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The First Six Months Developing For The Computer On My Face
Editors note: Jon Gottfried is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio, co-founder of the Hacker Union, and a StartupBus Conductor. Being one of the first cyborgs in the
50M Matches Strong, Hot Mobile Dating App Tinder Is Ready To Go Global, And Move Beyond Flirting
Digital dating is nothing to scoff at; its a big business, and its changed a lot of lives -- mostly
Google Now's “Topics” Page Returns And Shows You How Much Google Knows About You, But It On(...)
A few weeks ago, Google briefly made a Google Now topics page available on the web and then took it down again. The page showed
Ask A VC: Index Ventures' Danny Rimer On The Future Of Ecommerce And More
On this weeks Ask A VC episode, Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer joined us in the studio. Rimer has been in the venture industry for
Microsoft And Google Bury The Hatchet To Work On A Windows Phone YouTube App With Ads
Once a upon a time, Microsoft saw fit to put together a YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 and it was actually pretty great --
Gillmor Gang Live 05.24.13 (TCTV)
Gillmor Gang - Robert Scoble, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recording live today at 1pm Pacific time.
Laptop Week Review: Samsung 700T Fly Or Die
In lieu of a formal review, Matt Burns and I sat down to take a look at the Samsung 700T AKA ATIV Smart PC Pro
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FOMO the Movie: The Terrifying Social Truth
For all the amazing ways social media has changed our lives, its come with some downsides, as well. Chief among those is FOMO — that is,
Elon Musk Wants to Build an Electric Pickup Truck
How did you spend you Friday night? Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk spent his answering questions about paying back the government and musing about the
Askem Gets You the Answers You Need, Fast
The Launchpad is a series that introduces Mashable readers to compelling startups. If you would like to have
Video Captures Scary Washington Bridge Collapse
More proof that the cameras are everywhere. The frightening collapse of a bridge in Washington State on the busy Interstate 5 was actually caught by a
Myspace's New Architects Reveal How to Rebuild a Brand
Theres perhaps nothing harder than changing the public perception of a brand once its been imprinted in popular cultures psyche. Especially when its left a bad
Alfonso Ribeiro, Will and Jaden Smith Do the Carlton Dance
Gather round nerds, 90s kids and fans of Carlton BanksWill Smith and son Jaden recently made an appearance on the BBCs Graham Norton Show. In the
UCLA Surgeons Live Vine Brain Surgery
Doctors at UCLA Health in Southern California documented a brain surgery on Thursday by using Instagram and Vine, showing yet another ground-breaking use of social media
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Marissa Mayer Has Already Made One Big Mistake With Tumblr
Yahoos $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr is already being hailed as a brilliant move, securing a younger Internet demographic and a fertile field for native advertising, an innovative business model where content from brands lives side
Google Planning Wireless Networks To Connect The Next 1B People - WSJ
If Google had its way, everyone in the world would be on the Internet, using Google services. To bring that goal to fruition, Google is reportedly working to build cellular networks in Africa and Southeast Asia
Microsoft And Google Declare A Truce In Their YouTube Fight
Google and Microsoft are finally shaking hands and agreeing to work together over Microsofts controversial YouTube app for Windows Phone devices.Microsoft and YouTube are working together to update the new YouTube for Windows Phone app to
iOS 7 Rumor Watch: 'Black, White and Flat All Over'
Its widely rumored that Apples new iOS 7, to be unveiled at WWDC next month, will ditch the companys ill-fated love affair with heavy textures, also known as skeuomorphic design, for a more flattened take on
Google Has A Trojan Horse To Disrupt TV: Really, Really Big Data
Its a huge year for TVs future. Yet for all the excitement about Web-first soap operas, data-driven programming and the disruption of broadcast, the Internet TV inflection point that 2013 has become is just the beginning.
3 Reasons Why Digital Detox Is So Enticing
Guest author Sam Hailes is a freelance journalist from the UK.What does this button do?  That was the cryptic yet clever final tweet from John Mayer in 2010 when he abandoned his 3.7 million followers.5% off
Geek Film Review: Iron Man 3 Reveals It's A Tech World After All
Iron Man 3 is a great - nearly classic - summer blockbuster, filled with awesome special effects, stellar performances, fewer plot holes than explosions and a heartfelt geek message at its core: technology drives and inspires
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7 stories to read this weekend
The long weekend is here and that means a lot to read: or at least I like to do that. Here are some amazing stories about San Francisco, Rajat Gupta, Argentina in the 1970s, Buffalo, razors, Philip Dick, Facebook, Brooklyn
Report: Google wants to connect the developing world with wireless
WSJ reports Google has ambitions of connecting a billion new people to the internet using a combination of white space, satellite and aerial technologies. Given those technologies limitations, though, a billion is a stretch.
