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5 APIs that will transform the Web in 2013 | Alex MacCaw

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November 28, 2012 5 APIs that will transform the Web in 2013 It’s incredibly exciting to see how the Web is evolving, and 2013 has a lot more in store. Over the next year, there are a number of technologies coming down the pipeline that have the potential to radically transform how we use and…

Nov 30, 2012

With Amazon, It’s Records All The Way Down — Which Is Brilliant | TechCrunch

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So let me get this straight: this year’s “Cyber Monday” (the worst fake holiday name in the history of fake holidays — and names) was a new record day for Amazon when it came to Kindle sales. So was “Black Friday” (at least this one sounds like a plague). Overall, the holidays brought “ more than…

Nov 28, 2012

I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog

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I was chatting with a friend who expressed what I'm finding is a fairly common opinion. Well, yes, I'd love to move to Android - but all my content is in iTunes. I discovered that it wasn't apps which were the problem - buying them again is a pain, but most are free. It's media content which traps…

Nov 28, 2012

Immigrant Entrepreneur: Stripe's 22-Year-Old Irish-Born Founder Is Just Getting Started | Inc.com

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Five years ago, John Collison co-founded his first company, Shuppa, an auction management system for online sellers, with his brother Patrick. The company rebranded as Auctomatic, went through Y Combinator, and was sold for $5 million a year later. Collison was 17. Today, Collison is president and…

Nov 28, 2012

Supercell is Accel’s fastest growing company ever. (And it has a ball pit)

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Ilkka Paananen is slumped in a high-backed office chair, wearing a blazer, blue jeans, and a black T-shirt that bears the name of his two-year-old gaming company, one of the most buzzed-about in the world right now, spelled out over three lines: SUPERCELL The 34-year-old CEO moved his 70-person team…

Nov 28, 2012

How to Build it: Lean Prototyping Techniques for Hardware | Graeham's Rambling Thoughts

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I recently wrote on my vision for the future of 3D printers , largely on their use for manufacturing. I wanted to expand more broadly on my thoughts on prototyping technologies, and particularly for rapid and lean prototyping for mechanical designs. “Lean” started in the context of manufacturing…

Nov 28, 2012

New delivery option Fresh Dish gives a man a fish, and teaches him how to cook it

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We Americans are busy. We also love excuses. Some of the best excuses offered tend to be those for why we can’t eat well. “I don’t have time.” “It’s too expensive.” “I don’t know what to make.” “I’m a bad cook.” The list goes on, and on. One new Los Angeles startup is taking on this nearly universal…

Nov 28, 2012

Ok Twitter, I see where you’re going with this

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In December 2011 Twitter unveiled a new UI , along with updated iPhone, Android, and web clients. The response from tech circles was immediate and extremely negative. Twitter 4.0 for iPhone got slammed particularly hard. Here’s John Gruber with a pretty good representation of the views expressed by…

Nov 28, 2012

How Team Obama’s tech efficiency left Romney IT in dust | Ars Technica

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Enlarge Aurich Lawson Election tech 2012 The GOP arms itself for the next “war” in the analytics arms race Romney campaign got its IT from Best Buy, Staples, and friends Which consultants built Romney's "Project Orca?" None of them Built to win: Deep inside Obama's campaign tech Orca was no fail…

Nov 21, 2012

The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company by @ASmartBear

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It’s appalling what passes for “successful entrepreneurship” in the press or the Valley, but it’s not their fault. Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even…

Nov 21, 2012

Twitter is pivoting | Dalton Caldwell

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Peter Chernin had this to say during his days as President of News Corp, owners of MySpace, in 2006: If you look at virtually any Web 2.0 application, whether its YouTube, whether it’s Flickr, whether it’s Photobucket or any of the next-generation Web applications, almost all of them are really…

Nov 21, 2012

$700,000 per DAY with two mobile games. | Trey Smith App Blog

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Ok, first off I want to give a shout out to the people from my App Elite class . Lots of these guys are CRUSHING IT and I’m very proud of them. I’ve received numerous emails about people quitting their jobs and there are over 16 people who went from nothing to making over $500 net profit per…

Nov 21, 2012

Early sketches from the web's finest — LayerVault Blog

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Early sketches from the web’s finest Pen and paper Most designers are accustomed to starting their work on paper. If you’re a designer, you’ve probably got a notebook or two sitting around with random brilliant sketches. Often the initial sketches themselves are something to be proud of — and it’s a…

Nov 16, 2012

With beauty and brains, new MySpace seems too good to be true (review) | VentureBeat

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A funny thing happened after my drive home from a Los Angeles press junket where MySpace executives Tim Vanderhook, Chris Vanderhook, and Justin Timberlake gave members of the media a detailed tour of the yet-to-be-unveiled site : I changed my mind. While dictating detailed notes into my iPhone…

Nov 16, 2012

Facebook Has Decreased Page Reach, And Here’s Why | TechCrunch

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Editors note: This is a guest post by Robin Grant, Global Managing Director of We Are Social , a social-media agency with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Munich, Singapore, Sydney and São Paulo. Josh Constine wrote an insightful post last week, debunking the myth that Facebook has…

Nov 16, 2012