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Naqeshny: A debating platform to help you make informed decisions
thenextweb.com
Naqeshny is a brand new social network, launched out of Egypt, which brings the art of debate into a public online arena. Naqeshny, which literally means ‘discuss with me’, is the brainchild of Cairo-based developer and designer firm, Mash. Offered both in English and Arabic, the site makes it easy...
Delorme's inReach two-way satellite communicator gets iOS support, sends iPhone texts from Timbuktu (video)
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If you're an iPhone or iPad owner, you might have been disappointed that the Delorme inReach two-way GPS communicator launched with app support only for Android users. That's fine if you're trekking with a Casio G'zOne Commando, but not so hot if you're of the Apple mindset and get...
Delorme's inReach two-way satellite communicator gets iOS support, sends iPhone texts from Timbuktu (video)
The first open-source 3D-printed gun
www.extremetech.com
In its continuing mission to build a “Wiki Weapon,” Defense Distributed has 3D printed the lower receiver of an AR-15 assault rifle and tested it to failure — on video (embedded below). The printed part only survives the firing of six shots, but for a first attempt that’s quite impressive....
Mobile Burst
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I use my phone far more than I use a computer these days. If you’re not already, soon, you’ll be doing the same. Yes, a huge part of this is that it’s a device that is always with you. But recently, there’s something else I’ve noticed too. For a few...
Why greentech startups need to renew their focus on volume manufacturing
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Back in early 2000, I spent four years working in Samsung’s LCD division, where giant sized TVs were pumped out of their football field-sized manufacturing lines 24/7. Manufacturing at Samsung always had a “war-like” kind of atmosphere, where entire fabs would spring up from scratch in six months and every...
How To Add A Pinterest Button To Your Site And Get Astronomical Amounts Of Traffic
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Pinterest is a new social media platform that has quickly become as important as Facebook and Twitter are to publishers. According to a Shareaholic study, Pinterest refers more traffic to publishers than YouTube, Reddit, LinkedIn, MySpace or Google+ -- for retailers especially. It refers nearly as much as Twitter. ...
Apple’s new iPhone to feature 4-inch display, start production in June: Report
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Working with the mindset that an Apple rumour isn’t confirmed until the Wall Street Journal comments on it, a new report from the newspaper has suggested the company will finally increase the display size of its next-generation iPhone to 4 inches. The WSJ says that the smartphone will be increased...
Test Flighting: Applover Launches Free, Crowdsourced Testing Platform For Android Apps
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Earlier this month, MG broke the news that iOS app testing platform, TestFlight, had been acquired by Burstly. In one fell swoop, TestFlight (which continues to exist in its current, free-to-use form) combined its app testing strengths with Burstly’s app monetization platform, launching a supposed one-two punch with TestFlight Live,...
Some CEOs Are Making A Big Mistake With Facebook
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I recently shared my thoughts on why CEOs need to embrace social media. The post was inspired by a study on the social media habits of Fortune 500 CEOs, which showed an alarming absence of these powerful executives on the most popular social networks. Today CEO.com released the findings of a follow...
How Three Entrepreneurs (And One Huge Company) Built Empires On Social Commerce
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It's hard to predict how your company will grow when social channels are involved. That's what a bunch of the hottest entrepreneurs in social commerce learned while running their companies. They all used social channels — like social media and blogs — to grow their companies. Three top entrepreneurs...
“We’re So So Sorry”: An Apology Form Letter For Startups
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Sometimes it really does seem like we live in the Wild West of the digital age, the rules of the Internet get made up as we go along. Due to the newness, it seems like there’s a scandal per week in tech startup land, and, because of social media, the...
Forget The Holiday Rush: Mobile App Downloads Did Better In January Than December
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Mobile app marketing firm Fiksu has new data today on the effect the post-holiday rush on mobile devices had on the number of apps downloaded throughout the month of January. In short, downloads skyrocketed last month, even beating December’s numbers. iOS downloads reached an all-time high last month, the firm...
Want To Be Like Steve Jobs? Well It’s Probably Not Going To Happen
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Because Steve Jobs had visited the AllThingsD stage so many times over the course of the past decade, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher decided to pay him tribute by inviting two of his friends for 25 years, Dr. Ed Catmull and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, to talk for the closing...
Apple Said To Debut iCloud’s New Photo Sharing Features At WWDC
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With Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference just weeks away, expect plenty of reports of new features to come crawling out of the woodwork. In fact, here’s one from the Wall Street Journal — they claim that Apple has been doing some major tinkering with their iCloud storage service, the fruits of...
