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Would You Call Your Child Alexa?

...or perhaps not naming digital assistants would be better. The weather was glorious in the UK on Easter Monday, breaking the record for the warmest Easter on record. The whole country went out to the beach, local parks, stately homes and other visitor attractions and as a dad with two young 'uns, I inevitably ended up in a children's playground

Study Shows Gender Pay Gap in Startup Founders

A study done by Carta, believed to be the first comprehensive public study of cap table (the capitalization table, which is a list of owners of a company) data by gender, revealed that the equity gap in startups is real. In the Carta study, they analyzed a subset of Carta's overall table data, which included nearly 180,000 employees, over 6,000

Apple Pay and Google Pay are Coming to 7-Eleven

7-Eleven announced in a press release that Apple Pay and Google Pay will be accepted in most of its U.S. stores throughout September. This follows 7-Eleven's previous acceptance of Samsung Pay. “Frictionless experiences are in the future, and digital payments are key to such experiences. Consumers prefer shopping at retailers that offer digital payment capabilities,” said Gurmeet Singh CDO and

Is the Apple Watch Edition Worth the $10K Investment?

The Apple Watch launch day is rapidly approaching. While Apple’s entire smartwatch lineup is impressive, the most spectacular offering is the gold Apple Watch Edition. Ever since the initial announcement back in September, Apple fans worldwide have been speculating about one thing— how much will this luxury smartwatch cost? With a real gold frame and speciality gold-accented bands, we all

The Problem With Promoted Tweets

Promoted Tweets are Twitter's way of raising revenue. I cannot really fault them for creating a way to make money on a service that everyone can use for free. However, it seems like I'm getting more Promoted Tweets that do not match my interests than ones that do. One very clear example of Promoted Tweets gone wrong involves a religious

Oh Apple, Splendid Acephalous

We’ve all seen the pattern and can recognize it. Successful organization has successful charismatic leader. Something happens to remove successful charismatic leader from organization. Then, organization looses coherence and suffers, or worse. This seems to be a very common pattern that occurs with most leaders and most organizations. Even Mom and Pop restaurants suffer this fate. Restaurant does great as

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7” Inch Widescreen Tablet

Over the Christmas holiday my nephew showed up at my house with an Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7” Inch tablet. My Mom, who just turned 88, ended up playing with it and decided she wanted one. So, we stopped by Best Buy and picked one up. I spent some time adding free apps from the Amazon Android Market that I