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5 roadblocks to creating awesome apps

Jul16
by on July 16, 2015 at 6:44 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, development

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Counting Crows sang: “It’s 4:30am on a Tuesday, it doesn’t get much worse than this…” Programmers know that feeling all too well. They’ve all been there and done that. After drinking dozens of cups of coffee, looking all blurry eyed after being up all night fixing bugs, checking and adding just one more feature. It’s the feeling of: There, it’s uploading. The problem is solved and that’s it! But wait a minute, the compiler is stuck. Did everyone input their code yet? What’s “messed up” this time? Where are the testers now? The tester finally enters. “Did you call me?”…

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Uber just threw some serious shade at NYC Mayor de Blasio for attempting to cap its growth

Jul16
by on July 16, 2015 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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When New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to limit to number of Uber drivers on the road to ease the city’s congestion problem, Uber did not take the news lightly. In today’s update, if you’re looking for a cab in New York, you’ll be met with an option for “de Blasio,” in which no cars are available nearby, or a long wait time is quoted. Yesterday, Uber also released local commercials slamming the Mayor’s office for limiting the community’s right to employment. The TV spot features Uber drivers giving testimonials about how working for the on-demand car…

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Ellen Pao: the trolls are winning

Jul16
by on July 16, 2015 at 5:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao wrote in an op-ed for the  ‘Washington Post’ that free speech has given way to letting users silence others with hateful speech. The trolls are winning Reddit: This isn’t an easy problem to solve. To understand the challenges facing today’s Internet content platforms, layer onto that original balancing act a desire to grow audience and generate revenue. A large portion of the Internet audience enjoys edgy content and the behavior of the more extreme users; it wants to see the bad with the good, so it becomes harder to get rid of the ugly. But to attract…

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Ellen Pao: the trolls are winning

Jul16
by on July 16, 2015 at 5:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao wrote in an op-ed for the  ‘Washington Post’ that free speech has given way to letting users silence others with hateful speech. The trolls are winning Reddit: This isn’t an easy problem to solve. To understand the challenges facing today’s Internet content platforms, layer onto that original balancing act a desire to grow audience and generate revenue. A large portion of the Internet audience enjoys edgy content and the behavior of the more extreme users; it wants to see the bad with the good, so it becomes harder to get rid of the ugly. But to attract…

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Amazon says Prime Day was bigger than its biggest Black Friday

Jul16
by on July 16, 2015 at 5:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Despite widespread disappointment, Amazon says Prime Day was bigger than its biggest Black Friday. According to Amazon, the made-up holiday was the largest device sales day the company has ever had with 398 items ordered every second in Prime-eligible countries – that’s 34.4 million products. Some of the biggest sellers on the day in the US were Amazon’s Fire TV sticks, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy boxsets, televisions (unspecified which brands), Bose Headphones and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ on Blu-ray. Outside the US, the big sellers were slightly less impressive products like diapers, Crocs and Monopoly. However, while Amazon…

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