Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Apple reigns supreme and virtually unchallenged atop the heap of mobile devices, large and small. While Macbooks still lagged in comparison to Windows machines, they set the bar for other options. Maybe not so much anymore. Chromebooks Outsells Apple for First Time Last quarter, for the first time in…

One lesson many leaders learn the hard way, and often much too late, is to lead from their strengths. So much attention is paid to getting better at what we’re not so good at, you know, improving our blind spots and developing our less than natural talent, that we often…

Internet resources have enabled users to find various types of data, information and interesting facts. Whether an online search is performed for a home, a car or to compare several styles of blue jeans, a web-based user can locate things of interest using a personal computer or a mobile device…

Are you curious about Big Data and how it might benefit your business over the next year? Maybe you’ve heard good things, but you’re just not sure how data science can or should be implemented in your specific business. …

Virginia state Sen. Dick Black, a former campaign co-chair for Sen. Ted Cruz, recently got back from a trip to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad. Depending on how this whole thing shakes out in Syria, this trip might be tough to explain to voters. Black is already at…

The FCC is interested in your internet privacy, but maybe not in the way you think. The commission wants to give you more rights before companies share your information online. …

Over the past year, it seems like sporting goods department stores are dropping like flies. Smaller specialty shops are doing pretty well, but places like Sports Authority — not so much. Ditto Quicksilver and PacSun, mall-level shops selling a variety of sport-related apparel and equipment. Some are blaming the Usual…

After the city of Seattle declared a state of emergency to deal with its homeless population, Amazon stepped up to help out. The online retail giant offered to lend the city a building to house many of the city’s homeless … at least for the time being. The building was…

Pundits love saying election years are strange or different, but this year it’s not hyperbole. In any other cycle if a candidate had less than half voter support in his or her party it would be headline news. Now, those are the frontrunners. No matter who gets the eventual party…