The next time you use your smartphone to call a car, there might be nobody behind the wheel. Google is planning to use its self-driving cars as part of a new ride-hailing service that will go head-to-head with Uber. Bloomberg reports that Google’s driverless cars have been tested mostly around San Francisco and Austin. These […]

The most wonderful (and expensive) time of year is in full swing. With a very large family to shop for, travel to plan, and RSVPs piling up, here are some tips I use to avoid eating ramen throughout the New Year. Don’t shop for yourself. It can be temping when I am shopping to get […]

For someone whose first novel explores the struggles of twins who don’t fit in, Juman Malouf does an exceptional job of making you feel like you belong. Opening the doors to her New York City apartment, Malouf greets me warmly and leads me through two sets of floor-to-ceiling curtains toward a cozy seating area. It’s […]

IFTTT is a curious platform. For the uninitiated, IFTTT is an acronym for If This, Then That. It’s also a platform that allows you to automate certain tasks. At first, it seems really cool. You mean I can automate some everyday tasks? Just set it and forget it? Amazing! Sites and platforms that range from […]

Most of the entrepreneurs I meet are building a product, either with their team or co-founders (which I highly recommend) or with a development agency. (Ugh! See what I think about that here.) They tell me about their project with excitement (when they’re not afraid of sharing it) and explain me why their product is going […]

Over the past several decades, the ideal American work schedule was nine to five, Monday through Friday. People would go into their offices for 40 hours a week, take two weeks of vacation, and that was it. Now, 40 is not the standard number of hours that employees work. These days, the average workweek is […]

Three years ago, entrepreneur Sam Rosen had to deal with a lot of stuff. Literally. When Hurricane Sandy hit the Northeast, his ex-girlfriend had to move out of Hoboken, N.J. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had condemned her home, and everything she owned was being packed into boxes. Rosen remembers the whole ordeal being a […]