App Economy has created almost half a million jobs
gigaom.com
Could the app economy be the cure for the United States’ employment doldrums? A new report suggests that the nascent app economy spurred on by iOS, Android and Facebook apps has generated 466,000 jobs in the U.S. economy since 2007. In the report by technology trade group TechNet, Michael Mandel...
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www.theverge.com
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pandodaily.com
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Amazon says Kindle ebook sales have overtaken print
www.guardian.co.uk
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Autosub6000 has been collecting half a million strip images to create a 'Google map of the ocean'
thenextweb.com
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Defensive Posturing: E-Book Author Takes On The 'Old Guard' At Crime Writing Festival
www.techdirt.com
There's something about disruption that stirs up a certain amount of animosity in those on the receiving end. It sometime seems to be almost a "fight-or-flight" response, brought on by those whose "sure thing" has become about as fiscally wise as "buying a home" or "selling the farm to buy...
Lemon Wallet Releases Android App, Lemon Business
techcrunch.com
Mobile wallet platform Lemon released an Android application and a Smarter Wallet Business Plan today. The company, which launched in late 2011 and recently raised $8 million in Series A, claims that over two million customers have used Lemon’s mobile wallet platform. The wallet only launched last month, yet they claim...
New Lemon features protect against pickpocketing and paper cuts
venturebeat.com
Mobile money manager Lemon has expanded its digital wallet feature to Android and released Lemon for Business. Lemon.com launched the Lemon Wallet about 6 weeks ago. Since then, over half a million cards have been stored on its platform which offers an easy and secure way to store financial information...
Researchers prove your grandmother right, modern music is louder and all the same
www.engadget.com
Are your elders always complaining about loud and monotonous music? Or perhaps you've started to feel similar sentiments? The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in Barcelona says it's not just a matter of opinion. The team analyzed data on loudness, pitch and timbre from just under half a million tracks...
Alex Day Sells Half A Million Songs By Breaking All The 'Rules'
www.techdirt.com
Well, what do we have here? Another artist operating outside the constraints of the recording industry and yet, against all odds, making money? Probably too good to be true. He's built a huge following on known pirate site YouTube and his first two royalty checks totaled over $200,000, but the...
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techcrunch.com
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