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The FTC is going after a failed crowdfunding campaign for the first time

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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For the first time the Federal Trade Commission is going after a failed crowdfunding campaign. “The Doom That Came to Atlantic City” launched its Kickstarter campaign in 2012 and promised an immersive board game in which players could unleash devastation on Atlantic City. The original campaign asked for $35,000 and ultimately received a whopping $122,874 from more than 1,200 backers After months of updates and unfulfilled promises from the developer of the game, it ultimately never materialized and the developer, after killing the project in July of 2013, claimed he planned to “refund everyone fully” but never actually did. The Washington Post reports…

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Should your business be on Snapchat, Ello, Vine or other niche social networks?

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 3:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, ello, snapchat, Social Media, vine

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There are a stunning amount of social networks out there, offering some inventive, engaging ways for people to connect and share with one another. Which ones should you be on? Beyond the big six networks—Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, and Pinterest—there are dozens more that are quickly rising in usage or are super valuable for particular audiences and niches. It’s a ton to keep track of. It can be a mystery to know where to spend your time. I pulled up some numbers on these fringe networks to maybe help you decide where it’s best to spend your time. Here are…

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Kevin Rose is moving to New York to head up a watch site

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 3:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Digg, Google Ventures, Hodinkee, Insider, Kevin Rose, Watchville

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Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, former Google Ventures investor and incubator addict with Milk and North Technologies, is going to head up a watch site. One of North’s projects, alongside the now shuttered Tiiny, was Watchville, an app exclusively focused on wristwatches. That effort is now merging with New York-based startup Hodinkee. Rose will be the chief executive of Hodinkee, while its founder Benjamin Clymer will remain as editorial director. Watchville and Hodinkee will operate as stand-alone entities under the same umbrella. The New York Times’ Bits blog, linked below, has a longer interview with Rose about the move. ➤ Hodinkee…

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Don’t worry asshole Redditors, you can still hate fat people elsewhere

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 2:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, FatPeopleHate, harrassment, Insider, Opinion, reddit, subreddits

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Reddit, or rather a particularly vocal subsection it, is up in arms about the banning of a number of subreddits yesterday under the site’s recently instituted harassment policy. You see, on the internet, it’s very important that folks who want to spend their time publicly shaming fat people, hating trans people and finding pictures of women who’ve been attacked, are allowed to do so. That’s free speech. To protest the removal of their beloved forums for finding pictures of people they hate and coordinating attacks on them, this upstanding segment of the Reddit community has been flooding /r/pics and /r/all in protest. There’s a…

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Win an iMac with 5K Retina display

Jun11
by on June 11, 2015 at 2:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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OS X is a pretty operating system under normal circumstances. But viewed on the 5K display of the new iMac, it’s other-worldly. For a chance to look at this beauty on your desk every day, you just need to enter our giveaway. That’s right, we’re giving away a 5K iMac valued at $1,999. The 27-inch Retina iMac has an almost unbelievable resolution of 5120×2880, but a pretty picture isn’t all it offers. Under the hood, there is a quad-core 3.3GHz i5 processor, and 8GB of RAM. In other words, it is the dream machine for any videographer, developer or photographer…

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