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Most Creative People 2013
Business + Innovation
3 mentions — 1 week ago
Data geeks, world-changers, actors, rappers and all types of innovators prove the value of creativity at a crucial time in business. The 2013 global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television, sports, and more.1 Nate SilverPrincipal, FiveThirtyEight; Author2 Dong-Hoon ChangEVP, Head of Design Strategy, Samsung3 Diana ...
8 Ways To Dump Spreadsheets And Manage Your Expenses Better
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 3 hours ago
Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes Every Day Through A Ballsy But Genius Tax Avoidance Scheme 180 CommentsRand Paul Blasts His Colleagues, And Says It's Outrageous That Apple Is Being Harassed About Its Taxes 136 Comments | Ben Bernanke Is Doing Exactly What A Good Central Banker ...
OtterBox Acquires Rival Protective Case Maker LifeProof After Settling Patent Lawsuit | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
2 mentions — 11 hours ago
OtterBox, which makes the top-selling protective case for smartphones, has announced the acquisition of LifeProof for an undisclosed amount. News of the acquisition comes one day after a lawsuit filed by OtterBox against LifeProof for patent infringement was dismissed. OtterBox told the North Carolina Business Report that the ...
Twitter Introduces Two-Step Authentication
mashable.com
4 mentions — 21 hours ago
Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to more securely protect accounts, the company announced Wednesday.The move comes after a number of hacks of high-profile Twitter accounts, including The Onion, the Associated Press and E! Online. Jim O'Leary from Twitter's product security team announced the new feature via a ...
The Steve Jobs emails that show how to win a hard-nosed negotiation
Quartz
5 mentions — 23 hours ago
The US government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple goes to trial next month in New York. Ahead of its court date, the US released emails that purport to show Apple was the “ringleader” in a scheme to set artificially high ebook prices with some of the largest American publishers,
The March for Innovation: May 22-23 Seize the Moment: Stand Together for Immigration Reform
act.marchforinnovation.com
8 mentions — 1 day ago
The March for Innovation: May 22-23 Seize the Moment: Stand Together for Immigration Reform
14-Year-Old Girl Destroys Van Halen Guitar Solo
mashable.com
2 mentions — 20 hours ago
Here's a video of Tina, 14, covering Eddie Van Halen‘s “Eruption” guitar solo and absolutely shredding it. If the words “Eddie Van Halen’s ‘Eruption’ guitar solo” have no meaning to you, we'll get to the meat of the story: This girl is some sort of guitar wizard.The Mary ...
14 Twitter Tips and Tricks for Power Users
mashable.com
2 mentions — 1 day ago
Since its launch in 2006, Twitter has evolved from SMS-based status updates to one of the most popular social networks out there. The platform has well over 200 million active users, and odds are you're one of them — but are you using it to its fullest potential?
Twitter Ups Web Security With Two-Factor Authentication Via SMS, But Shared Accounts May Still Be In Danger | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
3 mentions — 22 hours ago
After scores of accounts were potentially compromised a few months ago, Twitter today launched two-factor authentication through SMS to protect people from hacks and phishing scams on the web. Unfortunately, it may not help shared accounts like big brands and news agencies where multiple people need to be ...
Weimaresque Hyperinflation Is Ravaging One Of The World's Most Popular Video Games
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 hours ago
Peter C. Earle is a contributor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Follow him on Twitter @pete_earle.In this multiplayer online game played by millions, witch doctors, demon hunters, and other character types duke it out in a war between angels and demons in a dark world called Sanctuary.The ...
This Is Twitter's New TV Ad Product
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 hours ago
The concept is simple: Advertisers run TV ad campaigns and Twitter promoted tweets simultaneously, and then — via Twitter TV Ad Targeting — consumers on Twitter are targeted with promoted tweets.The intent is to take advantage of the way that advertisers seem to get improved results if they ...
Yahoo Buys Another Startup, Cross-Platform Gaming Company PlayerScale
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 hours ago
Today, Yahoo has announced its latest acquisition, PlayerScale. The price has not been disclosed, but it probably wasn't as cheap as some of the talent acquisitions Yahoo has made previously.PlayerScale reaches 150 million users worldwide, and Yahoo says it wants to continue building on the platform's technology, not ...
