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For parents who did not expect their children to have devices or use social media so young, virtual learning was an unexpected push into the digital deep end. Several weeks into the new school year, I was sitting in my home office when I heard a series of beeps emanating …

bbernard / Shutterstock.com So, your retirement plan is to live on your Social Security? It might work. Much depends on the size of your checks and your lifestyle. Bear in mind, though, that the maximum you can expect to earn from Social Security in 2020 is about $ 3,000 a …

Get the most out of your game’s subscription plans Best practices for designing and managing your subscription strategy Access guide here Bombay Play, a Bangalore, India-based game studio, has raised $ 1 million to make social games for global markets. India’s game studio opportunity has been dormant for a long …

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS For more than half of Americans, Social Security will be providing more than half of their retirement income. Since Social Security is a government program available to the vast majority of Americans, you’d think there would …

Few Americans have enough saved for an emergency — and much less for retirement. The median retirement savings for a total household is roughly $ 57,000 among full-time workers. The amount is barely enough to cover average expenses for one retired individual for a single year. What about the next …

Photo by Solarisys / Shutterstock.com Social Security recipients likely already know that their benefits get a bump almost every year to counteract the effect of inflation. But that cost-of-living adjustment is just one of several annual tweaks to the Social Security system. These annual changes affect people who are already …

How startups are scaling communication The pandemic is making startups take a close look at ramping up their communication solutions. Learn how TikTok’s strange, unprecedented twists and turns take place against the backdrop of significant changes to social media itself, as it evolves from a medium for sharing into a …

Photo by CREATISTA / Shutterstock.com Retirees will see their Social Security payments increase by 1.3% in the new year on account of inflation. Yet, this latest annual cost-of-living adjustment could end up costing some retirees. For those who do not currently pay federal income taxes on their Social Security benefits, …

Krakenimages.com / Shutterstock.com The closer we get to retirement, the more Social Security’s exacting rules suddenly matter. Yet fewer than half of American adults are confident in their knowledge of Social Security’s rules, according to a new survey by Nationwide Retirement Institute. The danger of buying into myths about Social …