Daily Archives: September 3, 2011

PRIVACY IS DEAD: Here Are 5 Places Where You Can Be Identified With Facial Recognition Technology

September 3, 2011
PRIVACY IS DEAD: Here Are 5 Places Where You Can Be Identified With Facial Recognition Technology

Image: HeyRocker via Flickr See Also: Check Out These Nerdy References On Apple Employee License Plates Samsung Has No Plans To Launch The Galaxy Tab 7.7 Or The Galaxy Note In The U.S. Here’s Everything We Know About Amazon’s Secret Tablet So Far Facebook has famously raised concerns over member privacy, but by no...

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What Groupon Teaches Us About Creating Jobs In America

September 3, 2011
What Groupon Teaches Us About Creating Jobs In America

Image: NC SA, Rodrigo SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ There’s a lesson to be drawn from two big stories we’ve been covering a lot: The rise (and fall?) of Groupon and the jobs crisis in America. If you haven’t been paying attention, here’s the deal with Groupon: The high-flying deals site is desperate to do an IPO,...

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WATCH: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Stars In An Early Apple PowerBook Commercial (AAPL)

September 3, 2011

With all the obsession over which new devices are coming out tomorrow, next month, and next year, we thought it’d be nice to take a quick look backwards. Check out Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in an early Apple commercial for the PowerBook. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/fiGiJWX7HSU/kareem-abdul-jabbar-apple-commercial-2011-9

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Founder Office Hours With Chris Dixon and Josh Kopelman: Madbrook Publishing

September 3, 2011
Founder Office Hours With Chris Dixon and Josh Kopelman: Madbrook Publishing

Brian Snyder is the Founder and CEO of Madbrook Publishing, an educational/entertainment company that publishes Everything Butt Art. Snyder says Everything Butt Art’s mission is to “teach kids to draw, always starting with the butt shape” which is a format that “really engages kids.” After presenting on-stage during TechCrunch Disrupt, New York Snyder came into our studio for an Office Hours session with Hunch’s...

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20 Secret Tips And Tricks To Get The Most Out Of Your Android Phone (GOOG)

September 3, 2011
20 Secret Tips And Tricks To Get The Most Out Of Your Android Phone (GOOG)

Image: Dan Frommer, The Business Insider Google Booth Android Guy” /Almost every Android phone is different than the next. Different manufacturers, different screen sizes, and different hardware. That can make it tough to figure out the best ways to get the most out of your Android phone. To help, we’ve assembled the best tips...

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What one startup learned from Seedcamp: Location, lean ideas and listening to good advice

September 3, 2011
What one startup learned from Seedcamp: Location, lean ideas and listening to good advice

As startups from across Europe head to London for this year’s Seedcamp Week, we speak to one of last year’s participants to find out what they can expect. His experiences and tips are useful for any entrepreneurs starting out on the rocking road to success. It’s fair to say that Seedcamp is probably the...

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Android this week: Amazon’s tablet spied; Samsung Note debuts; Tablets galore at IFA

September 3, 2011
Android this week: Amazon’s tablet spied; Samsung Note debuts; Tablets galore at IFA

Amazon’s long-awaited entry into the Android tablet space is nearly ready and expected to launch in time for the holiday season. But it’s not the tablet that some were expecting. MG Siegler from TechCrunch spent an hour with a sample of the device and shared his experience: Instead of a full-fledged Android tablet, Amazon’s...

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Will Google+ Replace Facebook?

September 3, 2011

I frequently get questions like these: “Is Google+ going to kill facebook like Facebook killed MySpace?” The answer is “no” but not because Google+ isn’t going to be hugely successful. Services, technologies and companies never kill or replace each other. Some companies just don’t keep up with customer demand, stop innovating and then might...

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Apps For Good turns teens into mobile app developers for a better future

September 3, 2011
Apps For Good turns teens into mobile app developers for a better future

“Being German, working for a Brazilian company and trying to convince people to change the world in London isn’t the easiest task,” says Iris Lapinski, the CEO of London’s Apps for Good program, with a laugh. But changing the world is exactly what she’s doing. The program she dreamed up teaches young people learn to create apps that...

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10 stories to read this weekend

September 3, 2011

The first weekend edition of Om Says was well received and many of you have encouraged me to collate this list every weekend.  I am taking a much-needed break this weekend (and I started early), but I couldn’t leave without sharing some of the stories that I found enjoyable and useful. Post rationalization is an innovator’s...

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