Category: News
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The World in 2016
(blogging while sick) Each year The Economist produces its “The World” series, a publication designed to focus on themes, trends and influential people/events for the upcoming year. If you never really spend time thinking about international policies, this is a good opportunity to get some perspective for the new year (before it arrives). You ca buy…
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September 2015 – the month of the Black Woman
I’m calling September 2015 the month of the black woman. Incredible things have happened. Not just in terms of what black women have accomplished – that has been happening for many years – but in terms of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by the media. This is a hot topic that has been talked about in The Huffington Post, The…
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Unicorns & The Stock Market
What is a unicorn? This is a tech blog so you can already assume I’m not talking about the mystical animal with a single horn on its head, often accompanied by a rainbow of colors. “Unicorn” has become a widely used shorthand for startups who have won the techie jackpot: companies that are worth $1 billion or…
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Marriot hearts Netflix
I love when two companies I love join forces! I think there should be much more of this!!! Recently we saw Starbucks and Spotify combine forces to partner on a music streaming service. Now, Marriott and Netflix are teaming up! And you KNOW how I feel about Marriott!!! Marriott Hotels Becomes First To Offer Netflix On Guest Room Televisions: The partnership…
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All You Can News
I love the Netflix–Spotify–NextIssue–Oyster–MoviePass business models even though I don’t subscribe to them all – you pay one flat fee and get “All you can consume.” Kind of like Golden Corral’s All You can Eat buffet. This trend continues to grow and sooner or later anything and everything you can buy will have this type of…
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