OMG: Traditional Text Messaging Is On the Decline
But that doesn’t mean we’re not sending tons of digital messages with our phones. We’ve just found cheaper alternatives.
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Let the Gamification Begin
Gamification, the integration of game design concepts into non-game scenarios, is growing increasingly popular in the business world.
Girl Scouts Use Social Media, Mobile Tech to Break Cookie Sales Records
For the 2012 centennial celebration of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Olivia Ottenfeld had a pretty straightforward goal: sell 2,012 boxes of the organization’s iconic cookies. At 14, she was at a disadvantage compared to the …
Political Merchandise Extends Far Beyond Official Campaigns
Of the estimated $2.5 billion that Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and the Super-PACs supporting them will pump into the 2012 presidential campaign, a tiny sliver will go toward the manufacturing of campaign merchandise—the signs …
Gap Year: The Growing Appeal of Not Going Right to College
In September, Amy Huynh, a recent high school graduate who was accepted to Colby College in Maine, visited some of her childhood friends during move-in weekend at UCLA. They’re newly minted freshmen, ready to embark on an
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The Winners and Losers of the New Television Landscape
Even in the so-called digital age, TV remains must-see. The average viewer in the United States watches about 4.5 hours of live TV per day, according to Nielsen. But it seems rarer and rarer that many of us are watching the same …
We’ve Spent Almost $6 Billion on iPhone Repairs Since 2007
It may always be a mystery exactly how someone manages to drop an iPhone into a toilet, but we won’t have to wonder about the financial repercussions any longer. A new study estimates that Americans have spent some $5.9 billion …
Should You Use Your Smart Phone to Track Your Kids?
Ever lie to your parents, even once, about where you were after school? It’ll be tougher for today’s teenagers, who may have to leave their smart phones behind if they don’t want Mom and Dad following their every move. An …
Financial Fitness Workshop to be Held in NYC Sept. 29
If you’re in the New York area, be sure to consider attending the tenth annual Financial Fitness Workshop, hosted by the Financial Planning Association of New York and the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies. TIME Moneyland is a media sponsor of the event, which will be held Sept. 29 in Vanderbilt Hall at the New York …
Can Amazon Topple Netflix’s Streaming Empire?
When Netflix launched an instant streaming service for its movies and TV shows at the start of 2007, it was a minor perk for the company’s subscribers who were used to getting DVDs in the mail. Fast forward half a decade and …
New Orleans Mayor on the Lessons Learned from Hurricanes Isaac, Katrina
Less than two weeks ago New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was nervously eyeing the Gulf of Mexico, worried that Tropical Storm Isaac might balloon into a Category 3 hurricane and barrel straight for New Orleans on the seventh …
Students Cash in on College Football Ticket Frenzy
Like any good southerner, Auburn University senior Jordan Deason loves football. He even had a job working security during the team’s games during his sophomore year. But last season, Deason discovered that there was at least one …