gadgets
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Skype is cheap
As a gesture of apology for their big outage, Skype sent me a $1 coupon for their service. Come on Skype – you can do better than that!
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Smart move by Tony Conrad (Founder of About.me)
AOL’s acquisition of About.me was the fastest exit I have ever read about – less than 1 week after the public launch. It’s a huge win for Tony Conrad and the team at About.me as they will be raking in millions in double digits. But in today’s startup environment there is a big emphasis on…
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colorlines: “Mr Waldman is right to suggest that today’s Republican alarm and Democratic light-heartedness are partisan phenomena. But one is no sillier than the other. The majority of Democrats who saw government as a threat in 2007 were right to do so, and nothing truly significant has changed since then. Likewise, the overwhelming majority of…
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The Flock of Business(wo)men to Politics
Here’s a solid statement regarding all the hype of business people trying to bring their management skills, order and rationality to politics. The best way to inject the virtues of business into public life is not to draft in a few ex-bosses—even outstanding ones like Ms Whitman—but to introduce as much choice and competition as…
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Whether it’s tied to an entrepreneurial vision or simply made part of your every day life, giving pays back in ways you might not anticipate. Whether you’re helping a teacher and classroom in need, donating clothes or canned foods to a local shelter, volunteering for disaster relief, or giving up your birthday to help others…
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Are you hypomanic? According to the article, Seth of Scvngr is.
Are you hypomanic? According to the article, Seth of Scvngr is. As much as it’s hard to imagine how hard life would be with 0 social life, people like Seth Priebatsch, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs are the types that really do create big waves of innovation. Nothing short of extraordinary people that create extraordinary results. …
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Mobile now is a bit like the web / browser experience was in the early days of the Internet. The browsers can’t yet support all the things we want like the accelerometer, the camera, GPS / location, etc. So for the time being “apps” have won. But as I argued in my “App is Crap”…
Karolis Karalevicius 