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Intel teaches Haswell the core values of teamwork, optimism
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Sure you can make wild, individualistic boasts about having a 22nm fabrication process and three different GPUs, but that stuff counts for nothing without the magic of cooperation. The Amish know that and so does Intel, which is why its forthcoming Haswell cores will support Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX)...
Google wants people to ‘Solve for X’ with new conference [video]
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Google unveiled its new “Solve for X” website early Monday morning, and it looks as if the Mountain View-based company is planning a TED-like think tank to encourage problem solving and teamwork. “Solve for X is a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving...
MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Angela Baldonero
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Angela is SVP of People and Client Success at Return Path. She joined Return Path over five years ago to focus on the People job and she has added responsibilities since then. I asked Angela to write one of the guest posts on this series on People because she and...
Repeat after me: business is always about the customer
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One of my core beliefs is that if you are in business, it is always about the customer. You need to know your customer and you figure out ways to make them happy. Make them happy and they will spend money (or attention) and everything else – fame and fortune...
Ballmer, Sinofsky and the struggle for the soul of Microsoft
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Steven Sinofsky and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrate the completion of Windows 7 at a Microsoft event in July 2009. (Microsoft photo). This was the rap on former Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky following his sudden exit last month: He was unwilling to play along with the rest of the...
Wunderlist Pro to bring collaboration in a $45 per year subscription model (video)
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If you've been meaning to get your act together, you've likely waded through a sea of organizer apps, perhaps landing on the likes of Remember The Milk, Evernote and Wunderlist. The latter has focused on the ubiquitous to-do lists, and has just announced that it'll launch Wunderlist Pro next...
Email killing your teamwork? Perhaps document management is the fix (infographic)
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Document management firm Knowledge Tree thinks email is killing teamwork … and making document creation more difficult, longer, and more frustrating than it needs to be. Almost all documents — a full 94 percent — require teamwork, according to Knowledge Tree, and the traditional email-it-around-for-changes merry-go-round isn’t cutting it anymore,...
Global learning: still too expensive?
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When global learning first emerged, the price of technology was considered prohibitive - now ignoring it could be more costlyWhen the concept of 'global learning' began to emerge in the 1990s, it was an expensive endeavour that required specialized classroom equipment, dedicated telecommunication lines or satellite links, and specialized technical...
LogMeIn prices Cubby cloud storage in Basic and Pro tiers
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LogMeIn's launch of its Cubby cloud storage service has been a protracted one (we've heard about its beta since April), but we're close enough to an early 2013 launch that we now have pricing. A Basic tier is free, and delivers 5GB of space as well as the usual...
Why You Sometimes Have To Culturally Transform A Successful Company
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Around two and a half years ago in 2011, LivePerson, an online customer service company, was doing great: It was growing rapidly, had the leading product in its area, reached around $100 million in revenues, and was nearing 500 employees. It's been described as "one of the most successful New...
The White House Is Partnering With GroupMe, Gilt Groupe, Onswipe and Bon Jovi
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(flickr.com/tom_lohdan) Are startups the new boot camp? Today the White House will announce a new initiative called SummerQAmp, a summer internship program for low-income and "disconnected youth" to work at startups around the country, where they will presumably learn discipline, teamwork and real-life skills. "The initiative is being led by musician...
How to arrange your desk for maximum productivity
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This post is brought to you by Azendoo, a brand new teamwork web application to help you get things done easily. Azendoo works with Evernote, Dropbox, Google or Box accounts. Visit www.azendoo.com to learn more and sign-up free up to 5 users. _ Let’s be frank: you spend more...
Pair Programming is Like an 'Endless Bad Blind Date'
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(Photo: Global Nerdy) If you work at a startup and have ever seen two engineers cozied up next to each other on a beanbag chair intently gazing into the same computer screen, you’ve probably got some pair programmers on your hands. Soon, like a couple who has soured on each...
Mike Moritz Stepping Back from Managing Director at Sequoia, Discloses Incurable Disease to LPs
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This morning Sequoia Capital sent investors an unwelcome morning note. That’s an understatement. This is a bombshell. We have always tried to be straightforward with you and, in that spirt, I need to share something. Unfortunately, I have been diagnosed with a rare medical condition which can be managed but...
Ron Gilbert goes exploring in The Cave
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Sega / Double Fine After weeks of teasing and a slow drip of character reveals, Double Fine and Sega have finally revealed more details about the Ron Gilbert-designed The Cave, an action-adventure/puzzle game that is being described as a mix between games like Gilbert's Maniac Mansion and Metroid/Castlevania-style exploration....
