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Feed SubscriptionA Tale of Two UI’s: Tunisia Goes Open-Source, Hungary Uses iPad for New Constitution
More technology does not always mean more openness and collaboration. Consider the divergent examples of Tunisia, writing its new constitution via the collaborative, open-source PiratePad, and Hungary, writing its guiding document via the very proprietary iPad.
Read More »How LinkedIn Today Will Change Your Social Media Life
LinkedIn has announced the launch of LinkedIn Today, a social news product for business users that the company hopes will turn its site into a can't-miss daily destination. Up until now, LinkedIn didn't offer enough fresh information to be useful in daily life; well-connected Internet users don't check LinkedIn every day the way they might with, say, Facebook or Twitter. LinkedIn Today aims to change that
Read More »Flipboard Upgrade Boosts Speed, Integrates Social Search and Instagram
Flipboard , the popular news aggregator/browser app, just got a significant makeover that boosts speed and includes Instagram support and a clever social search.
Read More »Watermelon Express for iPad Makes Test Prep Fun
Meet up with friends! Watch funny YouTube videos! Oh yeah, also, prep for the LSATs... A couple years back, Ashish Rangnekar was preparing for his GMAT exam, while also working a full-time job. "I realized that I was always short of time
Read More »From fuel to film: The story of energy and movies
On Wednesday March 9, energy and film experts gathered at the historic Austin City Limits studio on The University of Texas campus to discuss the role of energy and movies in our lives . The event was hosted by Dr.
Read More »iPad 2 Reviews Reveal How iPad 1 Blew the Curve
Apple 's new iPad is here ! In all 236 Apple retail stores in the U.S.
Read More »iPad ADD Is More Acute Than Anticipated
A new study shows readers of iPad magazines find their attention wandering. A lot. And any way you spin it, that's a tricky finding for both publishers and advertisers.
Read More »Driptech Makes a Splash as China Invests $600 Billion in Water Conservation
The Palo Alto-based company is rapidly expanding in India and China with a simple tool to save farmers and governments large amounts of water and cash. China is getting ready to invest over $600 billion in the next ten years in water conservation , as announced in its latest five-year plan . Why?
Read More »NPR Scandal Explodes Plans for New Social Media Campaign
By now, many have heard about the undercover video of NPR's outgoing Senior Vice President for Development Ron Schiller railing against Tea Partiers and how NPR would be better off without public funding. But what most don't know is that the comments, particularly the funding talk, theaten to derail a new social media campaign NPR was planning to launch--one aimed at saving the very government funding Schiller said NPR could do without.
Read More »E-Mail Beats Blogs and Web Sites for Rumor Mongering
During the 2008 presidential election, the Internet became a giant rumor mill. For example, there were the viral e-mails claiming that Barack Obama’s birth certificate was a fake
Read More »The Most Successful App Ever?
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs.
Read More »NFC’s Great, but Rumors of Credit Cards’ Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
The fantasy of buying a Slurpee with nothing more than a dramatic wave of your iPhone 5 seems to be coming true. But like hydrogen cars and hoverboards, electronic wallet technology has a long, long way to go
Read More »Old Spice Man Marketing, Redux: What Went Right–and What Did Not
In this excerpt from his new book The Thank You Economy, author Gary Vaynerchuk turns a critical eye to the Old Spice Man marketing campaign. What did the brand get right
Read More »Emphas.is, a Kickstarter for Photojournalists
Crowdfunding serious visual journalism.
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