The phone repair revolution is happening around the world. During the past 5 years, the lifecycle of our phones has steadily increased. From 2016 to 2019, the average time Americans took to upgrade or replace their phones rose 10 months — from 23 to 33. The change can be attributed to a variety of factors: […]
Brian Wallace
Telehealth and the Future of Nursing Home Care
The needs of nursing home residents are changing. Medicare requires residents to see a physician within 30 days of admission, but this policy is a holdover from the days when patients were primarily long-term residents in need of custodial care. Currently, 20% of hospitalized patients are discharged to nursing homes for post-acute care. This means […]
How to Score 3-Pointers for Online Security
Finding the Hidden Threat How much time do you spend online? Four, Five, Six Hours? More? Many of us spend upwards of half of our days typing or texting away for either work or pleasure. Some even use the internet as stress relief. In doing so we share things with our online friends, some pictures […]
Do Phone Calls Have a Future?
In 2021, the average phone call is a spam message. America is the 8th most spammed country in the world, receiving nearly 46 billion robocalls every year. Spammers target the US because they know they can make roughly $375 per American in phone scams. Being inundated with such calls has caused 90% of people to […]
Modern Commercial Lending Methods for the Modern World
While residential real estate lending has been moving forward right along with technological advances, commercial real estate lending is seriously behind the times. It’s been decades since commercial lending has seen any updates. In fact, in 2019, 43% of US banks were still using COBOL, which is a programming language that was invented before the […]
eBay Recommerce Report
Ever since eBay’s launch in 1995, transactions between consumers (C2C transactions) have been a vital part of their business model. Often, the sellers in C2C transactions are selling a good they had previously used. This is a process known as recommerce, and it is so important and beneficial to a variety of stakeholders that eBay […]
New Ways to Predict Your Possible COVID-19 Risk
As of May 2021, nearly half of American adults have been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19. It may not be enough. Due to vaccine hesitancy and the slowdown of new vaccinations, it will take several more months for the US to reach herd immunity numbers. Even if the US reaches their goals, the world […]
Are You Leading the Pack in Local Searches?
Last year, 57% of consumers purchased from a local business for the first time because they offered pandemic-friendly services. During lockdowns, people weren’t finding out about these businesses by visiting in person or word of mouth. They used local search to get curbside pickup and delivery at a time when they needed it the most. […]
Investing in Women’s Sports Reaps Benefits & Rewards
The business of women’s sports has improved dramatically over the past few decades. Even during the past few years, women’s sports have made many strides in increasing viewership and fans. The United States women’s soccer team has placed in the top 3 of every World Cup since the tournament was established in 1991, yet their […]
The Battle Between Remote Work and Cybersecurity
Are you working from home? Reading this on your phone or laptop? If you are like the majority of Americans you most likely answered yes to both of these questions and you most likely are being watched by a hacker. The transition to remote work has brought an insane amount of increased cyber crimes. The […]
