So you’ve finished all your shopping — with the aid of our excellent suite of holiday gift guides, of course — and you’re finally settling down for a long winter’s nap. But first, the FBI would like a word. Their public service announcement was…
Adam Rowe
Adam is a writer with an interest in a variety of mediums, from podcasts to comic books to video essays to novels to blogging — too many, basically. He's based out of Seattle, and remains a staunch defender of his state's slogan: "sayWA." In his spare time, he recommends articles about science fiction on Twitter, @AdamRRowe
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Why a Unique Business Idea Is the Last Thing an Entrepreneur Needs
Creativity is overrated. Sure, sequels are huge, but even the original films in the most beloved franchises weren’t that original: Star Wars is just a classic epic fantasy remixed with space samurai and an opening title crawl swiped from Flash Gordon. Why? Because it…
3 Tips to Remember When Managing Email Over the Holidays
Email: the bane of a modern worker’s daily productivity. Open and respond to a dozen emails at the start of your day, and you’ll still have another one or two dozen in your inbox by the end of it. And over the holidays, when…
The Data Indicates Netflix Is Winning Its Battle Against Customers’ Sleep
Netflix might be sweating a bit following the news of a Disney/Fox merger, given Disney’s upcoming rival service, but there’s no disputing the video streaming service’s dominance over the current market. How could you, when Netflix is responsible for nearly a third of all home…
How Many Messenger Video Chats Did We Make in 2017? Oh, Just 17B.
While the year 2016 will likely go down in history for plenty of more important things, it was also the year of the pivot to video. LinkedIn and Tumblr announced their pivots, and at one point even GoPro was planning to launch 32 TV…
The Augmented Reality Market Is Predicted to Hit $133.7B by 2021
The augmented reality market is still on the rise. New numbers just out from Zion Market Research put the global augmented reality market at an estimated USD 133.78 billion in 2021. For reference, it clocked in at just 3.33 billion in 2015. Why is AR’s star rising…
What Target’s Acquisition of a Same-Day Delivery Service Means for Retail
Target is acquiring the same-day delivery service platform Shipt for $550 million, and will offer their products through the platform by early 2018. It’s a sign that they’re ready to take on online retailers like Amazon. Amazon has been around for a while, and…
The Full Saga of Patreon’s Failed Payment Policy Change
The time: December 6, 2017. The place: Internet creators’ inboxes everywhere. That’s when they received an email update from Patreon titled “Creators now take home exactly 95%.” In it, the popular membership platform detailed a payment policy change that would immediately become their worst…
Under the New Tax Bill, Freelancer LLCs Are More Essential Than Ever
A Public Policy Polling poll, released last month from Businesses for Responsible Tax Reform, found that 51 percent of small businesses are against the current administration’s sweeping tax bill. Most of the respondents cited the opinion that large corporations were prioritized over small businesses….
Drones Are Now Vaccinating Prairie Dogs and Documenting Moose
While some of the drone operations that TechCo has reported on have been nothing more than wacky shenanigans (like that time surfers fed a shark with a drone or that time a guy replaced a light bulb with one), plenty of them have been legitimately…
Gift Guide 2017: Gadgets and Gear for Multimedia Lovers
Since the rise of the internet, we’ve seen a Wild West for multimedia content creators: Comics lost the constricting borders of a paper’s edge and became webcomics; Radio shows lost their set air dates and became podcasts. Even newspapers got in on the fun by…
Study: The Massive Skills Gap in Sales Is Getting Worse
Sales people can get a bad rap. In reality, a true sales professional will offer a smooth, engaging experience that treats the customer’s needs first and facilitates a simple, painless transaction. Sales pros are the oil in a well-oiled machine: Easy to overlook, but…
Sony’s VR Bundle Is the Cheapest VR Deal You’ll Nab This Month
If you missed your shot at VR deals this past Black Friday, never fear: In anticipation of the just-slightly-more-last-minute shoppers, a few of the best deals on virtual reality gadgets and gear have opened back up again. Virtual reality is one of the highest…
Almost Half of America Uses Digital Voice Assistants Now
In the land of new media, audio might not be king yet, but it’s certainly a rising challenger to the throne. Americans listen to nearly four hours of audio a day on average, and as I reported yesterday, events like PodCon are springing up to…
Seattle’s First Annual PodCon Hails New Heights for Podcast Visibility
This past Saturday, thousands of fans, cosplayers, and laptop-toting creative professionals poured into Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center, coming together to celebrate one artistic medium for the first time. The first annual PodCon, a celebration of the podcasting community, successfully debuted over the weekend,…
Actually, 280-Character Tweets Are Good
Remember when AirPods first debuted and we all joked about how they’d fall in the toilet? Or when everyone used to complain every two months about the newest Facebook newsfeed tweak back in 2012? Looking back, those insta-controversies don’t seem to have left much…
Exclusive: Over 20 Percent of Startup CEOs Only Sleep 4 or 5 Hours Per Night
Sleep is good. Six hours of sleep a night is great. Without it, you’ll face dips in productivity, worse mental conditions, and a higher risk of depression. According to exclusive data shared with TechCo by Sleep Junkie, plenty of startup CEOs have yet to get…