If I haven’t lost you yet, and you’re done rolling your eyes, hear me out. Is it me, or does it seem like the vast majority of engineers are turning their backs on the very foundation that led to their fancy salaries, foosball tables, and Aeron chairs? Jumping on the anti-advertising bandwagon these days...
Daily Archives: September 8, 2012
Google-backed Pashash wins Startup World: Cape Town
The hunt of the world’s best technology startup continued in Cape Town thursday as eleven startup regional finalists battled to be crowned winner of Startup World: Cape Town. The judges — Andy Volk, VP of Developer Relations at MXit, Matthew Buckland, of Creative Spark / Founder of Memeburn, Vincent Maher, Founder at Motribe and...
Ads on Kindle Fire HD tablets: Bad news or just business?
Amazon impressed with its new Kindle Fire HD tablets this week, offering what it calls “high end” devices at low prices. Case in point: The 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD has 1920 x 1200 display, dual-antenna Wi-Fi, Dolby audio sound and fast dual-core processor. Twenty minutes before the pricing details, I correctly guessed that Amazon...
Preparation For Apple’s iPhone Event Is Underway
If you’ve been paying attention at all, you know that the next iPhone is right around the corner. Apple has sent out invites to a September 12 event — that’s on Wednesday, by the way — just as we’ve long expected. The event is to be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the...
How to price your services as a freelancer
Hands down, pricing your services as a freelancer is tough. So tough that no one has really mastered it. There isn’t really a secret formula to pricing your services just right, no magical tricks that will help you land awesome clients, and no one way to price your services so that you can guarantee...
In-app advertisers need to catch up with mobile technology
Based on its traction in the mobile development world, in-app advertising is the best option we have. But if that is the case, why hasn’t it taken off yet? Analysts have said that mobile advertising is a $20 billion opportunity this year in the U.S. alone, but according to even the most optimistic reports,...
Is Google the most innovative tech company on the planet?
Innovation is often thought to be the life of the startup. The madcap entrepreneurs and fearless youngsters throwing themselves into changing the world, with faith and hope and a little craziness. The talk is of disrupting the industry and shaking things up. These are the people with nothing to lose, with their whole lives...
Tips for integrating Documents in the Cloud into your life
I lead the life of a digital nomad. I have a MacBook, and iPhone and iPad. To coin a phrase: I don’t need to access all of my data all of the time, but I do need to access some of my data all of the time. Central to this is Apple’s Documents in...
Are We Better Off Than 4 Years Ago? Let’s Go To The Charts!….
Business Insider, St. Louis Fed Click for the charts… The biggest issue in this year’s election is the economy. So the question members of both political teams keep asking Americans is, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” Many Americans certainly aren’t better off than they were four years ago, because...
Forget About Amazon’s Ads, Here’s What Will Really Bother People About The Kindle Fire HD (AMZN)
CNET Amazon will show third-party ads like this on the lock screen. See Also 9 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Buying The New Kindle Fire HD POLL: Will You Buy One Of The New Kindle Fire Tablets? Eye-Popping Images Of Amazon’s New Kindle Gadgets Amazon confirmed yesterday that it’s new Kindle Fire HD tablet,...