Twitter founder describes his theory of ECommerce algorithms

Twitter Founder Reveals Secret Formula for Getting Rich Online Ryan Tate, wired.com The co-creator of Twitter and Blogger has decided that “the internet is simply a giant machine designed to give people what they want.” Here’s what this grand unified theory means and where it came from. http://flip.it/noY5p Related articles A Grand Unified Economic Theory? … Continue reading Twitter founder describes his theory of ECommerce algorithms

Architect Michael Green Calls Wood “The Most Technologically Advanced Building Material In The World.”

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Prickly Painkiller: Scientific American

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Mushroom Tiny House: The part-grown portable home

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Family planning as fertile ground for startups? Clue is the latest entrant

Family planning as fertile ground for startups? Clue is the latest entrant — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles This app can help you get pregnant (venturebeat.com) 5 Things Startups Should Know Before Starting (business2community.com) Max Levchin's Glow nabs $6M to get women pregnant and rethink health insurance (gigaom.com) The next big mhealth opportunity is … Continue reading Family planning as fertile ground for startups? Clue is the latest entrant

Google just eliminated the market research business

Google just put the market research biz on notice — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles 3 Ways the World of Market Research is Evolving (marchpr.com) Small business tips: How to do market research (theguardian.com) Eight Ways to Use Facebook for Market Research (nchardz.wordpress.com) Google Already Takes A Majority Of All Mobile Ad Dollars - … Continue reading Google just eliminated the market research business

Natural language shopping

Natural language comparison service Versus IO scores $2.8M in funding David Meyer, gigaom.com In the devel­op­ment of nat­ur­al lan­guage pro­cess­ing, the seman­tic web and so on, e-com­merce pro­vides a rich breed­ing ground. Com­pa­nies such as Ama­zon and Google always want to find bet­ter ways to learn what it is poten­tial cus­tomers… Natural language comparison service … Continue reading Natural language shopping

Creating a great LinkedIn group

7 Ways to Create an Awesome LinkedIn Group Jeff Haden, inc.com OWNER’S MANUAL If this guy can build a thriving group on industrial water treatment (no, really), you can be master of your own niche on LinkedIn. There are almost 2 mil­lion LinkedIn Groups, since any of the more than 200 mil­lion LinkedIn us… 7 … Continue reading Creating a great LinkedIn group

Tweet yourself to a dream job

How To Tweet Your Way To Your Dream Job By: Lydia Dishman, fastcompany.com Three out of four people are in constant job-search mode and, increasingly, Twitter is their tool of choice. Here’s how to make 140 characters work for you. Can a tweet—or three—land you a dream job? That’s a ques­tion Tay­lor Aldredge now… http://flip.it/ZMN7UContinue reading Tweet yourself to a dream job

Airbnb starts verifying users

Airbnb starts verifying user profiles by Donna Tam, cnet.com The company that matches property owners to travelers looking for a place to stay now tags vetted users with verified ID badges. Airbnb, which helps peo­ple find vaca­tion rentals all around the world, today will start ver­i­fy­ing the iden­ti­t… Airbnb starts verifying user profiles http://flip.it/apNTw http://flip.it/o4knQContinue reading Airbnb starts verifying users

Building a startup still means buying or selling SOMETHING

Startups | The Easiest Path to Online Riches Is Good Ol’ Buying and Selling Marcus Wohlsen, wired.com While Google and Facebook might be transformative internet technologies that mint their inventors money, your consumer internet startup is more likely to hit that billion-dollar mark if it’s in the business of digital transactions. http://flip.it/6o25v Related articles Google … Continue reading Building a startup still means buying or selling SOMETHING

A bracelet that sends kidnapping alerts for human rights workers

Bracelet For Human Rights Workers Sends Kidnapping Alerts to Facebook, Twitter By Francie Diep, popsci.com When activated, the device sends “Help!” messages social media accounts and nearby aid workers. Activists and aid work­ers who doc­u­ment gov­ern­ment abus­es or mon­i­tor elec­tions often risk abduc­tion by those who oppose their work. Now one… RT @PopSci: Bracelet for … Continue reading A bracelet that sends kidnapping alerts for human rights workers

Hyper realistic CGI and the end of product photography

Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers Joseph Flaherty, wired.com Computer-generated images are moving out of theaters and onto store shelves and catalog pages, thanks to new software that makes it nearly impossible to distinguish the real from the photorealistic. RT @core77: “Hyper-Realistic CGI Is Killing Photographers, Thrilling Product Designers” - http://flip.it/6ZNXV http://flip.it/KMl3H

What to do if you are hacked

What to Do After You’ve Been Hacked Mat Honan, wired.com Whether you were hacked, phished, had malware installed or just don’t know what the heck happened but there’s somebody all up in your e-mail, here are a few good first steps to take following an incident. This is by no … Mat Honan What to … Continue reading What to do if you are hacked

Your FB likes become your demographic profile

What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Another nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more, just by looking at your “likes.” Think of all the pages you’ve “liked” on Face­book. Per­haps a favorite… RT @PopSci: An algorithm can … Continue reading Your FB likes become your demographic profile

Industries that lose the most data

The Companies and Countries Losing Their Data Our Editors, hbr.org With China hacking the US, the US hacking China, and LinkedIn and Facebook and credit card companies and Google and who knows who else all vomiting our data all over the web, I was intrigued when a new report on data loss ran across my … Continue reading Industries that lose the most data

Learn to code with these online resources

Learn to Code for Free With These 10 Online Resources Zoe Fox, mashable.com Click here to view this galleryIf Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates say so, it must be true: Understanding how to code is the new literacyTake Zuck and Gates’ advice — learn to code. Understanding computer programming will open doors to new jobs … Continue reading Learn to code with these online resources

Facebook killed my blog

Facebook Killed My Blog Wade Roush, xconomy.com Wade RoushTravels With Rhody has reached the end of the road.Don’t worry, Rhody himself is fine—he’ll turn 16 in a couple of months and his only problem in life is a touch of arthritis. I’m talking about my blog, not my dog.Since 2004 I’ve… http://flip.it/GEyz7 Related articles Don't … Continue reading Facebook killed my blog

Achieving inbox zero with Mailstrom

How I Went From 1,000 Emails to Inbox Zero (and Stayed There) with Mailstrom Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Inbox zero: it’s the impossible dream that gets further and further away as you let your emails pile up, but you don’t have to get stuck with the clutter. Thanks to an awesome webapp called Mailstrom, I finally … Continue reading Achieving inbox zero with Mailstrom

America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A new Pew survey tests our visual recall of current events. Twitter logo? Check. Chinese flag? What’s that, bro?! You’ve prob­a­bly heard how (depress­ing­ly) lit­tle Amer­i­cans tend to know about his­to­ry. But what about their visu­al recall …   America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing | Co.Design: business + innovation … Continue reading America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing