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• How to get voice-enabled apps right in the age of ‘smart’ everything

  Voice automation is on everyone’s mind this year, and for good reason. Siri, Alexa, and their peers have sparked visions of a science-fiction-like future and generated excitement around their potential to help simplify our lives with a widely accessible, responsive user interface. Yet this technology is still in its infancy. While we’re all intrigued by the possibilities, most people are rightfully skeptical of whether voice applications will ...

  • Deidre Kolarick

• 11 ways to keep information safer in the cloud

  With data breaches everywhere these days, it seems harder and harder to keep information safe. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to be a bit safer online. We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council for tips on what anyone can do to better protect themselves online. It ...

  • Scott Gerber

• Unique ways dropouts and non-STEM majors can compete for technical jobs

  This guide will go over how you can compete for programming jobs even if you don't have a computer science or STEM degree. ...

  • Roger Huang

• Digital sight will change the smart home forever

  In a remarkably short period we’ve become accustomed to phones and gadgets that interpret and react to our voices. Google Home’s voice match can even go as far as to recognizing different people, shifting preferences between entire accounts based on who it perceives it is hearing. ...

  • Jeff Powers

• Startups need to prepare for success to have success

  Entrepreneurs are always chasing the next milestone. For a while, it’s all about making your first dollar. Then your first ...

  • Mark Orttung

• How to launch your product on China’s popular Xiaohongshu fashion platform

  While most of you are using Amazon and eBay, people in China are shopping on sites and apps like Tmall, Taobao, JD, Suning, Kaola, VIP.com, and the very popular new kid on the block, Xiaohongshu. Xiaohongshu (小红书), or Little Red Book, first came to my attention when I heard ...

  • Ashley Dudarenok

• 7 detailed tips on how to improve your website in 2018

  It’s no secret that Google loves technically excellent sites. If you want your sites to rank as well as possible, there’s no substitute for ensuring that you’re nailing the basics and doing everything you can beyond that. While some aspects of technical excellence have always ...

  • Aaron Dicks

• 5 things to keep in mind when designing a product for developers

  Ever since the beginning of time, there have been two kinds of people: The left-brainers - methodical thinkers who uses their ...

  • Ortal Avraham

• Our paranoia over Huawei and Chinese tech is misplaced

  Recent developments emanating from Beijing have many Westerners concerned; a spate of China-based tech IPOs have even ignited ...

  • Gary Eastwood

• 3 basic rules for entrepreneurs who want to expand internationally

  I’m often asked how the company I work for managed to successfully expand from Sub-Saharan Africa to Poland, a very different ...

  • Barron Ernst

• How blockchain will transform the e-commerce industry over the next few years

  Blockchain technology should be considered the most disruptive technology invention of the fourth industrial revolution. ...

  • David Geer

• What’s really behind the EU law that would 'ban memes' – and how to stop it before June 20

  With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of ...

  • Julia Reda