The long-term unemployed tend to be people who 1) are a little bit older, and 2) got laid off from their last job.
The economic recovery officially began a little over four years ago. But there are still over four million people who are long-term unemployed. That’s four million people who can’t find work even after looking for six months or more — four million people who can’t even get companies to look at their resumes anymore.
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We’re addicted to our phones.
Chances are you’re addicted to your mobile device if you are reading this article. The question is, just how addicted are you? Forty percent of iPhone users would rather not bathe than give up their precious mobile devices, according to research compiled by gadget insurance service Protect Your Bubble. (Infographic)
Continue reading… “84% of Americans say they couldn’t go a single day without their smartphone”
The solar industry employs nearly 120,000 Americans.
Solar energy is hot. With a foundation of consistent, long-term deployment policies at both the federal and state levels, solar PV in the U.S. is leading an unparalleled price decline on the strength of enduring high demand from U.S. consumers.
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Game-based learning focuses on teaching knowledge to kids or general consumers.
A new research report by Ambient Insight finds that educational games, also known as “serious games,” are going through a renaissance in part because of the acceptance of learning apps on mobile devices.
Continue reading… “Mobile learning game market will grow from $1.5 billion to $2.3 billion by 2017”
Nearly half of adults are limiting their child’s college choices based on price.
Families are cost-cutting before their kids even apply to schools because of the financial burden of paying for college. According to a new survey by Discover Student Loans, And it’s affecting students’ decisions about not only where to go, but what to study.
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Benedivz performers donate a percentage of proceeds to a charity of their choice.
Benedivz has debuted its site where live webcam entertainers broadcast to viewers who buy “helping-handz credits” to see live performances and “requested” activities. Performers donate a percentage of proceeds to a charity of their choice. Benevidz will match 50 percent of their earnings and donate that amount to their selected cause. The company is currently raising $15,000 on crowdfunding site Rockethub for this noble endeavor.
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Millions of former students are struggling under the weight of loans.
There are millions of students who are senselessly defaulting on their student loans while failing to take advantage of programs meant to protect them financially. And chances are, it’s the poorest, least sophisticated borrowers who are suffering worst.
Continue reading… “New statistics prove our student loan system is broken”
Social scoring isn’t the future of influencer marketing – far from it, according to this recent study sponsored by ArCompany and Sensei Marketing.
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Printing kidneys.
3-D printing has grown over the past two decades from a niche manufacturing process to a $2.7-billion industry, responsible for the fabrication of all sorts of things: toys, wristwatches, airplane parts, food. Now scientists are working to apply similar 3-D–printing technology to the field of medicine, accelerating an equally dramatic change. But it’s much different, and much easier, to print with plastic, metal, or chocolate than to print with living cells.
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Shane Snow and his cofounders started Contently in 2010 because they saw the world of journalism shifting. Where newspapers and magazines once provided stable, salaried jobs for reporters, writers and editors, they now largely shun fixed costs for an employment model that relies on an increasing percentage of freelancers.
Continue reading… “6 reasons why half of us may soon be freelancers”
Sixty-one percent of Internet users bank online.
Sixty-one percent of Internet users in the US now access their bank accounts on the Web. While, 35 percent of cell phone owners in the US bank using their mobile phones.
Continue reading… “51% of adults in the U.S. now bank online”
The very first iPad rolled out of an assembly line three years ago, and corporate board rooms and IT departments have never been the same. Forrester analysts now predict collaboration via tablets is the next big wave in the enterprise.
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