VMware’s revolving door keeps on spinning
Javier Soltero, CTO of applications and SaaS for VMware and Kevin Henrickson, who worked on Zimbra, both signed on with Redpoint Ventures.
Australian researchers get closer to scalable quantum computing
Researchers in Australia are making progress in executing on a vision for quantum computing involving a phosphorus atom, which means a new commercial product might not be so far off in the future.
Steering clear of the iceberg: three ways we can fix the data-credibilty crisis in science
Science has a data problem, Theres been a rash of experiments that no one can reproduce and studies that have to be retracted, But there are some nascent efforts to address this credibility crisis by changing the way the data
Report: Better Place to file for bankruptcy
If Better Place files for bankruptcy in a few days, as reported by Fortune, it would represent a sober end to a high-flying dream that raised hundreds of millions of dollars.
How Amazon’s cloud competitors are trying to find cracks in AWS’s armor
News flash: The public cloud aint all that, says every cloud provider in the universe (except for Amazon Web Services.)
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More than a year after its shutdown, Google to move all Buzz posts to its Drive service on July 17
Google is taking the “last step” in its shutdown
Creative blogging platform Jux to close August 31, cites growth as not being “large or fast e(...)
Creative blogging platform Jux is shutting its doors on August 31. In a blog post, the company
Do these screenshots reveal a heavily revamped Gmail for mobile and Web is on the way?
Gmail users could be seeing the service getting a redesign soon. Following reports by Android
Google, Verizon and Acer offer Chromebook stations and free WiFi to Oklahoma tornado victims
In wake of the Oklahoma tornado tragedy, Google has shared that it is working with both Verizon Wireless and Acer
SideCar updates iOS and Android apps with detour mode, Facebook login support, and revamped ratings
Ride-sharing startup SideCar has updated its iOS and Android apps with a number of new features, including “detour mode”
New Google Glass labs features leak, including ability to give voice commands anywhere in the UI
Following Google’s decision to release the Glass system image and rooted bootloader for hackers, new labs features have surfaced,
Microsoft and Google are building a YouTube app for Windows Phone that serves ads, due ‘in th(...)
Microsoft and Google have apparently put their differences aside and are now building a compliant YouTube app together for Windows Phone. The app will serve ads and will be out... Keep reading →
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PHOTO: Illustrations for REMOTE: Office Not Required…
Illustrations for REMOTE: Office Not Required are being done by the fantastic Mike Rohde again. This one is for the essay “Stop Commuting Your Life Away”. The book is due out in October of
LINK: Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio
Ryan on Jobs-To-Be-Done RadioI talked about software design and seeing through the customer’s eyes for 30 minutes on Jobs-To-Be-Done Radio. In my favorite part we thoroughly debunked personas and talked about how situations, not attributes drive behavior. Hosts Bob and
Don’t have the right gear? Make it.
I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the
Don't have the right gear? Make it.
I’ve been working on some video tests with the iPhone and I needed to mount it on tripod for some steadier shots. Some folks in the office had good things to say about the Glif from Studio Neat, but the
LINK: The 37signals Report Card
The 37signals Report CardWe’ve long believed in the value of transparency at 37signals. It’s why we write about how we work and why we provide real-time information about our customer happiness and uptime. We like being held to a high
VIDEO: “If you wanna meet with me… come…
“If you wanna meet with me… come to the garden… with your shovel… so we can plant some shit.” -Ron Finley
Wanted: 25 special customers.
