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NYTimes reports that San Francisco’s tech start-ups have just been granted a tax break as the Board of Supervisors approved a tax holiday that could save Zynga, Yelp and other SF-based Internet companies millions. The newly passed ordinance, which is in effect until 2017, caps the annual tax bill on stock-based compensation at $750,000...
Thirty new startups have battled it out in front of a live audience and judges over two days at TechCrunch Disrupt: New York. Tomorrow at 3:30 EST six of those startups will show their stuff again in front of a new set of judges. One of them will take home the Disrupt Cup and...
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Amazon is now offering the Kindle 3G, originally $190, for $164 with “offers.” This new version integrates 3G wireless alongside Wi-Fi, something the new Nook pointedly does not have. This new version will also include offers aka advertisements, allowing you to see a bit of flimflammery with your regularly scheduled ebook. The Kindle Wi-Fi...
Online children’s clothing swap website ThredUP has attracted a user base of people who, for the most part, live their lives well outside of the tech industry echo chamber. And according to CEO James Reinhart, that’s a big reason why his company has been so successful. ThredUP is used primarily by moms who are...
Even if you have a 3G-capable iPad and a mobile data plan, you might not always have access to a stable connection. That’s a situation Watchlater, a new iPad app that caches online video for later viewing, is hoping to make more bearable. Watchlater isn’t just about caching, though. You can use the app...
Henri Bergius posted CoffeeScript versions of several Node.js exercises from Up and Running with Node.js author Tom Hughes-Croucher’s workshop at the Falsy Values event in Wasaw, Poland. You can find the exercises on GitHub. Bergius has also posted his live blogged notes from the event.
Tracking what you click on has been one of the fundamental pieces of Web analytics. But your clickthroughs represent only part of what you actually do online. Eye-tracking studies have often been seen as the best way to determine what people are actually thinking as they browse, but these sorts of experiments – until...