MBA Mondays: Culture And Fit
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Kicking off our series on People, I am going to talk about the importance of culture and fit in the hiring process. What I have to say on this topic is mostly aimed at companies that are going from five employees to five hundred employees, but I do believe it...
Is Apple ready to issue a dividend?
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There has long been talk that Apple would — or should — someday pay a dividend to its investors. Such talk got more serious when Tim Cook stepped into the CEO role last fall. And now, it looks like this wishful thinking by Apple shareholders might come to fruition. Here’s...
Former IT salesman: 'In part I blame the American mindset that took hold' | Joris Luyendijk
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Joris talks to an expert in banking systems about the competitive spirit – and the time when he thought he was doing good• This monologue is part of a series in which people across the financial sector speak about their working lives"We need to talk about the huge risks banks...
Windows 8: Does its 1-month report card read pass or fail?
www.pcworld.com
My, how time flies when you're swiping through live tiles. Microsoft's new-look Windows 8 launched exactly one month and one day ago, bringing the modern UI and mobile-style apps to the desktop masses on October 26th. So how has the system actually fared during its honeymoon period? Read on...
Authors Guild Continues To Battle The Present; Attacks Another Legal Service As 'Infringing'
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As the world and its accompanying technology continue to hum along at the pace of life, the Authors Guild is apparently of the mindset that being firmly entrenched in the realities of yesteryear is the only rational response. If anything, the trenches should be deeper. After hearing the various frontmouths proclaim...
Twitter’s Landscaping Problem
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Twitter. On the surface, it’s another year, another bitch session. Developers are up in arms! Everyone is threatening to leave! Or, at least, hundreds of people! There’s talk of open source competitors! It’s over! Maybe! We’ve seen the same basic story repeated so many times over the years that I’ve...
Online-Retail Spending at $200 Billion Annually and Growing
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Americans spent more than $200 billion on online shopping in 2011 and are expected to shell out $327 billion on Internet stores by 2016. That’s the estimate from a report scheduled to be released Monday by Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru, who also predicts that online sales will make up...
Steven Spielberg's cinematographer reveals the secrets behind his iconic shots
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A large part of what makes Steven Spielberg’s movies so memorable is the visuals, with Janusz Kaminski — Oscar-winner and long-time cinematographer for the director — talking to Vulture about how he achieved some of his iconic shots. Kaminski delves into his mindset during his filming of Spielberg's movies,...
Intel slips details of Poulson-based Itanium 9500 in advance, teases a big boost to 64-bit servers
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If you think Intel took awhile to roll out the Xeon E5, imagine the mindset of Itanium server operators -- they haven't had any kind of update to the IA-64 chip design since February 2010, and they're still waiting. Much to their relief, Intel just dropped a big hint...
Social Media Metrics That Matter
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Social networks are unique in that they facilitate interaction with consumers in a common language and culture native to the platform. These channels enable the creation and organic spread of magnetic content that attracts rather than distracts a consumer in a participatory mindset. For brands,... Please visit Marketing Land for...
12 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Tips For Startups
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This post originally appeared at Entrepreneur. The most successful entrepreneurs have faced the same challenges that startups are grappling with today. There are lessons learned that can help anyone who is starting a business. Here, we offer a dozen of the best business tips from the entrepreneurs behind the...
The Engineer's Brain
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I've been reading The Corrections this long weekend. This book came out over ten years ago, but I'd never read it so I pulled it out of our bookshelf and cracked it open after we got off the mountain on Saturday. I hope to finish it on the plane ride...
Bing’s search API now live on the Windows Azure Marketplace
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On the heels of its massive redesign, which caused a sizable stir in the tech vertical, Bing has today announced that its paid search API is now live on the Windows Azure Marketplace. This was an expected move, as Bing announced that it would be shifting the Bing API to...
5 things Marissa Mayer will change about Yahoo
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Google's main product were driven by data, not art. Can the new Yahoo boss bring that mindset from Google? [Read more]...
Deezer's CEO Axel Dauchez On Cracking Into The U.S. And Why It's Not Just Another Spotify
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Deezer, the web-based music streaming company that has just picked up $130 million in funding from Warner Music owner Access Industries and Idinvest, is gearing up for another announcement on Wednesday. There, it will lay out more details about what it plans to do with the cash injection — the...
Adobe: 'TV Everywhere' revolution is just beginning
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Adobe says the 7 million households that watched the Olympics pushed the TV Everywhere mindset into the mainstream. [Read more]...
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