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Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Selling fear: B2B vs B2C. On Friday, BlackBerry officially joined team Android when it announced Priv — its privacy-focused Android device. Another privacy-focused phone that made its debut is the Blackphone 2 (no relation to BlackBerry). Who do you think these privacy-focused phone companies…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know “No one ever drowned falling in the water. They drowned staying there.” – Steve Sims, founder of Bluefish, a luxury concierge service. TECH Why Kylie Jenner needs to start thinking BIG. “When Kylie Jenner’s app shot to the top of Apple’s App Store, she couldn’t…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH What makes a compelling TV series pilot. A new study by Netflix reveals what episode viewers get hooked on their favorite TV shows. Spoiler Alert: It’s NEVER the pilot. “For How I Met Your Mother, it wasn’t until episode eight that viewers turned into…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Just take them old records off the shelf  “It was said when vinyl gave way to cassette tapes back in the ’60s and then again when CDs came around in the ’80s. Friends said it to one another when CDs were overtaken by MP3s…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know today TECH The tech trend all experts should pay attention to. The average person makes 35 choices per week about what to eat, making the chance of bad choices high for busy people, says Suneel Gupta, the co-founder of the weight loss app Rise. Today,…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “Gotta have a number in there, throw ’em off the scent,” said Andy Samberg after sharing a functioning HBO Now login and password at last night’s Emmy Awards. The joke was a reference to HBO CEO Richard Plepler’s comment that he doesn’t care if…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH “Girl Dumps Boyfriend, Then Begs Him Back After He Makes $362,259 From Fantasy Sports.” How great is this headline? Fantasy Sports are huuuge right now and you can bet there are guys who can relate to this advertorial. Maybe not making $300k (in their…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Let’s make a deal. This is big. Lyft, the California-based ride-hailing company, aka Uber’s competitor, just announced a deal with Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese ride-hailing company that controls 80 percent of the ride-hailing market in China. The deal is structured so the apps are…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH The truth about Facebook’s “dislike button.” “A thumbs up is inherently goofy. It’s for Little League coaches and guys named Chad. The last time an upward pointing thumb carried any emotional weight was in the late days of the Roman Colosseum.” In an informal…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Courtside seats with @finkd. NBD. “Mr. Zuckerberg hopes the Oculus headset will power a host of new ‘immersive’ experiences, from virtual doctor appointments to live concerts to courtside seats at a basketball game” (WSJ). If you thought virtual reality was just for pimply-faced, video…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Why we crave cool? Apple announced today that customer demand for the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are through the roof! You can bet the guy sitting next to you in calc is probably jonesing for a new iPhone. But can you blame him?…