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DIY survey platforms make constructing questionnaires easy, but the results could be biased, contradictory, or deeply misleading. Online surveys often have to compete for attention against the backdrop of Netflix , Gmail alerts, and 25 open browser tabs. The minimal cognitive effort given to answering questions may exacerbate all the problems that lead to biased or outright distorted results.
Read More »In An Apple-Dominated World, Amazon’s Rumored Android Tablet Faces Hurdles
New data suggests that in Europe, iOS is twice as big a market as Android, and the news comes as rumors resurface about Amazon's Android tablet hopes. It would seem the bookselling giant has an uphill struggle ahead.
Read More »Environmental WikiLeaks: Greenpeace Crowdsources Research Of Secret BP Documents
Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--and it wants your help. Greenpeace is on a mission to expose major corporations and government agencies involved in shady activities--by posting thousands of Freedom of Information Act documents on highly publicized websites. If Greenpeace's tactics work, the organization could change the way companies do business, or at least force them to better hide incriminating documents.
Read More »How Foursquare’s Improved Photo Sharing Does Color One Better
Much-hyped and criticized startup Color is the high-school prom service of photo-sharing apps. Color lets partygoers kick the disposable camera habit--all photos can be shared in real-time, without having to get photos developed or wait for digital pics to be uploaded and tagged on Facebook
Read More »7 Deadly Sins of Sales Pitching
You give a clean, mean, 30-second elevator pitch. Then what
Read More »8 Neat Ways To Utilize Virtual Events
Conferences, symposiums, and meetings are going virtual for some companies.
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Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs.
Read More »The Wind Industry Fights Back Against Claims Of Uselessness
Last week, we posted the results of a report from the John Muir Trust claiming that wind power is a lot more useless than the wind industry--or anyone invested in renewable energy, really--would like us to believe. Naturally, we were contacted by the
Read More »Small Businesses On Facebook: Helpful?
According to a new survey put out by Merchant Circle , 70% of all small businesses now market themselves on Facebook. This seems like a no-brainer
Read More »Direct Thought Control of a Computer’s Cursor: Say Hello to Your Mind-Reading PC
A science team has, for the first time, engaged a brain-reading electrode setup to allow a computer's cursor instructions to come from a living, thinking human brain.
Read More »That Hot Librarian Fantasy? A New App Makes it Even Hotter
The Dewey Decimal System has never looked so... dewy
Read More »MyVoice, a Great App for the Speech-Disabled, Is Foursquare Meets Text-to-Speech
The MyVoice app offers up location-based searchable phrases and helps users easily navigate social situations.
Read More »Facebook’s Virtual Solutions for Actual Potholes, Crime
SeeClickFix is a sort of FarmVille for community problems. Call it the FarmVille effect
Read More »America 2049: A Star-Studded Facebook Game That’s Ambitiously All Over the Place
A human rights organization goes for a big splash with a Facebook game with both online and offline elements.
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