Monthly Archives: October 2022

Twitter’s making it easier for professional account users to link to their content and services

Twitter is launching a new ‘Link Spotlight’ feature that lets professional account users add an interactive button to their profiles that links to a specific URL. The social network says the purpose of the Link Spotlight button is to give businesses and professionals a way to drive potential customers to their content, services or products….

Former VC brings smart financial advice to people who really need it, instead of just the rich

Will Peng graduated from Princeton with about $35,000 in debt. He asked his immigrant parents what they thought the best approach would be for him to pay it off.  “There were companies telling me that I should refinance my student loans,” recalls Peng, who is the oldest of six children born in Taiwan. “I was…

Target is latest retailer to add support for SNAP payments for low-income shoppers

Target is the latest national retailer to roll out the ability for customers to pay with their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits when shopping for groceries online. While the payment method has long been accepted in stores, online grocery retailers offering curbside pickup and delivery programs have only more recently begun to support the…

New Microsoft 365 app will try to do what the Office app never could

Microsoft has revealed that the cloud-based version of its Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft 365, will be ported to a single desktop and mobile application. The move, announced at the company’s annual Ignite event, will put an end to the Office.com web portal from November 2022, with the existing Microsoft Office apps on desktop and mobile…

Donald Trump has incorporated ‘Trump Organization II’ in apparent dodge of NY fraud case, officials say

Donald Trump speaking at the NRA convention in Houston, TX, on May 27, 2022. New York Attorney General Letitia James, right, speaks in Washington, DC on Nov. 12, 2019. Left, Brandon Bell/Getty Images. Right, Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump has formed ‘Trump Organization II’ in what NY officials call a move to protect assets. The…