The Independent Consulting Manual features a collection of actionable essays, articles, and viewpoints from expert consultants to help you on your journey from Freelancer to Consultant An Insider’s Guide to Building Six-Figure Solo Consultancies Have you ever felt like you’re all alone? When you got a job, you could rest easy knowing that when you went …

There’s only one thing I like more than switching todo apps: writing about it. On the surface, it surely seems like I’ve been doing a lot of both in the past year. In reality, while I have been guilty of periodically changing the way I organize my tasks in the past – going as far

Luvvie Ajayi, the humorist and and socially conscious blogger, has transformed herself into an innovative digital strategist whom corporations entrust with their social media.

I've been creating content* online for over 18 years, from Geocities sites to my own blog, to today where I mostly focus on LinkedIN and YouTube professionally. I'm not sure when it was that this was called content and that people like me would be seen as creators, but I do know that a few years bac

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Following a contentious patent battle that raged on for nearly five years, Samsung last week finally agreed to pay Apple $548 million in damages for infringing upon a number of iPhone and iPad pate…

by Kristi Pawlowicz I never really understood what “putting myself out there” actually meant until I became an entrepreneur. I know the feeling all to

​It is a moral outrage and national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency.

Earlier this year a young employee at a celebrity magazine explained to me a problem. The magazine was doing reasonably well, as was its website. But both were publishing photos taken from Instagram with increasing frequency. This was fine: the ...

Emotional connection.

We’re all familiar with that silly image of the person who resorts to counting sheep when they just can’t seem to fall asleep. But when you’re the one who’s been tossing and turning all night, insomnia is no laughing matter.

Looking for a new tablet to draw or write on? Already have a Surface and debating switching to an iPad? When it comes to sketching, illustration, or handwriting, here's what you want.

The revolutionary potential of your own face, in seven chapters

When we say 'mobile' we don't mean mobile just as when we said 'PCs' we didn't mean PC. This isn't about the screen size or keyboard or location or use. Rather, the ecosystem of ARM, iOS and Android, with 10x the scale of Wintel, will become the new centre of gravity throughout computing.

We first saw Braven's Balance ($130) at CES, and we recently got our hands on the company's latest portable Bluetooth speaker. Balance is an IPX7-waterproof speaker which means it can be submerged in 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes. The speaker has a 4000 mAh battery that can be used for recharging an iPhone. Braven also claims Balance can run for 18 hours of playtime. The speaker includes a "Boost Mode" setting that lets Balance hit higher peak volumes in larger spaces. A built-in speakerphone is also included, and Braven comes with an audio cable and its own proprietary power adapte...

In recent years, the pressure for page views has transformed online journalism. No longer can writers spend a day, half a day, or even much more than an hour (if that) to get a story researched and posted. In that environment, journalists depend to a disproportionate degree on contacts in the industry — generally PR people […]

Physically active office workers may not suffer from sitting.

Microsoft's big goal with Windows 10 is to encourage developers to create universal apps that run across PCs, tablets, and phones. The software giant now has a big ally: Facebook. At Microsoft's...

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The industry trade group grapples with multiple complex issues

Three years ago, a common human being interested in the privacy policy of a gadget or service it was using was a rare bird. With the revelation that a large amount of the communications and private data of both foreign nationals and native residents of the U.S. were being collected and scrutinized by the government, all of that prototypical fine print came home to roost.

Some Web publishers are eschewing automated ad placement, on the belief that the middleman system not only takes a big cut of revenue but that the technology is to blame for ad clutter and obnoxious tracking mechanisms.

Booq’s new Shadow messenger bag is made to fit MacBooks from 12” to 15”. The bag comes in two variations — a black nylon bag or a gray fiber bag.…

With Siri replacing Spotlight in iOS 9, Apple's personal digital assistant has received a new brain that lets her retrieve information sports and weather, find photos, look inside apps, and more.

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Storage capacities and battery life are unchanged from last year’s iPhones. Everything else — the materials it’s made from, the performance of its custom CPU/GPU, the quality of the cameras, the smoothness of the user interface — is noticeably, tangibly improved.

"Go stand behind that rock. When you can, pop out and hit him with your heavy weapon." These were easy instructions to follow, and the other person on my Destiny fireteam knew what he was talking...