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CHEAP: Pump up the jams, fellow kidz! This Anker portable speaker is $20

Aug23
by on August 23, 2019 at 11:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Have you ever spotted one of these people walking around town with a speaker in their backpack, obnoxiously bumping tunes nobody else in their vicinity likes? Well, for $20 bucks, you, too, can be that person. Amazon is currently selling Anker’s Soundcore Motion B portable speaker for just $19,99. Considering those babies usually go for about $30-$50 a pop, there’s no better time than now to purchase one and annoy everyone who dares to step near you – and that, let’s be honest, is…

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If medical wearables want to save lives, they should be ‘invisible’

Aug23
by on August 23, 2019 at 11:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


One of the latest updates to the Apple Watch included FDA-approved ECG monitoring, and it made waves in both the consumer and medical communities. Many people thought this was impossible. Some were worried about false positives. But most were excited about the potential good that a widely used device with an ECG monitor might be able to do. Once the product was released, users quickly saw the benefits, and some even credited the watch with saving their lives. In theory, Apple’s ECG monitor shouldn’t cause such a stir. After all, the Apple Watch isn’t the first device of its kind…

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Bitcoin and gold trading trend broken as cryptocurrency outpaces precious metal – at least for now

Aug23
by on August 23, 2019 at 10:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin and gold have been compared many times, but while the precious metal is reportedly set to suffer its worst week in almost five months, the cryptocurrency’s price recovered from a drop earlier this week and is now hovering well above the $10,000 mark. According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin started the month of August trading below $10,000; hitting $9,983.08 per coin at 05:44 UTC on August 1. It then recovered, surpassing the $10,000 mark, reaching $10,036.70 later that day. The cryptocurrency reached its highest value so far this month on August 6 at 10:44 UTC, when it climbed to $12,222.69. Bitcoin dropped…

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Samsung allegedly removed a women’s sexual health stall from a women in tech event

Aug23
by on August 23, 2019 at 10:19 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Yesterday, Samsung hosted an event in San Francisco on the “Growth and Innovation in the Wearable Device Market.” Co-hosted with SF Women in Tech, the conference showed off some of the biggest new innovations in tech — but apparently drew the line when it came to women’s sexual health.  Liz Klinger, the co-founder and CEO of Lioness, a women-led company designing tech-driven sex toys whose mission is to destigmatize pleasure, was asked to remove her stall from the event, even though she was allegedly previously approved to attend.  I am at the @Samsung event with #womenintechSF for @LionessHealth and was…

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12 ways small businesses can protect their data this storm season

Aug23
by on August 23, 2019 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Without the proper precautions in place during storm season, businesses, especially smaller ones, that are hit by bad weather can potentially face massive data loss if their sites are compromised. Companies can spend months working to reconstruct documents, billing information and records — especially if that information only existed in one location. Planning for how to deal with disasters — natural, financial or otherwise — is a part of running a small business. And while storm season does provide an impetus, a company should always have a backup plan in mind in order to mitigate potential data loss. That’s why I…

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