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Want To Get Poached? Try JobPoacher
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Judging from every single TechCruncher’s email inbox word on the street, there are job poachers amongst us. That’s cool, alls fair in love and war and technology recruiting, right? Except when it’s not which, in a world filled with people who just want to win at any cost, is pretty...
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds camera preview (video)
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Olympus has embraced the camera designs of yesteryear for several generations, from its first Micro Four Thirds models to last year's E-P3. But now the Japanese camera maker is stepping up its retro game, announcing a brand new line of Micro Four Thirds cams. Meet the OM-D. A dramatic...
Auto-post images from WordPress to Pinterest with this handy plugin [Invites]
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If you’ve been looking for an easy way to automatically share images from your WordPress posts on Pinterest, look no further than the free plugin WP Pinner WP Pinner sets itself apart from other plugins we’ve looked at in the past, by offering users the option to auto-post images from...
The Telegraph interviews Apple lead designer Jonathan Ive
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Being the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple, Jonathan Ive has played a key role over the years getting Apple products to being the most well designed out there. While Ive was out of Cupertino and back in his native homeland of Britain, The Daily Telegraph snagged a pretty lengthy interview getting some insight...
Instagram’s CEO had no formal programming training. He’s a marketer who learned to code by night
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Instagram‘s CEO, Kevin Systrom, will go down in history as one of the greatest Silicon Valley success stories of our generation. Unlike Mark Zuckerberg, the man responsible for acquiring the popular photo sharing app for $1 billion, Systrom received no formal engineering training. Systrom, an active user on Quora, is...
The Postal Service Is a Civic Institution, Not a Business
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We need to look back to the American Revolution to understand the reasons behind our postal system, and for inspiration for saving it today....
eBay’s UK Fashion app now enables colour and pattern matching from photos
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eBay has rolled out a key update to its Fashion app for iOS devices in the UK, as it now features the so-called ‘Image Swatch’ technology to allow shoppers to find fashion items on eBay UK that match the colour and pattern of images in photographs. It was initially rolled...
Now you can share your phone’s home screen across the Web with MyColorscreen
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A mobile phone is an inherently personal device. Given the hours that we spend using them each day, most of us have gone to the trouble to personalise our phone to some degree; not just in terms of apps, and layout, but often also design too. MyColorscreen is a website-cum-social-network...
Dear Tim Cook: Apple is not the world's tech inventor
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At a recent earnings call, Molly Wood was shocked to hear Apple's CEO accuse the rest of the tech industry of not inventing its "own stuff." Innovation isn't invention -- and even invention is usually inspiration. [Read more]...
The Liberator, the first completely 3D-printed gun, gets test-fired (video)
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The (almost) all-plastic 3D-printed Liberator pistol was announced by Defense Distributed late last week, but with the gun's blueprints and construction details now live on the company's own DefCAD design site, it's also released a video taken during its testing. In front of a Forbes onlooker, the clip apparently...
After 35 years, SETI celebrates its most-famous alien hunter
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Jill Tarter, who was the inspiration for Jodie Foster's character in "Contact," will lead the SETI Institute's fundraising. She talked to CNET about the alien hunt, and what she'd say to them. [Read more]...
This Is A Seriously Awesome, Inspirational Quote From Steve Jobs (AAPL)
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We know that a lot of people are sick of hearing about Steve Jobs. If you're one of those people, this post isn't for you, and frankly we're not sure why you clicked on it. For the rest of us, this clip via Paris Lemon/Dalton Caldwell, is just great. Jobs...
Via.me is part Pinterest, part Tumblr, part Instagram, and it actually works
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We recently briefly touched upon the brand new publishing platform, Via.me, as it is one of the sites involved in PeerPerks, the new social media rewards system launched by PeerIndex. Launching today, courtesy of San Francisco-based RadiumOne Labs, Via.me attempts to stray away from the social network label, but it certainly...
San Francisco's Bay Bridge lights up with 25,000 computer controlled LEDs
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For decades, tourists have gaped at San Francisco's brightly colored Golden Gate Bridge, often overlooking the Oakland-connected Bay Bridge's less flashy looks. Luckily, the old bridge is being gussied up for onlookers -- Artist Leo Villareal has kitted out the 1.8-mile span with over 25,000 computer controlled LEDs. "My...
Apple Gives In to Employee Perks
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When it comes to keeping employees happy, Apple appears to be taking some inspiration from Google....
Sooqini launches app for Londoners to outsource tasks and plans European expansion
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Sooqini, is a new mobile and online marketplace for London and the company hopes to provide ways for users to get daily things done by taking up offers from businesses and individuals. With the selection of task-based applications available to us, it’s a surprise that many of us do anything...
