Startup Sales Lessons From TLC’s Say Yes To The Dress
If you have your eyes and ears open, you can discover sales lessons in unexpected places, including the cable TV show, Say Yes To The Dress.I do not consume much TV content, other than cable news....
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Minecraft Pocket Edition Beginner's Diary: Day 1
Up until a few hours ago, everything I knew about Minecraft fit into a sentence, and the concept seemed ridiculous. If a person didn't enjoy actual construction [raises hand], what pleasure could...
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Table Top Racing Preview
One of the nice things about mobile gaming is that it gives developers an easier platform to evolve and experiment with some of the games we fondly remember, without publishers fretting over retail...
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LEGO Legends Of Chima: Speedorz Review (iPhone, iPad)
Console LEGO games have been largely entertaining, particularly those involving Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. Warner Bros. hoped the magic would rub off on iPhone and iPad with the...
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iPad 5 And iPad Mini 2 Rumored For March
Here we go again. According to the latest gossip from the rumor mill, 2013 will see an iPad 5 and an iPad Mini 2 arrive in March, just five months after the iPad 4 and original iPad Mini launched.The...
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Warner Bros. Is Turning 'John McAfee's Last Stand' Into A Movie
Hollywood is to bring the bizarre story of technology pioneer John McAfee, who fled his luxury home in Belize after his neighbour was found murdered, to the big screen.Warner Brothers has bought the...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review
The original Samsung Galaxy Note was a concept that really shouldn't have succeeded; a phone with a finger-stretching 5.3-inch screen by rights should be a laughable spectacle, yet it found a receptive...
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90 Percent Of Passwords ‘Vulnerable To Hacking’
Even passwords that are considered strong are vulnerable because users can't remember them, new research says.Global consultancy Deloitte claimed that over 90 percent of user-generated passwords, even...
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Aaron Swartz's Suicide Puts Internet Openness Fight In Spotlight
Aaron Swartz, the Highland Park-raised advocate for Internet openness, took his own life Friday under the shadow of a federal prosecution for allegedly downloading nearly 5 million academic journal...
View ArticleCalifornia to trial online college courses
Sebastian Thrun, head of Udacity, at San Jose State University. (Image from The New York Times) Udacity, a Silicon Valley startup that creates online college classes, will announce a deal today with...
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After Huge Successes, Alibaba's Jack Ma Will Step Down As CEO
One of China's best known corporate leaders, billionaire Jack Ma, will step down as CEO of Alibaba Group, the e-commerce empire he founded to tap the nation's enormous online shopping potential,...
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Microsoft's iPad-Killer Is A Flop, Says Analyst
Microsoft Corp.’s fiscal second- quarter earnings will be less than previously expected due to weak demand for personal-computers and the company’s new tablet, Surface, according to Brent Thill, an...
View ArticleIf Pandora Can't Monetize Mobile, Can Anyone?
Every major digital-media company -- Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft, just to name a few -- insists that it is also a mobile-media company.But one has a better claim to that title than probably...
View ArticlePhablets Are The New Normal
As trends go, it’s been hard to miss this one: Smartphones are getting bigger. Much bigger. Samsung has been championing huge phones for well over a year, introducing its original 5.3-inch whopper —...
View ArticleWhy I’m Thinking Of Ditching My Precious iPhone For An Android
If you don’t like personal stories about infidelity, please read no further. After being in love with my iPhone for several years now, my attentions are increasingly being pulled elsewhere — and I’m...
View ArticleiPhone And iPad Price Drops: January 15, 2013
PolyrollThe developer says:"The Evil Kaiser Kiwi has kidnapped Polyroll's friends and taken them to his frigid castle lair. As the last remaining Polyroll, you must run, jump, roll, float, and bomb...
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Minecraft Pocket Edition Beginner's Diary: Day 2
Yesterday marked the first entry in my new Minecraft: Pocket Edition diary, and things got off to an interesting start. As mentioned previously, I know little about Minecraft, and had reservations...
View ArticleSpec Analysis: Nvidia Project Shield
An Android gaming handheld with physical controls that can also wirelessly stream PC gameplay, NVIDIA's Project Shield is the surprise package of this year's CES show - a portable games machine that...
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Here's The Best Time To Buy The Hottest Devices From CES 2013
The biggest tech trade show in the industry recently came to a close in the cavernous hallways of the Las Vegas Convention Center. And while most gadget fans are glued to their Twitter feeds salivating...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before Raising An Angel Or Seed Round
Our startup, Watchup, has just closed a $500,000 angel round, and since creating a startup is an increasingly appealing idea to a number of journalists, I thought I should share on Idea Lab what I...
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