Using social media to market
When you think of Facebook or Instagram, it is not immediately clear that the gargantuan is local, not just global. Every community has an online presence…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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Twitter hack highlights underground trade in handles
In mid-July, hackers rocked the internet by taking over accounts of high-profile Twitter figures and using the accounts for a bitcoin scam, among other…
Hack reveals meddling could influence election results
A handful of attackers in mid-July managed to get control of VIP accounts of politicians in a bitcoin scam. But, what if the hackers, instead asking for…
Goodbye Segway: We hardly knew you
Segway stopped making its Human Transporter in July. The company ended up selling just 150,000 of the scooters, mainly to warehouses, police departments,…
Quote: The origin of Twitter
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what…
Insurance can cover costs associated with rioting
It’s a scenario that has happened all over the country. The owner of a small restaurant or boutique just gets the store ready after the long coronavirus…
Warren Buffett Quotes
Cash is king in a crisis When such a mega-catastrophe strikes, Berkshire will get its share of the losses and they will be big – very big. Unlike many…
Emotions and work
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence (Bantam), says these qualities help people work at their highest level: * Self-awareness, knowing how you…
Smart phone technology changes protesting, policing, more
In one town, one teenager messaged a friend that two boys were going to have a fight. In 15 minutes, one hundred teenagers drove to the address. Imagine…
What happens when critical cell networks fail?
On June 22, with most of the nation quarantined and watching anxiously as demonstrations troubled the cities, one circuit in the Southwest failed. That…