We’re working on a entirely new product, and I’m looking to meet some potential customers. We can meet in person, over the phone, or via Skype, etc.The tool is for the small business owner who runs a company of between
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Four short links: 24 May 2013
Ubiquity — Sears Holdings has formed a new unit to market space from former Sears and Kmart retail stores as a home for data centers, disaster recovery space and wireless towers.Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging (EFF) — it
Burning the silos
If I’ve seen any theme come up repeatedly over the past year, it’s getting product cycle times down. It’s not the sexiest or most interesting theme, but it’s everywhere: if it’s not on the front burner, it’s always simmering in
Four short links: 23 May 2013
Kindle Worlds Fine Print — Amazon’s fanfic publishing system has a few flaws: no pr0n, no slash (crossovers), and Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright. I can’t
Talking about in-memory
I flew to the west coast this week to attend Maker Faire with my computer-programming, ham-radio-building, hardware-curious teenage cousin. I’ve attended twice in New York but this was my first trip to the mothership. Wow. So much cool stuff to
Four short links: 22 May 2013
XBox One Kinect Controller (Guardian) — the new Kinect controller can detect gaze, heartbeat, and the buttons on your shirt.Surveillance and the Internet of Things (Bruce Schneier) — Lots has been written about the “Internet of Things” and how it
Four short links: 21 May 2013
Hyperinflation in Diablo 3 — interesting discussion about how video games regulate currency availability, and how Diablo 3 appears to have messed up. several weeks after the game’s debut a source claimed that there were at least 1,000 bots active
Four short links: 20 May 2013
Our Fair Deal — international coalition (EFF, InternetNZ, Demand Progress, Creative Freedom Foundation, many others) raising awareness and petitioning lawmakers to reject copyright proposals that restrict the open Internet, access to knowledge, economic opportunity and our fundamental rights. (via Susan
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The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris
No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...
No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like
The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris
No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies...
No single industry has embraced social and digital technologies like
The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of Media In the early...
The Clip Report: An eBook on the Future of MediaIn the early 1990s when I began my career in PR there were clip reports. These were physical books that contained press
The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish)...
The Clip Report is expanding. In between the quarterly(ish) briefing books I will be sharing field notes on LinkedIn from my various conversations with media innovators. You can read my learnings here.Pictured above clockwise: Anil Dash, Wenda Harris
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Reclaim.fm
Reclaim.fmTake back control of everything you create, curate and share on the internet.(↬ wirres) | | |
WIP Videos
Wip VideosA new way to share and review work-in-progress videos(↬ pandodaily) | | |
Unicode Character Table
Unicode Character Table❤ ☀ ★ ☂ ☻ ♞ ☯ ☭ ☢ € → ☎ ❄ ♫ ✂ ▶ ✇ ♎ ⇧ ☮ ♻ ⌘ ⌛ ☘ ✈ ☊ ♔ ♕ ♖ ☦ ✝ ❖ ➎ ♠ ♣
kloudless
kloudlessKloudless offers a simple, secure way to move attachments between your email inbox and other cloud storage services.(↬ techcrunch) | @kloudless | |
ShotClip
ShotClipCreate and share a cool video(↬ wwwhatsnew) | | |
BitTorrent Sync
BitTorrent Sync(in BitTorrent Labs)Automatically sync files via secure, distributed technology.(↬ gigaom) | | |
CrowdMed
CrowdMedCrowdMed is revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing ‘the wisdom of crowds’ to help solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases quickly and accurately online.(↬ netzwertig) |
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Today In APIs: Lambda Labs Glass API, Pinterest API and 9 New APIs
Lambda Labs to debut Facial Recognition API for Google Glass. Will we finally see the release of the Pinterest API? Plus: National Crime Victimization Survey Data is now available in open data format
Best New Mashups: Pinterest Mashups
The ever elusive Pinterest API made news once again this week when its documentation briefly appeared on the Pinterest developer site. Here at ProgrammableWeb, the Pinterest API profile is our most viewed page showing that
TippingCircle Launches New API Allowing Developers to Integrate Social Payments Into Apps
TippingCircle, a social payments platform, has announced the launch of a brand new hybrid API that allows developers to integrate the TippingCircle platform into web, mobile and desktop applications.
Postmaster Announces Carrier Integration Partner and New Funding
We first brought news of Postmaster a few months ago. Since then, the Postmaster API has gained new customers and Postmaster has raised significant capital from eager investors. Along with its recent success, Postmaster announced
Mention API: Know Who’s Saying What About Your Brand
Whether we like it or not, social media is a powerful marketing tool, and what people are saying about a brand or business can have a noticeable effect; good or bad. What would be really
The SciBite API: Digging Up Pharma News
The SciBite API provides access to SciBites real-time drug discovery search engine that combs developments in biotech and pharma. By tracking patents and clinical trials around the globe, scientific news, biomedical reagents and even biomedical
Today in APIs: Hostelbookers’s API, Tipping Circle’s Global Social API, and 9 New APIs
Hostelbookers has a new API. TippingCircle helps developers organize group payments. Plus: Miami Beachs tourism API, Angelhack hackathon, and 9 new APIs.
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