Posts by Nick Papple
What You Need to Know Today: May 18
Good evening, Early Risers Tech An Excel template for every occasion. ‘There’s an app for that’ seems to be the answer to almost every mundane task, especially budgeting. If you’re not a fan of contemporary apps for budgeting or prefer the classic Excel spreadsheet, ‘there’s a MakeUseOf list for you.’ Here are 12 Excel templates…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 15
Good evening, Early Risers Tech For $5 you can have Google run same-day errands for you. Google Express (iOS, Android) is a new service offering same-day delivery of items from Walgreens, Target, Toys R’ Us, Costco, and others for $5. There’s no markup on items you purchase, you pay the same price as you would…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 14
Good evening, Early Risers Tech “IIIAF is the newest drug on the market…” says author Jon Goodman in his latest article about what makes blog posts go viral. Goodman: “Everybody who takes any action online wants to feel like they appear: IIIAF.” Click here to find out why real businesses don’t go “viral,”…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 13
Good evening, Early Risers Tech 7 books worth more than an MBA. It’s becoming clear why an MBA is “not what it used to be,” you can read about all that’s wrong here. More importantly, if your goal is to earn a higher salary, your time and money is better spent reading these…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 12
Good evening, Early Risers Tech Skype Translator preview is now available. The Skype Translator preview app works in English, Spanish, Italian and Mandarin for spoken word, and in 50 languages for IM conversations (TechCrunch). The preview is only available for Windows 8.1 and 10 preview users soon to be available for Mac. This…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 11
Good evening, Early Risers Tech No more Windows versions after 10. Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech this week that Windows 10 would be the “last version” of the dominant desktop software (BBC). Microsoft announced it would instead update Windows in an “ongoing manner.” Ex-Skype employees are helping…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 8
Good evening, Early Risers Tech Facebook launches new in-app purchase install. Why do we care? This is a win-win-win for Facebook, direct marketers, and customers. Previously, app ads required Facebook users to download the app and find the advertised product before a purchase could be made. Now, when you see an ad in…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 7
Good evening, Early Risers Tech First mini-robotic printer is now available. Classic printers might as well be placed next to DVDs on the soon-to-be-obsolete list. But ZutA Labs has reinvented the classic printer with this really cool pocket-sized printer. It connects wirelessly to any device and can print any size paper. For everyone…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 6
Good evening, Early Risers Tech 12 high-converting landing page examples and why they work. According to Gospaces.com an effective landing page contains 3 elements: 1. A compelling headline that makes a promise to the reader and describes the benefit your product or service offers; 2. A high impact image or video; 3. A…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 5
Good evening, Early Risers Tech Microsoft one-ups Google with Office 2016’s new co-authoring feature. Late yesterday, Microsoft let the public download a preview of Office 2016. One change everyone is talking about is Office 2016’s new real-time co-authoring in Word. While Microsoft and Google both support co-authoring on the web, this extends the…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 4
Good evening, Early Risers Tech Transformy makes transforming lists easy. Re-arranging lists of data in excel can be tedious and slow. Transformy is a super useful free web app that allows you to transform any list of data, no matter what type, into the order you desire. Bookmark this page for future reference. Career…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know Today: May 1
Good evening, Early Risers! Tech Tesla wants to clean up your home. Yesterday, Tesla unveiled a $3,000 battery for your home that recharges on solar energy and will one day replace dirty grid energy. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk compared the future of Powerall batteries to how cell phones are replacing landlines. Read more…
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