Author Archives: Chris Morris

What Tim Tebow Needs to Know Before He Steps Onto the Diamond

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Tim Tebow may not be the first athlete to attempt a mid-career transition to another sport, but the stakes could be bigger for him than those who preceded him.

Tim, you’re an undeniably talented athlete, but you’re not on the same iconic level as Michael Jordan, or Bo Jackson – or even Danny Ainge, for that matter. And while your outspoken political and religious views have earned you plenty of fans, they’ve also created a contingent of people who would love to see you fall. Similarly, your feats in college athletics are the stuff of legend, but after bouncing around the NFL, there’s a similar group of sports fans ready to pounce.

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For a workplace productivity boost, ban these 10 websites

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The internet might be a valuable tool to most offices, but it’s also an incredibly efficient way to goof off. Whether it’s social media, streaming video or a random collection of funny cat pictures, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of places for you or your employees to wander online, often at the expense of work that needs to be done.

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, people typically spend one hour of their workday on social media. Millennials are even more attached, spending 1.8 hours on such sites. And a new survey from intelliAd Media, which studied traffic to shopping sites, found that traffic surged during weekday afternoons between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

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The freelancers benefit checklist

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There’s never been a better time to be your own boss. Really. But the freelance life does present some challenges on the benefits and insurance front.

While the days of full-time 9-5 jobs aren’t going away anytime soon, the freelance business is establishing a notable foothold in the U.S. In 2005, the number of people who had “alternate work arrangements” — which is to say freelancers, contract workers and the like — stood at 10.1 percent. By the end of last year, they made up 15.8 percent of the nation’s workforce, according to a joint study from Princeton and Harvard universities.

Read more at MassMutual: The freelancers benefit checklist

Experts warn of hacking threat at Rio Olympics

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World-class athletes aren’t the only ones preparing for the Olympic Games. World-class cybercriminals are also hoping to walk away with some gold.

Brazil is a country that was already notorious for its large concentration of hackers. Symantec, in its 2016 Internet Security Threat Report, ranked the country eighth in the world for bot-based cybercrime (a bot is a device that lives on a user’s PC and provides a wide variety of automated tasks for hackers). The organization says Brazil is the source of 2 percent of all the bots throughout the world.

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You’re Playing ‘Pokemon Go’ at the Office. Is Your Boss About to Get Mad?

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There’s nothing like a break from the day-to-day routine at your office. And the sudden, phenomenal popularity of Pokemon Go offers a nice respite. (Yes, you can admit it.)

The app, which debuted on July 6, is already bigger than Tinder and is closing in on the same number of daily active users as Twitter.

Read more at Money.com: You’re Playing ‘Pokemon Go’ at the Office. Is Your Boss About to Get Mad? 

Pokemon Go, Nintendo’s comeback begins

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Five years ago, there was no more vocal opponent of mobile games than Nintendo. Today, the company is positioning itself as a leader in the field.

“Pokemon Go” has become a phenomenon in the mobile world — the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the early days of “Angry Birds”. The app, which features the Nintendo franchise, soared to the top of Apple’s app store and gross revenues charts in just two days. And it’s showing no signs of slowing down.

Read more at CNBC.com: Pokemon Go, Nintendo’s comeback begins

Buy This Product and You Might Avert a Wedding Disaster

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It’s supposed to be one of the happiest day of your life. And then something happens that throws your wedding into disarray. And that unexpected event – whether it has to do with your soon-to-be spouse, the venue or something else entirely – can have a catastrophic impact on both your psyche and your savings account.

The national average cost of a wedding, as of last year, is $32,641, according to The Knot – a $1,400 leap over the 2014 average. (That figure, of course, varies wildly by region, falling notably in less populated states, but soaring to an average of $82,299 in New York.)

Read more at Money Magazine: Buy This Product and You Might Avert a Wedding Disaster

6 Treasures Lurking in Your Attic—and How to Get the Most Money for Them

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It can be hard to justify your hoarding habits. Sentiment, after all, can only go so far in convincing a loved one to let you keep something for which you have no practical use.

But if you’re lucky—very lucky—you’ll find treasures hidden amongst the clutter in your attic, basement, or storage unit. Oftentimes, the most valuable of these are inherited and overlooked for years. But in this age of instant nostalgia, more and more items from the semi-recent past are capturing top dollar.

Read more at Money.com: 6 Treasures Lurking in Your Attic—and How to Get the Most Money for Them

10 high-profile cyberhacks still impacting consumers today

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This year is not even half over, and it’s already looking like a banner year for hackers.

A rash of high-profile digital breaches and large-scale data dumps has affected hundreds of millions of users of prominent websites, with millions more impacted by breaches of brick-and-mortar businesses. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, over 6 million records have been exposed already this year. This follows high-profile attacks on sites like Ashley Madison (nearly 31 million accounts) last year and Adobe (152 million accounts) in 2013.

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