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Instagram adds emoji support to hashtags and 3 new filters

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 5:38 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Instagram’s latest update has added three new filters inspired by weekend adventures – Lark, Reyes and Juno – as well as the ability to include emojis in your hashtags. Lark de-saturates reds and brightens up landscape images while Reyes adds a vintage feel to your photos. Juno is the best one of the new filters to use on pictures of people as it will cool greens and make light colors glow. With the new emoji support, you will be able to hashtag emojis and search them as you would any regular hashtag.   ➤ Three New Filters and Emoji Hashtags [Instagram]

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How to be successful at a tech trade show

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 5:18 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, secrets, trade show

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Alec Hartmann is the co-founder of TechDay So you’ve decided to invest in attending a trade show? Great news. You’ve cast aside the naysayers who told you trade shows are either too noisy, too crowded, too expensive, too hard to calculate actual ROI, or all of the above, and you and your co-founder are flying to New York, or Austin, or Las Vegas, or some convention center to wheel and deal. After the enormous success of TNW’s conference last week, we thought we’d provide a few pointers on how to make the most of your time. Now what? When it comes…

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You can now donate on Facebook to help Nepal earthquake survivors

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 4:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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You will be able to support those affected by the earthquake in Nepal through Facebook from today. The social network announced that it is rolling out a banner message on news feeds that will allow you to make a donation to International Medical Corps to support its response teams on the ground. Facebook will be matching every dollar donated (up to $2 million). It also launched a safety check-in feature on Saturday, following the disaster, which allows people in the affected areas to mark themselves safe on their profiles, letting friends and relatives know. You can see more on Facebook’s…

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Watch now: Why NOT to be an entrepreneur

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 3:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Do you want to be an entrepreneur? Phil Libin, the founder and CEO of Evernote, gives you a piece of advice… Don’t do it. He discourages everyone from being an entrepreneur, at least when the person does it for the wrong reasons. We’ve just added Phil Libin’s talk from TNW Europe Conference 2012 to our TNW Video site and you can watch it right now for free What are some of the wrong reason? First of all, money. Some people want to be entrepreneurs because it is a good way to make money. Phil Libin thinks those people are just bad…

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Google’s patent marketplace is part troll slayer, part greedy monster

Apr27
by on April 27, 2015 at 2:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, patent trolls, patents

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Google has announced a new experimental patent buying service. It’s soliciting proposals from companies and individuals who want to sell their patents. One reason for the scheme, which the company is calling the Patent Purchase Promotion, is to outflank trolls who swoop in to grab intellectual property from inventors and small outfits who find the process challenging. Of course, the unspoken reason is that gaining a big batch of new patents could be very helpful to Google in the future, when more litigation rolls around. The window for submitting patents for sale will begin on May 8 and end on May 22, meaning interested parties only…

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