Wicked Start, an online incubator for early-stage start-ups, provides practical, no cost or low cost resources. A self-described "corporate refugee turned entrepreneur," Bryan Janeczko worked at Morgan Stanley before founding his own venture, an online prepared food vendor called NuKitchen.
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"Inside" stars Emmy Rossum, Intel, and, maybe, you. We go behind the scenes of the latest branded filmmaking adventure. Emmy Rossum’s hair is up in a bun.
Read More »Using Computers to Model the Heart… Why Bother?
It's often said that these are exciting times to be a computational biologist, and indeed they are. But beyond the flashy, gee-whiz aspects of computational biology, I find myself excited for another reason: the tools of in silico biology offer us views of biological systems that we wouldn’t otherwise have. [More]
Read More »The Rosetta Project Is Preserving Every Language Ever Spoken, On One Nano-Etched Piece Of Metal
A project of the Long Now Foundation, the aim is to make sure we preserve the knowledge contained in dying languages: "If languages are our how-to guides for living on planet Earth, we are handing our descendants an encyclopedia with almost all of the pages ripped out." The Long Now Foundation--currently breaking ground in Texas at the future site of its first monument-sized 10,000-year clock --is pursuing several programs in addition to the clock. One of these, the Rosetta Project, takes as its daunting mission the documentation of every human language currently in use; some 7,000 in total, the majority of which are in danger of disappearing without a trace. Directing this ambitious venture is Laura Welcher, a linguist who has specialized in building archival resources for indigenous North American languages.
Read More »Decoding Genomes Of Microbe Ecosystems Could Deliver Untold Benefits
Because one microbe is never enough: Say hi to metagenomics. "Microbes run the world. It’s that simple." Those are the first words of a recent report on the ongoing quest to sequence the DNA of the smallest of living things
Read More »Facebook Gets New VIP Sections
Social media influence index, Klout, allows brands to slip customized Facebook pages and offers to its most influential followers. Facebook is throwing up a red velvet rope around a new VIP page.
Read More »Why "Brain Gyms" May Be The Next Big Business
Four years ago, investors gingerly handed over seed money to Lumosity, a startup creating brain games. Today they're happily tossing the same company $32 million
Read More »Recollection: A Collaborative Tool For Sharing And Visualizing Cultural Data
A new service from the Library of Congress lets you build maps, graphs, timelines, and trees from the collective digital and digitized history of an entire nation. As digital tools move on, standards change, and interoperability fails, we lose access to older information. As our history becomes harder to access, only the newest information rises to the top, leaving us with a collective digital memory that is foggy on anything but the most recent past
Read More »5 LinkedIn Tips You Didn’t Know
It may not be as dramatic as Twitter or as ubiquitous as Facebook, but LinkedIn attracts dedicated users who are serious about business. Here's how to connect with them using the fast-growing service's most powerful new tools.
Read More »5 Tips for Hiring a Translator
Finding a professional translator who is truly skilled can be a daunting task. Here are five great tips to help you find a qualified linguist for the job
Read More »New Tools for Sales Training
Welcome to the world of sales training 2.0, where innovators are leveraging new technologyand new thinkingto make better sales people. Eric Richardson believes there's a serious disconnect in the world of sales.
Read More »Six Degrees Of Inspiration
Whom do bold thinkers look to for inspiration?
Read More »4 Painless Ways To Avoid Being A Digital Pack Rat
Right now I am staring at a message that has been haunting me for weeks, hovering dangerously at the top of my Gmail inbox.
Read More »Social Media Abstinence Is Not Working
Banning kids from Facebook isn't realistic.
Read More »How Benetech Slays Monsters With Megabytes and Math
The company recycles everyday consumer tech to aid activists and imprison dictators. When a crisis map won't cut it, they're the A-Team to call
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