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Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH How to work from anywhere in the world. In June, I showed you how to make wanderlust look good on your resume. Today, you’re getting the essential toolkit for digital nomads, courtesy of Stephanie Walden. Walden has been experimenting with working remotely through the…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH If all it took to win a presidential campaign was Google News Hits and Google Searches, Trump would be a clear winner. Thankfully, that’s not how democracy works. If you missed it, here’s Trump’s latest antics. And if you’re feeling left out, you can…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Square launches new app. If you haven’t heard of Square yet, watch this. The popular payment service launched a new dashboard app today on iOS. Square noticed a lot of its customers were checking analytics on their mobiles. So they decided to launch an…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH #getmeoffTinder. “You’re smart, busy & ambitious. You don’t need a dating app to get a date – you’re too popular as it is. But you should join The League – here’s why:” This is a good example of how a little bit of confusion…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton (Patrick Swayze) has been hired to clean it up. New Reddit CEO Steve “the cooler” Huffman can relate. Yesterday, Huffman made it clear that the site intends…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH 13 ways hackers will try to kill you. Don’t panic. At least not yet says Ryan Dewhurts of Dewhurst Security. “…the most damage an electronic attack (‘cyber attack’) can cause today is financial and political,” says Ryan. But that’s not to say cyber attacks…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH The thirst is real for Twitter shareholders. Twitter’s got 140 characters-worth of problems with no solutions to show. On Tuesday, a fake Bloomberg report claimed the site was in talks to be acquired for $31 billion. The rumor caused the stock price to shoot…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH The UK might ban your favorite messaging apps. “WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Snapchat could soon be a thing of the past in the UK if the government gets its way.” A newly proposed bill to fight terrorist groups is raising some legal and ethical…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know  TECH Meet Reddit’s new CEO. On Friday, Reddit’s interim CEO Ellen Pao stepped down after only eight months on the job. Her replacement, effective immediately, is former CEO and co-founder of Reddit, Steve Huffman. Huffman left the day-to-day operations of Reddit in 2009, three years…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Read faster: one. word. at. a. time. Accelerator is a new iOS app that will make you read faster. Period. Not only is this app cool, its landing page is noteworthy. If you’re developing an app – here’s a great example of how to…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH Remember Tom? Facebook announced today new updates to News Feed. The updates will give users greater control over what they see. One of the new features in News Feed allows you to prioritize who you see first. Reminiscent of Myspace’s Top 8, minus the…

Good afternoon, Early Risers! Here’s what you need to know TECH How to score with fans. Stopping fans from live-streaming at pro sporting events is a waste of time and resources, here’s why. A better solution is for pro sports teams and tournaments to encourage live-streaming, acknowledge fans will do it anyway, and take advantage…