Twitter Just Unveiled A Huge New Video Strategy
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 hours ago
The launch partners include A&E, Bloomberg TV, Clear Channel, Discovery, MLB, New York magazine, NCM, PGA Tour, The Audience, Time Inc., Vevo, Vice, Variety, and Warner Music Group.The new product allows media companies to push small video clips on Twitter — such as sports highlights or tornado footage ...
20 Hot London Startups You Need to Watch
mashable.com
3 mentions — 12 hours ago
Most entrepreneurs assume they’ll have to move to Silicon Valley to make it big. Let’s face it, some regions are more abundant with investors, resources and talent than others. But if you’re in or near London, you might consider staying put — the startups below prove that building ...
The Two Big Winners Today Are Gold And Apple
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 2 hours ago
Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes Every Day Through A Ballsy But Genius Tax Avoidance Scheme 180 CommentsRand Paul Blasts His Colleagues, And Says It's Outrageous That Apple Is Being Harassed About Its Taxes 136 Comments
Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
After previously investing in the company, Google has now acquired Makani Power, a green energy startup that is currently building airborne wind turbines. The acquisition was first reported in Brad Stone’s Businessweek story about Google X, and judging from Stone’s story, the team will join Google X. Google ...
Where In The World Is Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto? [CHART]
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 3 hours ago
Last weekend, internet pioneer Ted Nelson speculated that the creator of Bitcoin (who goes by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto) was actually Japanese math professor Shinichi Mochizuki.This was the latest theory in an extremely long hunt by various researchers and journalists trying to identify Nakamoto.Hilary Sargent at Chartgirl has ...
Learning From Los Gatos — The Peer Society
medium.com
11 mentions — 2 days ago
It’s no surprise that George Packer—one of the most gifted writers in the business—has hit upon a fascinating topic in his latest New Yorker piece: the emerging politics of Silicon Valley. While the essay is behind a paywall, it’s definitely worth tracking down if you’re not a subscriber.
Facebook Admits Its Android Software Is Bad, Says It Will Fix It
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 3 hours ago
Facebook's first attempt at doing a pseudo operating system with its Android takeover "Home" is an unmitigated flop.Sharif Sakr at Engadget reports the HTC First, which is the first (and only) smartphone with Facebook's software built-in, is not going to be released in the UK.More than that, Sakr ...
HTC Made The Best Android Phone In The World, But Samsung's Galaxy S4 Is Still Outselling It
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 3 hours ago
It's a decent start, but HTC has sold half as many Ones as Samsung has sold of its new flagship Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung announced today that it's sold 10 million Galaxy S4 phones so far. Both phones launched around the same time.Even though the Galaxy S4 is ...
This Is The Future Of Evernote, The Best Note-Taking App On The Planet
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
Evernote is currently experimenting with bringing features from one of its apps called Evernote Hello to the main Evernote app.Evernote Hello is a new way to manage contacts. The app lets you capture information about people you meet like their name, email address, picture, and more there's also ...
Samsung's Galaxy S4 Is The Fastest Selling Android Phone In History
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
The phone was released on April 27. This means its Samsung's fastest selling smartphone, and the fastest selling Android phone of all time.It's nowhere near as impressive as Apple's iPhone 5 opening sales. Apple sold 5 million iPhones in three days.(SEOUL–Korea Newswire) May 23, 2013 — Samsung Electronics ...
In China, 'Hacking' Is Just A 9-To-5 Job And Nothing To Be Ashamed Of
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
The culture of hacking in China is not confined to top-secret military compounds where hackers carry out orders to pilfer data from foreign governments and corporations."Hacking thrives across official, corporate and criminal worlds. Whether it is used to break into private networks, track online dissent back to its ...
Colleges Are In Denial About The Coming Digital Disruption
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
Bruce Judson Author; Former Senior Faculty Fellow, Yale School of Management; President, Judson MobileTo my surprise, on the same day this article appeared The Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the nation's leading engineering and computer science schools announced that it would begin offering a low-cost Online Master ...
