THE LITTLE WHITE CURSER sweeps over Mom’s face on the 20-inch monitor in a dark corner of the Miller’s Professional Imaging lab in Columbia. The wrinkles smooth out, and the tiredness is wiped from her face. In less than 20 seconds, she looks 10 years younger and happier for all of her friends and family […]
THE TECHNOLOGICAL landscape is changing, and everyone is plugged in to watch it happen. Manufacturers are engineering ordinary appliances with Internet-accessing capabilities, and TVs are prepackaged with video-streaming apps such as Hulu and Netflix. And although a fridge that can access Twitter is probably off the average consumer’s radar, it’s undeniable the Internet is woven
ON THE EDGE OF CAMPUS, nearest downtown, a handful of buildings have been refashioned to house startup companies. Not a 10-minute drive away, a formerly shuttered industrial space has been refurbished for expanded business operations. “It’s a visual identity of an entrepreneurial environment,” says Mary Jo Waldock, with the Office of Innovation Enterprises. “Companies will
THINK ABOUT THOSE JOB applicants you know will never fit in with your company: the negative Nancys, the over-the-top partiers, the Facebook boss bashers. Yet, they can easily type a resume and spruce up for a job interview. Then, maybe days or weeks later, you begin to see your newly hired employees’ true colors. Social
WHY IS THE PC BETTER THAN THE MAC? As an owner of a technology provider that manages Windows networks, you would think I could make a pretty compelling argument in favor of the PC, right? A few years ago I might have accomplished that task more convincingly. Let me put all my cards on the
MAC VS. PC isn’t a new debate, and many of the arguments from 10 years ago are still true today. The discussion is usually filled with as much emotion as supporting fact. Apple users have a unique relationship with their devices; the cold aluminum case on the MacBook and the simple, sleek mouse for the
Movers >>Tim Sanders and Chelsea Kestermier Landmark Bank promoted Sanders and Kestermier to assistant banking center managers. They will play active roles in customer relations and support the duties of banking center managers. >>Brooke Berkey Berkey was hired as UMB Bank’s assistant vice president, business development officer. Her duties will include strengthening customer relationships, prospecting
DOWNWIND FROM A TRYING election cycle, amidst gasps of relief that it’s over, conservatives and many business people are frustrated and depressed in the aftermath. With more and more people sustained by food stamps, EBT cards and other forms of public assistance, the Election Day outcomes on all levels were hardly surprising. Some post-election analysts
THOUSANDS OF DIAMONDS sparkle in glass cases lining both sides of Buchroeder’s Fine Jewelers’ long and narrow shop. Old carpets and wood details are a reminder of how long Buchroeder’s has been a downtown staple. Since 1908, it has claimed a spot at 1021 Broadway, and though some things never seem to change, others get
