On the TODAY show this morning, I showed Matt Lauer three apps that can save you time AND money. What could be better? Keep reading to find the apps I discussed.
Author: Team Mario
Do you have “March Madness”? Here’s the Mario Armstrong cure
You submitted your bracket and now you’re counting down the minutes. You think you’re ready for the madness to begin. But are you, really?
First up, before reading any more blog posts today, put on my “March Madness” mixtape from last year (new one in the works, don’t worry!)
With your soundtrack set-up, now you’re ready to get your streaming and app game in order. Let’s go!
Comparing the music streaming services, and my own history with music
I’m not just a DJ, I come from a family of musicians! My grandmother, Margaret Armstrong, taught piano for Baltimore City kids and eventually ran educational programs and then most famously founded the Baltimore School of the Arts. My brother Sean is a triple-threat musician! He’s a DJ, Producer, Writer & Artist. He’s the most musically talented out of all of us Armstrongs! His new album and video are bringing real hip-hop to the forefront.
Then you’ve got my Dad, who started a record label when I was 5 years old with his best friend Ernie. Called “Armstrong & Donaldson” they had incredible groups like the Softones and First Class. They wanted to do for Baltimore what Motown did for Detroit (and they almost made it, too!)
They saw the world through touring and I saw the power of making music from hanging with Dad for hours every weekend at the Sheffleids music studio. Every time the band took a break, I’d run in to play the drums!
Entitle: a new app trying to be the “Netflix for eBooks”
This is a guest post contributed by Shy Mukerjee, the Managing and Online Editor of Mario Armstrong Media
As an avid reader, I want a Netflix for eBooks more than any other app. I want a service that’s low-cost, has a huge and deep library, and allows me to binge on books the same way Netflix helps you lose an entire weekend watching TV episodes back-to-back-to-back.
In that search I’ve tried Oyster’s $9.99/month plan which let’s you read an unlimited number of books from their collection of 200,000 eBooks. I’ve also tried Byliner which doesn’t have books, exactly, but instead a seemingly-endless supply long(er) magazine articles.
A new entrant, called Entitle, is trying a new approach: for $9.99 a month, you get two eBooks. While at first glance, this seems like worse deal than Oyster, there’s a very cool catch: you get to keep the books.
Celebrating 30 Years of TED Talks: My, How Things Have Changed!
This is a guest post contributed by Shy Mukerjee, the Managing and Online Editor of Mario Armstrong Media
Starting in 1984, the first TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference was originally meant to be a one-off event. In fact, the second TED didn’t happen until 1990. But the TED we know today, mostly from their supremely high-quality talks that often went viral in the early days of YouTube, has grown to become one of the most prestigious and influential speaking series in world.
Find Online Coupon Codes That Actually Work With PoachIt
There are tons of coupon aggregators online, but the reality is most of them have bad user interfaces that make finding what you want feel almost impossible, or they have expired coupons or promo codes that may or may not work. To find valid online coupon codes that actually work, try PoachIt.
SXSW 2014 in Review: the Numbers, the Hottest Trends, and More!
South by Southwest is getting big. Really, really big. In 2013, the the Austin Business Journal reported that more than 155,000 people attended at least one event at SXSW. Few doubt that 2014’s SXSW, which is just now coming to a close, will be even bigger than that.
While for years it was primarily thought of as a music festival, SXSW has seen big changes in recent year. In good news for app lovers and gearheads, ever since 2010 the SXSW Interactive conference has become the biggest component of the festival. Described by its hosts as “[a]n incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity” Interactive is the place to be if you’re making a play in the digital space and has been considered the launching pad for many top apps, including Twitter (2007), Foursquare (2009, and again in 2010), and Storify (2011).
If you didn’t make it to Austin this year, you probably want to know: what was all the hype about? In this post, I break down some of the highlights.
Katie Couric: Are Websites Spying on You?
We’re being tracked when we use search engines and when we stay signed into our email or social media accounts, even as we travel around the web and onto different sites.
Katie asks: Is all of this tracking legal? How can we protect ourselves?
For my answers, check out the video above!
Celebrating 25 years of the World Wide Web (TODAY)
The #WorldWideWeb turns 25 years old today, and we’re celebrating on the TODAY show by highlighting some of the greatest inventions in the history of the web. While top honors go to Google.com for completely revolutionizing how we find and access information online, I give a big shout out to some other super creative sites, including WordPress and Double Dutchery.
Want to know what else we talk about? Check out the segment embedded above!
Let the Little Ones Go Online With These Kid-Safe Browsers
Every parent wants to make sure they are tech-savvy enough to make sure their kids are being safe, and behaving well, online. You have to be a digitally literate parent if you want to properly help to raise the next generation of digital citizens!
But the idea of letting your younger children go online without supervision should terrify you! That’s why I’m today I’m going to show you three kid-safe browsers. Each of these make it safe for your children to go online while still letting them have having some fun!