December 6, 2016
My FIRST EVER Amber Mac Holiday Guide LIVE was Monday, December 12th at Noon. This one-hour broadcast included gift ideas, tech reviews, holiday hacks, and lots more. Plus, I gave away a bunch of hot holiday prizes including: 1 Hatchimals toy 1 LEGO Dimensions Starter Pack 5 Scotiabank… Read More
November 27, 2016
Who doesn’t love online shopping? You can be on-the- go or on the sofa, and then, like magic, a package arrives on your doorstep in days. All you did was click or swipe. Even more exciting is the vast selection of new indie shops online selling unique items. Technology has made it… Read More
November 21, 2016
You’ve probably seen a Tastemade video or two shared in your Facebook feed. Yes, these are the recipes that make you drool at first glance. Even better, for a cooking novice like me, the instructions are always easy to follow. Take this Cranberry Bread Pudding, for example. There are just… Read More
November 15, 2016
There are more than two million apps in the iTunes App Store and discovering the most helpful of these is difficult enough without the latest news reveal a surge in fake retail apps. As The New York Times reveals in a recent article, “The counterfeiters have masqueraded as… Read More
November 15, 2016
There are a couple of key times of the year to shop for the best deals in tech. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are always winners, but January and February also offer up some excellent discounts. If you’re keen to get your buying in before the holiday season, many of… Read More
November 15, 2016
If you’re just starting your holiday shopping list, consider a few items from UNICEF’s Survival Gifts guide. These items will help children living in areas affected by poverty, conflict, or natural disaster. They are also helping to fight disease, with UNICEF recently sharing on Twitter that approximately “920,000 children died… Read More
October 5, 2016
Musical.ly is a “video social network app for video creation, messaging, and live broadcasting” – and it’s the topic of a couple of my #AmberMacLive Facebook Live segments that you can find below (excuse the sound issue at the beginning of the first one – we get it fixed and… Read More
September 21, 2016
We obsess over innovation. But innovation is overrated. If you look at the smart companies that are prized for “innovation,” you see that they are actually masters of “adaptation”—of knowing when to adjust, when to speed up, and when to capitalize. It’s not about being first; it’s about being flexible. Read More
September 16, 2016
We love Instagram but, like many social media networks, it at times struggles with harassment, trolls, and other types of negative behaiour. To help combat some of the abuse that takes place in comment threads, Instagram has recently rolled out its new keyword comment moderation tool. This hides any comments (past… Read More
August 10, 2016
We often obsess about new things we want to do, but sometimes when bettering our business and ourselves it’s important to quit things that are interrupting our success. In this Facebook Live chat, I share the three things that I stopped to reach new goals for my work and for… Read More