Daily Archives: October 7, 2011

Taking stock of Steve Jobs’ legacy

October 7, 2011
Taking stock of Steve Jobs’ legacy

A friend recently asked me, knowing that I was involved with Siri, what Steve Jobs’ legacy will be. Siri was the last giant milestone in Jobs’ career, but he had a long list of accomplishments. In the course of one lifetime, Steve Jobs: Helped create and popularize the personal computer (Apple II, 1977) Oversaw...

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TechCrunch Giveaway: Two Free Tickets To Disrupt Beijing #TCDisrupt

October 7, 2011
TechCrunch Giveaway: Two Free Tickets To Disrupt Beijing #TCDisrupt

Disrupt Beijing is almost here. With speakers like Pony Ma, Lin Bin, Peter Vesterbacka and Niklas Zennström, it’s going to be an amazing conference. This October 31st to November 1st, our very own Jason Kincaid, Alexia Tsotsis, Leena Rao, Greg Kumparak, John Biggs and many more will be flying to China to shake things...

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Weekly Wrap-up: The Death of Steve Jobs and More…

October 7, 2011

Top Stories of the Week At 56, Steve Jobs rocked our world, and his death was felt from Silicon Valley to Bahrain. Here are a few of our posts commemorating his life. Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 What Steve Meant Back Then A Great User Experience: The Web Legacy of Steve Jobs From Silicon Valley to...

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Off The Couch: Explorence Wants To Turn Your Outdoor Activities Into Interactive Video Games (Invites)

October 7, 2011
Off The Couch: Explorence Wants To Turn Your Outdoor Activities Into Interactive Video Games (Invites)

Some startups and apps (like Joypad and Brass Monkey to name a few) are turning your iPhones into customizable game controllers, while Wii and Kinect have turned you into the controller with their motion-sensing consoles. You’ve heard it hundreds of times, but smartphone technology is advancing at an astonishing rate. Five years ago, video...

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Have a question about travel? – ‘Ask a Nomad’ on your iPad

October 7, 2011
Have a question about travel? – ‘Ask a Nomad’ on your iPad

QA services are bubbling up everywhere these days, with Quora a strong leader. Unlike Quora however, the Ask a Nomad iPad app focuses on questions about travel and geographical locations. The company behind Ask a Nomad, WorldNomads.com, focuses on travel insurance and safety. The service created this iPad app to get people excited about traveling,...

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The Women Who Made Google Plus: 22 Developers Behind the World’s Fastest Growing Social Network

October 7, 2011
The Women Who Made Google Plus: 22 Developers Behind the World’s Fastest Growing Social Network

The following are twenty engineers and web designers identified as integral to the making of Google’s new social network. Not included are a number of Community Management and marketing types, most notably site CM Natalie Villalobos, just because this is a day about computer programmers. There were far more people, and far more women,...

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Google Plus Now Lets You Control Who Can Notify You

October 7, 2011
Google Plus Now Lets You Control Who Can Notify You

Google Plus is currently rolling out a feature to let users control who sends them notifications. There will be a new option in settings called ‘Who can notify you.’ “We’ll be rolling this out slowly,” says Google engineer Kathleen Ko, “so if it’s not available for you yet check back soon.” Article source: RRW...

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98% of online US adults aged 18-24 use social media

October 7, 2011
98% of online US adults aged 18-24 use social media

98% is one eye-opening statistic for any reader, but that’s how many adults aged eighteen to twenty-four in the United States are reportedly using social media in a typical month. The study, conducted by consumer insight service Experian Simmons, estimates that roughly 129 million people — that’s 41.37% of the total US population of 311.8 million...

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Hadoop’s civil war: Does it matter who contributes most?

October 7, 2011
Hadoop’s civil war: Does it matter who contributes most?

If you were going to buy a service contract for your open source software, would you prefer your service provider actually be the certifiable authority on that very software? If “yes,” you understand why Cloudera and Hortonworks have been playing a game of oneupsmanship over the past few weeks in an attempt to prove...

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The iPhone 4S Looks Like A Hit: AT&T Got 200,000 Pre-Orders In 12 Hours (AAPL)

October 7, 2011
The iPhone 4S Looks Like A Hit: AT&T Got 200,000 Pre-Orders In 12 Hours (AAPL)

Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 4S on Tuesday. See Also: THE APPLE INVESTOR: How Apple Can Survive Without Jobs An Unlocked iPhone 4S Arrives In November Steve Jobs Skipped A Business Meeting To Take His Wife On Their First Date Apple has another hit on its hands with the iPhone 4S. ATT says that...

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