Daily Archives: August 29, 2012

Here’s How Zappos’ Huge Bet On Pinterest Actually Works (AMZN)

August 29, 2012
Here’s How Zappos’ Huge Bet On Pinterest Actually Works (AMZN)

Email More PinPointing Zappos’ PinPointing site. See Also LAST CHANCE: Score Your Ticket For Facebook, Twitter, And Pinterest Insight At Social Media ROI Google Taps Curious George In New Ad For The Nexus 7 10 Agency CEOs Told Us What Their Summer Jobs Were When They Were Kids Zappos.com, Amazon’s online shoe store, recently...

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Lens attachment accessory Olloclip launches spiffy new white edition for iPhone 4 and 4S

August 29, 2012
Lens attachment accessory Olloclip launches spiffy new white edition for iPhone 4 and 4S

One of my favorite iPhone accessories, the clip-on lens kit Olloclip, just got a spiffy new white version that should match up with your lighter shade of iPhone nicely. The Olloclip, if you’re unfamiliar, is a clip that attaches to the corner of your iPhone and allows you to shoot through a macro, wide-angle...

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Rand Paul Is Hanging Out With Facebook Billionaire Peter Thiel At The GOP Convention

August 29, 2012
Rand Paul Is Hanging Out With Facebook Billionaire Peter Thiel At The GOP Convention

Flickr/TechCrunch50-2008 TAMPA, FLA. — Just one day after Ron Paul officially exited the Republican presidential race, PayPal co-founder and libertarian bankroller Peter Thiel made a quiet trip to Tampa to meet with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and several Paul-friendly delegates, sources close to the Paul camp told Business Insider Wednesday.  According to those sources,...

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Xobni CEO: The Instagram Deal Is Terrible For Tech Employees

August 29, 2012
Xobni CEO: The Instagram Deal Is Terrible For Tech Employees

Flickr/Fortune Live Media Jeff Bonforte remembers Yahoo as a warm, fuzzy place. See Also What It Feels Like To Wake Up At 32 With Everything You’ve Ever Wanted The 100 Rules For Being An Entrepreneur Here’s A List Of All The Y Combinator Companies Since 2005 “There’s nothing more humiliating for employees than deals...

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Sudden clarity analyst: Windows phone doesn’t sell well due to a “lack of consumer interest”

August 29, 2012
Sudden clarity analyst: Windows phone doesn’t sell well due to a “lack of consumer interest”

Sometimes I don’t know what to make of analysts. Other times I do. Today it’s the latter. Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu, take it away : Our research shows that for many years, poor sales of Windows-based phones stem from a deep and stable lack of consumer interest for the product. ...

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I Am A President — Obamamania Shuts Down Reddit

August 29, 2012

In another social-media first, President Barack Obama took to Reddit today to become the first sitting head of state to moderate the site’s “AMA,” or, ask me anything, series.  The chat lasted an hour, and got so much attention that it shut the site down during his post.  Redditers pitched softballs and hard alike,...

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Reddit goes legit, hosting an AMA with U.S. President Obama

August 29, 2012

Believe it or not, Barack Obama, President of the United States, will be on Reddit for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) at 4:30PM ET. Seriously. From a user’s point of view, this is an incredible opportunity, but as far as the actual site goes, this is a huge milestone for Reddit as a community...

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Video demo of the new Asus tablet shows off Windows RT and some damn sexy hardware

August 29, 2012

Earlier today, TNW brought you a short roundup of the most recent Windows 8 and Windows Phone devices that are freshly announced. One of those devices, the Asus Vivo Tab RT, a Windows RT tablet, has a video up now showing off its every angle. Now, we’re not going to bring you more than...

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Google Brings Voice-Guided Turn-By-Turn Biking Navigation To Google Maps For Android

August 29, 2012
Google Brings Voice-Guided Turn-By-Turn Biking Navigation To Google Maps For Android

Biking directions on Google Maps are nothing new for users in the U.S. and Canada, but starting today, Google will also allow Android users to get voice-guided turn-by-turn directions during their bike trips. Riders, Google says, can now “mount their device on their handlebars, see upcoming turns and use speaker mode to hear voice-guided...

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Court lets Authors Guild, entertainment attorney weigh in on Apple ebooks case

August 29, 2012

As U.S. District Judge Denise Cote prepares to issue a verdict on the Department of Justice’s proposed ebook pricing settlement with three publishers, she has granted two parties that oppose the settlement — the Authors Guild and attorney and licensing expert Bob Kohn — permission to weigh in as amici curiae, or “friends of the court.”...

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