University of Arizona's TEX II is a seaworthy autonomous robot designed for other planets
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It might be a long ways off from breaking any world records, but the Tucson Explorer II could help pave the way for exploring bodies of liquid on other planets, and usher in a new era of robotic teamwork. Developed by University of Arizona professor Wolfgang Fink, TEX II...
Google Drive now lets collaborators add friends, start chats with fewer clicks
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When you're sharing a file in Google Drive, your time should be spent collaborating, not arranging conversations. Right? Google agrees strongly enough to have just finished tweaking Drive's web interface for better teamwork. Users actively working on the project now show as mouse-over icons, with their Google+ relationship front...
Super VC Mike Moritz diagnosed with medical condition, steps back
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Mike Moritz, arguably one of the few super VCs has been diagnosed with a rare medical condition and has decided to take a step back from the active work at Sequoia Capital. He informed the firms limited partners in a note earlier today. This is the text of the email....
Microsoft's rumored tablet may be a Barnes & Noble collaboration with Xbox Live video streaming
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Rumors swirling around Microsoft's mystery event on Monday have repeatedly centered on a tablet, but if TechCrunch sources are right, Microsoft may only play a partial role in the project. The unveiling, according to the claims, may instead be a tablet, e-reader or a crossover of the two built...
Y Combinator-Backed MicroEval Aims To Take The Pain Out Of Performance Reviews
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MicroEval, a startup in the current class of startups incubated by Y Combinator, is taking a new approach to the often painful process of employee performance reviews. The basic idea: Instead of having a single review every six or 12 months, break it up into quick bits of feedback that...
Check Out Asana, The Productivity App Silicon Valley Startup Founders Are Going Nuts For
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When we asked Silicon Valley startup founders what apps they couldn't live without, most of them listed popular productivity apps like Evernote or Dropbox that you have likely already heard of and use every day. One app that hasn't gotten as much attention, however, is web and mobile app...
Fancy Hands, With $1 Million in Funding, Launches Group Accounts
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Much of consumer technology is designed to make life simpler in some way. Uber, Hailo, and TaxiNow solve the taxi problem, Evernote solves the self-reminder problem, HotelTonight solves the last minute travel problem. A new crop of them does so via personal assistants. There are marketplaces like Taskrabbit and...
Topic Targeting Teamwork
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There is power in teamwork, but it also takes the right combination to make a great team. In the Google Display Network, combining strategies can help you increase traffic while refining your audience. The wrong mixture of strategies can mean too much or too little traffic, or you could end...
Fenwick & West open-sources startup finance docs on GitHub
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Tech-focused law firm Fenwick & West has today posted the latest version of its Series Seed documents on early-stage startup funding to GitHub, the go-to service for developers to host and share code repositories. The Series Seed includes stuff every founder needs — docs for incorporation, sorting out equity,...
Startup Awards: Vote for Seattle’s Do-Gooder of the Year
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Today’s featured category in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards shines a light on some of the people who work selflessly behind the scenes to make the community stronger. This is one of more than a dozen categories in the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards, presented by GeekWire. We’ll be featuring one...
Logitech Targets Small Workgroups With HD Videoconferencing Unit
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Logitech hopes to address changes in enterprise teamwork with a high-definition videoconferencing unit designed for ad-hoc collaboration among small groups....
Microsoft cuts German link in protest over Motorola
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Microsoft in a retaliatory move against Motorola ended teamwork with Germany company Arvato for software distribution. The move reported by Germany's Deutsche Presse-Agentur would see about 50 people lose their jobs as Microsoft relocated distribution to the Netherlands. The Windows developer argued that Motorola's H.264 video patent demands made staying...
Japan Display ramps up mobile, mid-size screen business
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Screen technology alliance Japan Display has formally launched operations as of the start of April. The teamwork between Hitachi, Sony, Toshiba, and the government's Innovation Network Corporation of Japan is divided and will have several divisions, some of which are behind the scenes while others will focus on specific markets....
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
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So this is interesting: we've got something of a combined effort in the winning comments this week, with Vog and Zakida Paul kicking off the conversation on our post about the stupidity of the "Just Go Without" argument. First, Vog dropped in early using Crystal Ball powers, and walked away...
It Is Now Possible To Download An AR-15 Assault Rifle Using 3D Printing
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One of the major possibilities in the future of gun control -- and manufacturing in general -- is the potential of 3D printers to build items from scratch. That has led to at least one person designing and printing parts for an AR-15 rifle. He may be the first to...
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