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How To Take Better iPhone Pictures

  Thanks to technological advances like the smartphone, we are able to document our favorite life moments with just a tap of a finger. While iPhone Photography is already relatively straightforward, Apple…

Our Favorite Instagram Updates of 2018

  Instagram has been rolling out with new features every week! Okay, that’s an exaggeration, but it definitely feels like they have! So after some reflection, we decided to dedicate…

5 Ways to Stay Relevant in Blogging

It’s pretty rare to see a person’s profile nowadays without the tag of “blogger” following their name, and having a blog on any company website is highly encouraged. The word “blogging”…

How the New Facebook Algorithm Affects You

The news came straight from Mark Zuckerberg’s mouth (aka his Facebook) on January 11th: Facebook would be changing their news feed algorithm. This didn’t mean just a different assortment on…

10 Easy Ways to Build Your Brand via Instagram Stories

300 million daily users use Instagram Stories every day; here are 10 easy ways you can use Instagram Stories to authentically build your brand message with your audience, captivate your ideal demographic, and achieve big results.

Our 10 Best, and Sneakiest, 2018 Travel Apps

Travel apps, like traveling itself, are often debilitating because of the multitude of options: which app will save you the most on flights, when there are at least a dozen that promise it? Here’s a list of our 10 best and sneakiest travel apps for 2018.

How to Excel in the New Year: SEO Strategies for 2018

SEO strategies are necessary to keep, or earn, a page 1 spot on search engines in 2018. Here’s a full overview of SEO strategies for 2018, including how to rank for keywords, the necessity of mobile-first, how to achieve a higher domain authority…

The Coolest Apps Started by Our Fellow Bostonians: Seated

How would you like to try high-quality restaurants in your area by making a reservation on an app… and how would you like to get a minimum $30 gift card to Starbucks, Uber, or Amazon (your choice!), for making this reservation? Now you can, with the Seated App, one of the coolest apps started by our fellow Bostonians.

Local Instagram Influencers: @Kerriaxelrod

“Social media is a reflection of my life because I am, in some ways, my brand.” We’re all well-aware of the social media influencers: a group growing every day, filled…

The Coolest Apps Started by Our Fellow Bostonians: U Out

The same kid who goes to an EDM show on Saturday is looking for half-priced apps on Tuesday with co-workers, and also wants to do brunch with his family on Sunday. Why do you need three different apps when you can get it in one place?

The Coolest Apps Started by Our Fellow Bostonians: EverDrive

In the sixth installment of our “Coolest Apps” blog series, I spoke with Seth Birnbaum to discuss EverQuote’s app, EverDrive.  This app can help you become a safer driver, pay…

New Snapchat Feature Fuses Multiple Apps Into One

As if your online app-worlds haven’t collided enough already, Snapchat just released a new feature on Tuesday called Context Cards. Essentially, if your friend sends you a snap with a…

Instagram Combats Cyberbullying with New Features

This is no longer the days of good ole’-fashioned whispering-behind-your-back (girls) and punching-in-the-courtyard (boys… mostly) aggression: bullying has taken on a new, more anonymous, life form. And, perhaps due to this anonymity, as well as the enhanced publicity of an online post, its also become more dangerous. Instagram plans to tackle this problem with three new features.

The Coolest Apps Started by Our Fellow Bostonians: Food For All

Americans alone waste 38 million tons of food every year; apparently, that’s enough food “to balance a scale with all of the blue whales left in the world, multiplied by 10, stacked on the other side.” And that’s just Americans. If the environmental results from food waste aren’t enough to sway you, how about this: I just logged into Food For All and saw a Mexican burrito bowl on sale for $4.00…

The Coolest Apps Started by Our Fellow Bostonians: PlateJoy

Have you ever wished deciding what to cook for dinner–while ensuring it hits both your health and taste requirements–didn’t have to be so hard? Personally, I usually only hit one or the other: it’s either delicious (take-out Chinese or Annie’s Mac and Cheese), or it’s healthy (fish and spinach… blah), but very, very rarely, is it both.