This guy turned his old Game Boy into a gamepad for his Android phone
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Here’s a gaming mod that just simply gets me really excited, probably because I still have my old Game Boy (it doesn’t turn on because of an incident in the rain, but I have kept it for nostalgic purposes). Gamer Chad Boughton has turned his old Game Boy into a...
Glitch cabinet draws inspiration from image errors
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Ferrucio Laviani's Good Vibrations cabinet blends traditional furniture design with a thoroughly modern "glitch" aesthetic to stunning effect. Lavini's piece looks, for the most part, like any meticulously-crafted cabinet, complete with ornate carvings that wouldn't look out of place at in a 16th-century home. What makes it special, however,...
Researchers develop new plastics that 'bleed' and heal like human skin
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It looks like plastics may not be something for the squeamish in the not-too-distant future. Researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi recently revealed a new type of plastic they've been working on that takes its inspiration from human skin -- it "bleeds" red when it's scratched or cut...
Twitter changes its logo to a simplified “Twitterbird” crafted out of overlapping circles
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Twitter has today announced that it has eliminated its standard ‘Twitter’ logo, converting it over to a simple version of the blue bird most associated with the service. It’s a simple graphic that is crafted from overlapping circles. The bird, which was originally named Larry, has become an iconic bit...
Google wants to change your reality with Ingress, a mobile game played out in real life
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All the viral ads courtesy of Niantic Labs told us something was coming, and now its here -- an alternate reality game from Google called Ingress. The theme is one of worldwide mind control, and it'll be played out in real life, where you'll be a part of one...
Can a Better Vibrator Inspire an Age of Great American Sex?
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Sex toys have transformed into sophisticated and well-designed gadgets that take their inspiration from Apple not Hustler. But one company has a bigger hope: that a better machine could mean better sex for a repressed nation....
Fab’s membership has more than doubled since implementing Facebook’s Open Graph
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Since launching Open Graph last year at f8, Facebook has helped some of the biggest Internet properties grow by leaps and bounds. The swanky e-commerce site Fab is no exception, having gone from 1.8M users to an astonishing 4.5M since implementing Open Graph in January. Facebook announced these figures, along...
Experience Google I/O 2012 anywhere
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Dylin Robert By Robert Do and Dylin Martin, Google I/O Team In 2011, Google I/O hosted 5,500 developers from 65 countries in San Francisco, but this audience was dwarfed by the more than 1 million developers from 161 countries tuning in via livestream. Next month developers worldwide will come...
Startup Weekend London announces registration and dates for June event
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If you missed the Startup Weekend event for London in March, then it’s time to get your kit together and think about the Summer event. Startup weekend has opened registration for the next event taking place at the Google Campus in June. Last time the simple A/B testing service Pollarize.me...
The Future of Photo-Sharing Apps
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The tiny Instagram app grew to a gigantic 27 million users during its first year in the App Store. It has inspired real-life Instameet-ups, Instagram art shows and a community based on love for the image, where users can post and receive feedback from other visual thinkers. Instagrams are not...
Mobile-First Enterprise Startup DoubleDutch Raises $4 Million Series B From Floodgate & Others
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Enterprise mobile startup DoubleDutch has raised $4 million in Series B funding, in a new round led by Floodgate, with participation from Bullpen Capital and Lightbank. The funding will see Floodgate’s Mike Maples Jr. joining the company’s Board of Directors, as the company further focuses its efforts on deconstructing CRM software and...
The Fancy launches new iPhone app that pushes 1-click purchases as it nears 1M users
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Stylish inspiration hub The Fancy, which feels like a highly curated Pinterest (minus the tumblr-esque fashion photos and cute bunny rabbits), has just released a brand new iPhone app. This release marks a significant change for the company, continuing its subtle move away from a visual bookmarking tool into a commerce...
Apple pulls cloned games from App Store
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A developer that sells apps in Apple’s ubiquitous App Store goes by the name Anton Sinelnikov. Pulling up his apps today shows a much thinner selection than yesterday, according to website VideoGameWriters. Nine apps are left on sale from this particular seller, down from 68 previously. The reason? Cloned apps....
'Drop' is a finger-twisting minimal masterpiece from 'Minecraft' creator Notch
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Markus 'Notch' Persson, the man behind Minecraft, has launched a new browser game called Drop. While the stark graphics are based around a cube, that's about the only similarity you'll find with his previous block-building sensation; Drop is a game about typing speed and word play. One by one...
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