Technology

October is more than a month filled with ghosts, ghouls and goofy costumes. It’s a time to remember how crucial cybersecurity is to your personal and professional lives.

In previous productivity articles, suggestions included prioritizing tasks, time blocking and scheduling items throughout the day.

Are you writing fewer checks? Take it from this banker: That’s a very good thing.It’s 2022.

In a year where social media soared, it’s not surprising that these platforms are constantly changing and growing.

Since surpassing the 10 million user mark in late 2019, investing app Robinhood has been all over the news.

With COVID-19 creating the need for virtual workforces and consumer shopping becoming increasingly mobile, it is essential to have an SEO strategy.

With the click of a button, you can clean up your desktop, disable notifications and switch to a neutral background.

Sometimes email marketing can feel a bit like cold calling 2.0. But, when it’s done right, it can be an effective communications tool.

This summer, corporate interns are participating virtually, while nearly 80 refining and midstream interns are in the field.

Nearly a quarter of Americans listen to podcasts (up from 12% in 2013), but the most successful podcasts follow a curated marketing plan.

Setting a clear and energizing goal to improve your circumstances is the first step towards achieving success – whether that is losing weight, increasing savings, or landing that promotion.

Streaming services have kept us entertained while social distancing, with an abundance of content showcasing STEM culture.

TikTok is taking the world by storm, but many businesses are at a loss about how to utilize the platform for their brands.

It was expected the videoconferencing technology offered by Zoom would be increasing with our mandated work and study at home environment, but even they were surprised by the size of the jump in consumer use.

It’s no doubt epidemiologists are the go-to experts as the world tries to contain COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean that engineers are sitting this one out.

Memphians might soon see a four-wheeled, box-shaped object rolling around town. Starting this summer, FedEx will begin testing its SameDay Bot – an autonomous robot that helps retailers make short-range deliveries.

Occasionally making yourself inaccessible is essential to boosting focus. A survey found that always being reachable – checking emails during off days, scrolling through social media, responding to texts 24/7 – is associated with higher stress levels. This is known as “continuous partial attention,” a state of alertness largely driven by FOMO.

Parents across America continue to worry about the apps their children and teens download. Here are two apps that can give parents peace of mind.

As businesses continue to see the importance of connecting with their customers through social media, the photography used on those platforms takes on even greater significance.

As we approach the heaviest shopping period of the year, retailers should be thinking about leveraging their in-store experiences to encourage shopper sharing on social media.

Name-calling, spreading false rumors, receiving unwanted images or threats: These behaviors and more are the types of bullying a majority of teens are subjected to online. Cyberbullying isn’t a new aspect to social media culture, and it’s hardly something that disappears, even among adults.

Digital screen use may be causing negative effects on reading comprehension, attention, memory and cognitive capabilities. When screen reading, the habit is to skim, thereby reducing the time allocated to get the general gist of the content.

Hey, all you copywriters, there’s a new benchmark for speed – 20,000 lines a second.

Many business owners and marketers recognize the importance of social media but don’t realize that their social media practices might be affecting their website’s Google rankings. Here are a few quick tips to boost your SEO while continuing to grow your following:

When it comes to honesty on social media, consumers expect it more from businesses than they do politicians – or even their family.

Brand ambassador programs are catching on. However, rather than selecting a few influencers with high followings to promote their product or service, brands are taking another approach: building brand ambassador armies.

Job seekers are enticed by work-from-home options according to research from staffing firm Robert Half. More than three quarters of surveyed professionals (77 percent) said they are more likely to accept a job offer if there is an option for telecommuting. Those in San Francisco and Los Angeles are most likely to seek this perk, citing long commute times.

It seems the social media world never stops evolving, always launching new tricks and features to keep consumers wanting more.

Scrolling through filtered feeds of perfect Instagram posts can cause anxiety. For hyper-connected millennials, the struggle is real – trying to maintain the illusion of an “Insta-perfect” personal brand, fueled by comparisons to other highly curated feeds.

Grow your company’s professional presence by utilizing LinkedIn’s network of over 500 million users to connect with clients, potential clients, employees and influencers. Before, issues, topics and comments only traveled by users’ connected networks. Now, LinkedIn has finally embraced the hashtag with two goals: to be the main platform for influencers and to better manage the news feed.