Stop Canada’s new copyright bill before it stops your digital freedoms

Canadians have until the end of January to voice their opinions on a new copyright bill called C-32. Unfortunately, many Canadians won’t, because they don’t understand the complicated new legislation, or what it will change. Bill C-32 aka The Copyright Modernization Act, is a copyright bill that will change things like the ability to legally unlock your device (phone) or a DVD that you own for personal use. It will also force students to destroy course materials distributed in an electronic format after a certain period of time....

5 min · 939 words · Angel Jones

Stop complimenting your colleagues

Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox bysigning up for his newsletter! It was just after lunch, and I had asked for a doggy bag for the extra dish I had ordered but not touched. We were walking back to the office when I noticed a homeless man asking for some money to buy food....

3 min · 624 words · Nathan Brown

Stop offering your loyal customers discounts, start offering crypto rewards

When cryptocurrencies first began as a way to create decentralized digital currencies, they were primarily used by techies and finance experts — individuals who understood the intricacies of crypto and how they could build up a sizable stash of digital currency. Fast-forward to today, and things have changed drastically. Hundreds of millions of people around the globe use cryptocurrencies, with nations such as Nigeria seeing adoption rates as high as32 percent....

5 min · 1024 words · Garrett Jones

Stop playing hot potato! Why the blame game is hurting your business

How many times have you been summoned into a client escalation meeting only to find out that no one on the team was willing to take accountability for their mistake? It doesn’t take much to figure out why employees may be reluctant to take the blame for a mistake that could potentially cost the business a client and kill revenue streams — but if your team is playing hot potato, you may have a bigger (culture!...

6 min · 1137 words · Donna Patel

Stop screenshotting, Twitter can now share your tweets straight to Instagram

There’s always that ONE friend who posts screenshots of their tweets to Instagram to score some much-needed validation. If you don’t have such friends, you probably are that friend. Now, Twitter is testing a way to share tweets directly to Instagram. The company announced last night that it’s rolling out this feature to its iOS app for now. When you’ll hit the share button under a tweet, you’ll see the Instagram Stories option pop up....

2 min · 345 words · Cameron Navarro
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