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Feed SubscriptionLaid-Off Good Staff Blows Past Kickstarter Goal
Less than 24 hours after launching a campaign to produce a new magazine, the Good staffers exceed fundraising goal. For a group of Southern California editors, Tomorrow is looking a little bit better. At the beginning of the month, a team of staffers simultaneously laid off at Good announced a Kickstarter campaign to produce a one-off magazine they were calling Tomorrow .
Read More »Zynga Unveils New Social Gaming Network
In a move to grow beyond the confines of Facebook, Zynga announced its own gaming platform. Zynga founder Mark Pincus opened the company’s second "Unleashed" press event Tuesday by tipping his hat to the hundreds of employees who lined the rafters of the five-story headquarters in San Francisco
Read More »Here Are The Services, Businesses, And Markets Apple Just Shook Up
In a mammoth two-hour keynote at its developers conference, Apple just revealed an armload of hardware, software, and services that will have execs at the companies and industries below gripping their Aerons. Google One of the three centerpieces of Apple's keynote was iOS 6, which will launch with over 200 new features and will be backward compatible with Apple's iPhone 3GS--its entry level phone that dates from 2010, but is still on sale
Read More »5 Things to Know From Apple’s WWDC
The biggest software and hardware updates that business users (and Applephiles) should know about.
Read More »Lessons From The Founding Fathers On Leading A Breakthrough Meeting
Here's how George Washington created consensus among a group of strong-willed men representing states at the most important meeting of all time: The Constitutional Convention of 1787 What can you learn about leading a meeting from our founding fathers?
Read More »Map Wars: Why Maps Are Apple’s New Killer Feature
Maps are everything in a new mobile landscape. The company that controls them controls what can be done with location. When Apple announced it had developed its own homegrown maps system at its World Wide Developer Conference today, it wasn't just introducing another new feature for the iPhone.
Read More »How I Perfected the Hi-Tech Bed
Eugene Alletto founded Inc. 5000 Applicant of the Week, bedgear, to create performance bedding made with moisture wicking fabric that regulates body temperature. As applications for the 2012 Inc
Read More »Facebook Growth Rate Slows
In other news, rumors buzz around The Fancy after Mark Zuckerberg appears to have created an account. The Facebook IPO frenzy has faded, but the social media site and its founder are still making news. Here are a few of the latest headlines: Facebook's user growth rate in the U.S
Read More »10 Job Interview Tips From A CEO Headhunter
Whether you're being interviewed to be an intern or a CEO, you're going to run into a few notoriously tricky questions--here's a road map of what you'll be asked, and how to craft impressive answers to even the toughest questions. No two situations are ever exactly the same, but as a general guide, these are the types of questions that could come up in a typical interview.
Read More »6 Hot Logistic Start-ups on the Move
Getting products into customers' hands is a complicated business. Check out these six hot companies that keep the whole thing humming
Read More »Europe Set to Rule on ‘Cookie’ Policy
Web companies will probably face new restrictions on digital privacy in Europe. Global online companies may face some new challenges in operating in Europe. Digital-privacy agencies from the European Union’s member countries met late last week to discuss how to apply privacy laws to “cookies”-- small Internet files used to remember things about users, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Read More »The Secret To Marketing Success On Facebook? Advertise Like Your Grandfather
A new study of Facebook ads shows that what’s old school is new school again. A new study by Facebook brings some big news that, curiously, at first blush might not seem like much news at all.
Read More »Silicon Valley Bank Opens U.K. Branch
The bank for some of America's most successful tech companies is looking to take advantage of the U.K.'s thriving start-up community. Silicon Valley Bank has crossed the pond.
Read More »Rapper, Marine, "Weeds," And "Think Like A Man" Star Romany Malco On The Art Of Reinvention
This career chameleon has served his country and sucker MCs, and even been an online purveyor of holistic remedies for men.
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