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How Much Do You Owe in 2020 Taxes–and To Whom? It’s A Mess.
That scream you hear? It’s the sound of every accountant who’s been asked by a client about how to...
Techstination: Robin Raskin launches the VEG Group
Last Gadget Standing founder Robin Raskin launches the VEG Group
Pandemic-Inspired Digital Innovation May Transform Education
When 1.6 billion students around the globe suddenly found themselves without classrooms last year,...
Why GameStop Was the Wrong Company to Lionize
Trump leaves office. He loses his social media privileges. And just like that, there’s a void in...
Why Social Media Ought to Know Its Customers
Each internet epoch grows more complicated and defies previous analogies. We can sit around and...
In 2021 Digital Communities Will Deepen–and Even Blend
Some are calling it the year of “Splinternet,” because new online communities are appearing faster...
Cleanliness is Next to Techieness at CES 2021
Vaccination Nation: Digital Health Passports Will Be the Rage in 2021
As a young mother, I lived in fear of losing those yellow cards filled with my kids’ immunization...
CES 2021 Will Showcase Plenty of Truly Useful Tech
CES is an institution. For years geeks have trekked to Las Vegas at this time of year, not to...
What did you learn in the pandemic?
Any meeting I’ve been to these last few weeks is starting with a version of “good riddance to a...
Ghost Kitchens” Rise to Meet To-Go Demand
I heard a great story the other day from a Brooklyn friend who braved going to a Grimaldi’s over...
Swipe Left to Connect: Dating Apps Set the Stage for Business
The old adage was that if you want to see the future of technology, keep an eye on the porn...
The Thriving Do-Not-Touch Economy
In 2020 fortunes are being made with inventions that let you keep your distance. It doesn’t matter...
The Cell Phone’s Father Speaks Out
Quick pop-quiz in memory of Alex Trebek: What weighed 2.5 pounds, cost $3,900, and did nothing...
For Homebound Kids, the Play’s the Thing
Among the laundry list of behaviors that have been upended by the pandemic is what constitutes...
PayPal Now Pals With Bitcoin
PayPal has been around since 1998. Bitcoin’s first proof came in 2009. Now, they’re,...
Will Zoom Be Your New Happy Place? For Everything?
Everyone is peddling happiness these days, and for myriad reasons. The first time I ran into the...
Desperately Seeking Talent: Technology Association Report Underscores Shortage of Skilled Workers
Image via Grow with Google This week’s Techonomy/CDX/Worth sessions focused on the Health+Wealth...
Pandemic Fashion and Beauty: Does Reality Still Matter?
We’re almost eight months into the pandemic lifestyle. That’s nearly long enough to complete a...
The Beauty Industry Bows to the Pandemic Beast
Perfect Corporation combines computer imaging, AI, Augmented Reality, and a host of other...
Crypto will Rise from the Pandemic
I like to joke that every time crypto hits a bump in the road, its enthusiasts invent new jargon...
Sick Care or Health Care: 10 Post-Covid Expectations for American Healthcare
The Apple Watch Series 6 helps illustrate how continuous health monitoring is going mainstream....
I Joined Parler So You Didn’t Have To
As Facebook and Twitter begin to flag more hate speech and misinformation, new social media...
Your Camera Knows You’re the Picture of Health–or If You Have COVID
Phillip Alvelda, the CEO of Medio.ai and a serial entrepreneur, put it to me this way: “Imagine...
Gaming Is Changing the Ecosystem of Tech
We used to say that if you wanted to see the future of technology you should look no further than...
Finally, AI for the Masses?
I’m not smart enough to be a developer of artificial intelligence software, but I do know when...
Why Microsoft Shouldn’t Buy TikTok
Two weeks ago, shortly after moderating a session with a senior TikTok executive at the Techonomy...
As Fake Videos Threaten, New Tools Help Fight Back
Whoops, it happened again. Another off the charts crazy video that our President retweeted....
Will TikTok Get Its Green Card?
Last week I interviewed Tik Tok’s head of monetization and partnership, Matty Lin and a talent...
What Hamilton Tells Us About Silicon Valley
Like so many of you, I spent July 3rd in a strange dystopia. Watching Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ode to...