Proteome atlas for the tuberculosis pathogen
phys.org
2 mentions — 18 hours ago
Researchers from ETH Zurich have mapped the coordinates for all the proteins of the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thanks to this "atlas", scientists are now able to easily find and accurately measure every protein of this bacterium that causes dangerous lung diseases.Photographers know the problem all too well: with the naked eye, you can see which branch a bird is sitting on, but spotting the bird in the blur of branches through the telephoto lens for high-magnification images requires considerable skill. It is a similar story for researchers who are ...
Here's Why Tumblr Is Worth More Than $1.1 Billion To Yahoo
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
But Tumblr is actually worth way more than that to Yahoo, Ben Thompson, a partner marketing manager at Microsoft, writes on his blog. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Megan Rose Dickey on Twitter. Ask Megan A Question »Tags:Tumblr, Yahoo |Get Alerts for these topics »
New Service Called Deeplink.me Will Let Mobile Users Navigate Through A “Web” Of Apps | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
2 mentions — 22 hours ago
Have you ever wished that you could navigate through the apps on the phone as easy as clicking links on the web? Such a thing may now become a real possibility thanks to a new service from Cellogic, called Deeplink.me. In a nutshell, it’s a bit.ly for mobile ...
Apple's Computer Watch Isn't Coming Til Late 2014 – Analyst
Analyst
2 mentions — 4 hours ago
Previous reports claimed that Apple is looking to release a smartwatch by the end of this year, but that no longer seems to be the case. Kuo, who has a pretty good track record when it comes to predicting Apple's product plans, says it's because of both hardware ...
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2 mentions — 6 hours ago
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As Square Expands Overseas, Jack Dorsey's Startup Is Suddenly Dealing With A Lot Of Executive Turnover
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 5 hours ago
Jason Del Rey of All Things D reports that Dorsey's company has, in recent weeks and months, dealt with a sudden rash of executive turnover.That was Alex Petrov, who Square announced just three weeks ago was supposed to be the startup’s new vice president of partnerships. But he ...
The Future Of iPhone Screens: Thinner, Curvable, Easier Read In Sunlight, And Anti-Germ
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 5 hours ago
But lately, there have been rumors that new iPhones will be made out of a material called sapphire crystal.…incorporate antimicrobial technology, to reduce some of the seriously nasty amount of germs on your smartphone.Corning says Gorilla Glass is already thin and durable enough that it can be curved ...
The PC May Be Dying, But That Didn't Stop Lenovo From Posting A Huge Quarter
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 5 hours ago
Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, posted on Thursday an estimate-beating 90 percent rise in quarterly profit, its fastest in seven quarters."They have been aggressive in acquiring several distributors in different regions such as Brazil, Europe and Japan ...
Microsoft’s New Kinect Is Your Nurse, Trainer, And Shrink
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 6 hours ago
The new Kinect has a microphone, a high-definition video camera, an infrared camera (to capture scenes that are poorly lit), and a depth sensor (to map space in three dimensions). Combining the readings from these sensors, the Xbox One is able to recognize people and measure their body ...
After Bouts Of Drama, HP’s Turnaround Is Taking Hold
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 6 hours ago
The numbers: They were good. PC maker Hewlett-Packard reported a 32% decline in profit, but that still beat analyst expectations. Net revenue was also down by 10%, but the company raised the lower end of its annual forecast by $0.10 to $3.50 earnings per share.The takeaway:Costs fell by ...
Jif Peanut Butter Weighs In on GIF Pronunciation Debate
mashable.com
2 mentions — 20 hours ago
Jif, the popular peanut butter company, has finally weighed in on the debate about how to pronounce GIF:Jif's tweet came less than a day after the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format (ie GIF) revealed that GIF is actually pronounced "Jif." This simple declaration set off countless tweets ...
10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
businessinsider.com
2 mentions — 6 hours ago
In a Q&A, HP CEO Meg Whitman says the company walked away from some deals during Q1 in order to protect profitability. She says the turnaround is on schedule.In China, there is a very high tolerance for "hackers." The NYT: "Whether it is used to break into private ...