8 Digital Resolutions for the New Year

A glance at digital trends shows the potential for more stuff stored electronically is not going anywhere soon. The number of internet users is increasing by an average of 1 million per day, per the Global Digital 2019 report by WeAreSocial. Online vis… Continue reading

The Dark Web Explained

Below the surface, the internet you recognize and use for your browsing is a shadowy, digital netherworld. According to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is projected to cost the world more than $6 trillion annually by 2021. At the heart o… Continue reading

How to Prepare for Human-Machine Partnerships at Work

(There have been many scary stories lately about how robots and artificial intelligence will increasingly replace human jobs in the coming years. So, you may be nervous about what the future holds for you and your career. In this excerpt from their new… Continue reading

How to Prepare for Human-Machine Partnerships at Work

(There have been many scary stories lately about how robots and artificial intelligence will increasingly replace human jobs in the coming years. So, you may be nervous about what the future holds for you and your career. In this excerpt from their new… Continue reading

How a Password Manager Can Keep You Safe

As pastoral counselor Jane Myers’ husband, Steve, lay dying in a Louisville hospital in late 2016, his boss at the University of Louisville pulled her aside. ‘I’m so sorry to have to ask you this, but it’s exam time and we don’t know where the exams ar… Continue reading

New Tech Help to Manage Your Retirement and Investments

Every fall, I attend the Finovate conference in New York City, where dozens of fintech entrepreneurs from around the world present apps and services they’re rolling out for consumers and financial institutions. In recent years, I’ve been disappointed b… Continue reading

Ronald Long: Keeping Older Brokerage Clients Safe From Elder Abuse

Ronald Long, the St. Louis-based director of Wells Fargo’s Elder Clients Initiatives team since 2014, created what’s become a key brokerage industry tool to protect older investors from elder financial elder abuse. Long and his team originated the “In … Continue reading

Silicon Valley’s Booming Interest in Businesses for Boomers

There’s been a lot of hand-wringing about the lack of innovation and investment in products and services for older Americans. But after attending the 2019 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit in Berkeley, Calif., and moderating three sessions there, I’… Continue reading

How to Build Your Small Business Website

If you have a small business or plan to start one, there are many reasons to have a website for it. Perhaps the most important: a professional-looking website lends credibility to your work. So it can help you find and keep clients, customers and even … Continue reading

Can You Unplug for One Day?

A national holiday that you may not have heard of is coming up later this week: the National Day of Unplugging. The holiday, beginning on March 1, consists of a 24-hour period from sundown to sundown, to “unplug, unwind, relax and do things other than … Continue reading