SD and a 64GB short USB 3.0 flash drive. The work files and backedup to Box and Dropbox and also used for team sharing. Recently got a 128GB USB 3,0 flash…

Be wary if the Jamsonic BT fitness tracker if you use Android! It works ONLY on the specified smartphones AND ONLY on Android 4.3. ALSO there is only ONE Android "Free Apps" that it works with, and it has a ONE Star rating. Of 145 user reviews it appears only 2 were able to get the App to work with their phone and…

Nice article. As an entrepreneur I prefer the terminology "Obstacle and Pivots" to "Failure". You should ALWAYS expect to encounter Obstacles in life. "Failure" is when you encounter an Obstacle and either Quit or Get Crushed by blindly beating your head on Obstacles.

I have been happily using Waterfox for several years now. It uses Firefox optimized for 64 bit systems, and it has consistently been very fast and reliable without tying up my PC resources.