Tech Trends heading into 2020
It has been a busy year in the tech world (isn’t it always?), from the latest gadgets to improved wireless speeds and expanded coverage. So what can we…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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Entrepreneur Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin: Bankrupt at 16, Millionaire at 21, Billionaire at 38 At the age of 16, Michael Rubin said there are only two kinds of businesspeople: Those…
Chatbots vs human chat? Better that they work together
Does the rise in the popularity of chatbots portend the disappearance of human chat on business websites? Not now. Or anytime soon. Sure, chatbots can…
Wage and hourly lawsuits: Easy to file, devastating to lose
As a small business owner, are you 100 percent sure you’re paying employees correctly? Are you tracking their hours accurately? Are those you’ve…
Stop Google Calendar spam
As you review your Google Calendar, you suddenly notice that — surprise — you have won a free iPhone X. Naturally, you know nothing is free and who…
No dots at the end of sentences?
Sentences end with dots, but should you end your texts that way? According to researchers at Binghamton University, short exchanges in texts that ended…
Most rude places to use a phone
The number one most annoying place to pull out a phone is in a dark theater. That was one of the findings in a Trends in Consumer Mobility Report from…
How to save power when battery is low
You get the dreaded low power message and you are an hour from any place to charge the phone. It happens to everyone and, in fact, in 2018’s survey by USA…
Too smart or smart enough?
One security researcher had a brilliant idea. He would take out a vanity license plate reading NULL. To everyone around him, it would be a joke. To the…
Local marketing: Voice search; Google business listings
Voice search is on the rise. Maybe it’s because big fingers on tiny keyboards are clumsy. Or maybe just because it is so easy and becoming fairly…