Father’s Day is just around the corner — and if you’re stumped on what to get dad, Parents Magazine Editor-in-Chief Liz Vaccariello recommended a range of inexpensive and useful gifts. If you’re on a budget, Vaccariello suggested getting a matching pair of dad and kid socks from Pair of Thieves. Each set sells for $16 […]
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Sedans, as I see it, have two main advantages over crossovers: they sometimes look better and can drive better. Up against the mountaineering excess of a Jeep ad, you can counter-sell with performance or sexiness. But the Camry offers neither. Despite Toyota’s aggressive marketing and adventurous styling, the Camry doesn’t evoke emotion. It’s an extremely […]
Read moreYour Apple Watch is going to get a lot of new features this fall. Apple discussed them earlier this week during WWDC 2018 in San Jose. The new features will be available for folks who own a Series 1 Apple Watch or newer version, but not the original Apple Watch. Here’s what you can expect. […]
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The recreational vehicle market has boomed since its financial crisis low point. More than 500,000 RVs were sold in 2017, up 17.2 percent from 2016, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association. The sales included 442,000 towable trailers and 63,000 motor homes. Last year’s record level of RV shipments is expected to be eclipsed again […]
Read moreOne of the biggest challenges for the company founders and CEOs, right up there with scaling the company into a sustainable business, is finding qualified employees. Yet those on CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list — the 50 companies CNBC believes have the potential to upend multibillion-dollar industries to become the next generation of great public companies […]
Read moreThe Apple Watch will soon be able to track tremors experienced by Parkinson’s Disease patients to help them manage their condition. Later this year, Apple will release a software update to make it easier for medical researchers to understand the difference between a random movement, and the shakes and dyskinesia that Parkinson’s patients experience when […]
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Class Act Sports is a digital media company that started out creating videos that highlight positive stories about athletes giving back to the community. It’s also got a very unusual workplace: It’s based in a gym. Specifically, its headquarters is in the New York location of Life Time, a high-end chain of fitness centers. “When […]
Read moreCarolyn Marrow, 75, suffers from a pinched nerve in her back that affects her walking, and so at least once a month she visits her doctor several miles away from her senior living community in Redwood City, California. Marrow uses her community’s shuttle service when she can, but it often stops running before many of […]
Read moreUber and Lyft each want to be the all-encompassing transportation platform of the future, shepherding people around the world through whatever means is best suited — and the ride-hailing firms are getting close. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC last week the company wanted to be “the A-to-B platform for transportation.” Khosrowshahi said he wants […]
Read moreMark Zuckerberg thought his fellow Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk was behaving like an alarmist. Mr. Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and the electric-car maker Tesla, had taken it upon himself to warn the world that artificial intelligence was “potentially more dangerous than nukes” in television interviews and on social media. So, on Nov. 19, […]
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