Men tend to achieve better economic results in negotiation than women, negotiation research studies have found overall. Such gender differences are generally small, but evidence from the business world suggests that they can add up over time. If men ask for and receive slightly higher starting salaries than women, for example, and continue to negotiate more assertively for themselves over the course their careers, the gender gap can add up to millions of dollars over time.

In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to “verbing,” in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another.

Can a service provider be blamed if our life and behaviour just isn’t awesome enough to put flesh on their framework’s bones? Tech customer service attained a whole new level of weird beginning in September. As Facebook rolled out its Android Messenger app, users realised that they needed to grant over 30 security permissions to ... Read more

In his new e-book There is No B2B or B2C: It’s Human to Human: #H2H my good friend Bryan Kramer gives some wise advice to brands: “I don’t care what language you speak, who your brand is or what message you’re trying to send, we all need to speak more human.” I love that statement because it ... Read more

A driving shortcut app has some residents angry that it's sending traffic through their previously sleepy neighborhoods.